#nofasttrack

Kathryn Johnson of Public Citizen flew from Washington D.C. to New Orleans to help urge Cedric Richmond oppose the “fast tracking” of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a mammoth trade deal that will undermine labor, health, and environmental policies in the United States and allow corporations to sue federal and state governments for passing legislation that results in a loss of profit.

The TPP is the largest trade agreement in the history of the United States.  “Fast tracking” the deal would allow the president to push it through congress in 90 days with a simple majority and no amendments.    Johnson discusses the implications of the agreement and the various negative impacts it will have on workers and citizens.  

She also explains how you can contact your representative at https://www.stopfasttrack.com

Julian Assange on the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Secretive Deal Isn’t About Trade, But Corporate Control

The TPP would cover 40 percent of the global economy, but details have been concealed from the public.

+Democracy Now! journalist Amy Goodman interviews #Wikileaks  founder Julian Assange about what the TPP is, why governments are keeping it secret (WL has published the ONLY parts the public can see), what shady corporate schemes are inside, and why the public needs to know what a crooked scam this is. 

#NoTPP   #StopFastTrack   #NoFastTrack   #noMoreTradePacts  

"In 2012 . . . then-U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk claimed that secrecy was justified because openness and debate last decade killed talks surrounding the Free Trade Area of the Americas."

Well maybe that should tell you something! Unwashed masses cutting into your precious profits? Too damn bad, assholes! This is supposed to be a democracy, ya know!

#tpp #NoFastTrack #NoTPP #BarbaraBoxer