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agreements that protect billionaires but not labor, Indigenous and human
rights, or the environment?
We’re tired too. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
We can all imagine international agreements that create, not destroy
jobs; that promote the right to organize; that don’t destroy the
environment; that don't exploit migrant labour; that don’t infringe on the
rights of communities to create rules that protect public health, worker’s
rights, Indigenous rights; that strengthen public services instead of
encouraging privatization; that support a free and democratic Internet
instead of a corporate-controlled one.
We can all imagine trade deals built by and for people, negotiated in
public, debated openly, with a real opportunity to say no if the deal’s no
good.
It’s possible, but it isn’t going to happen unless we make it happen.
Right now, the newest, biggest, (and potentially baddest) trade
agreement yet is being negotiated behind closed doors – the U.S.-led Trans
Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP). Canada and Mexico just joined the
nine other countries involved, making this the expansion of NAFTA that
we have all feared. We have learned that the best way to stop bad trade
agreements is to get to them before they are signed. Now is the time to act.
On Saturday, December 1, join unionists, environmentalists,
Indigenous peoples, migrant justice activists, trade and Internet freedom
activists, students organizers and other allies from Mexico, Canada, and
the U.S. for cross-border action – The People’s Round of Negotiations –
1:00 PM. For more information and to get on the bus visit
www.tppxborder.org & TPPxBorder on Facebook
Past articles:
Occupy TPP: Dallas, TX – May 8-19
July 2-10, San Diego: Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership
NYC Threatens Imminent Eviction Of 24/7 Sandy Relief Hub
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