Opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership explodes on Twitter Special

[DeSwiss]

By Justin King
Dec 27, 2013 in World


Activists from around the world will begin attempting to create a twitterstorm in opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Twitter tonight. The opposition is coming from activists on both the left and right wing of the political spectrum.

The twitterstorm operation is set to begin at 7PM Eastern and will attempt to make the hashtag #StopTheTPP trend on Twitter, in hopes of raising awareness of the secretive trade deal being brokered among a dozen nations. The nations involved are the US, Japan, Australia, Peru, Malaysia, Vietnam, New Zealand, Chile, Singapore, Canada, Mexico, and Brunei Darussalam. The Office of the United States Trade Representative hosts a blanket statement about the trade deal on its website stating in part

"For all TPP countries, an ambitious, comprehensive and high-standard agreement that achieves the goals established in Honolulu in 2011 is critical for creating jobs and promoting growth, providing opportunity for our citizens and contributing to regional integration and the strengthening of the multilateral trading system."

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[loudsue]

1. Oh please give this wings!!

I hope it is successful.

That is one EVIL piece of work.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Will be back to kick later this pm.

Don't forget to rec! for visibility.

[Scuba]

3. Kick

[jsr]

4. Recommend

[AdHocSolver]

5. The TPP is designed to give corporations sovereignty over national governments.

These trade agreements are designed to eliminate governmental control of environmental standards such as pollution limits, working conditions such as worker safety, food safety, efficiency standards, and any other criteria to protect the public.

Any government policies designed to protect the health and welfare of its citizens that interfere with corporate profits will effectively become illegal under the so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

[2naSalit]

6. K&R!!

I don't have twitter but I'm with you.

[Egalitarian Thug]

7. Another shitty republican creation being pushed by the fifth column of the Democratic Party.

Bailing out Wall Street was the end of the world, IMO. But for those of your that still have hope that we can change the course we're on, this is your Battle of Midway, the last domino, the final chance and turning point. If TPP is done, so are we.

If it is stopped, the war will continue, if not...

[rhett o rick]

8. A vote for Clinton is a vote for the TPP. nm

[madfloridian]

9. Kick

and recommended

[proverbialwisdom]

10. I haven't deciphered twitter notation yet, but...

https://twitter.com/food_democracy tonight posted #StopTPP

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which links to: https://www.rebelmouse.com/stoptpp/?utm_campaign=tw_shoutout&utm_medium=user_share&utm_source=shoutouts

Lots of information, including video:

Holy See criticizes TPP and TTIP trade deals
Published on Dec 6, 2013

Pope Francis has been critical of greed, trickle-down economics and economic inequality, while sneaking out of the Vatican to help the homeless. Now a representative of the Holy See is criticizing the Trans-Pacific Partnership - a potential trade deal between Pacific Rim countries that is being negotiated in secret, yet could be the biggest trade agreement in history - and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership - a trade agreement being negotiated in secret between the European Union and United States. Both the TPP and the TTIP are expected to affect jobs, the environment, consumer safety and the accessibility of medication. RT's Ameera David takes a look at what parts of the potential trade deals are upsetting the papal administration.

[madfloridian]

11. Thanks, I twittered the video.

https://twitter.com/madfloridian/status/418228244563767297

[proverbialwisdom]

18. Thank you for all I've learned from your DU posts on 'education reform.' I'm an avid reader. nt

[expungebob]

12. TPP Good or bad (Democracy Now, Nov 14): Lori Wallach of Public Citizen.org vs. Bill Watson of Cato

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/11/14/tpp_exposed_wikileaks_publishes_secret_trade

[proverbialwisdom]

13. Only 80 retweets.

https://twitter.com/PCGTW/status/414790446372507648/photo/1

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[proverbialwisdom]

14. Only 14.

https://twitter.com/SusanStopsongs/status/400385451321593856/photo/1

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[proverbialwisdom]

15. More.

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[AzDar]

16. K & R

[madfloridian]

17. Kick

[solarhydrocan]

19. Hillary is not amused

with this anti TPP twittering

[DeSwiss]

21. One Clinton was more than enough for me thank you, I'm full.

- I couldn't handle another bite.

On edit: Added an appropriate music track to this theme:

[proverbialwisdom]

20. The necessity of uncomfortable work of noble value as expressed by the late Howard Zinn, here.

First, however, see Oval office rug for related inspirational quotes: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090305100.html

http://www.theodoresworld.net/archives/2010/09/obama_and_his_brand_new_oval_o.html

These are the quotations the president chose for his rug:

“The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”
– President Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The Arc of the Moral Universe Is Long, But It Bends Towards Justice”
– Martin Luther King Jr.

“Government of the People, By the People, For the People”
– President Abraham Lincoln

“No Problem of Human Destiny Is Beyond Human Beings”
– President John F. Kennedy

“The Welfare of Each of Us Is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us”
– President Theodore Roosevelt

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[DeSwiss]

23. Thank you for that......

...fresh breath of TRUTH. It gets hard to keep goin' sometimes, living amongst the Sleepers.

- But that's the straw we drew, and we're bound to keep the faith....

[arikara]

22. K&R

I guess I'll have to get back on the twitter and enlighten my 34 followers.

[BelgianMadCow]

24. considering same

please do!