See critically important info below from a most trusted source, Victor Tiffany of our local Move to Amend, who has been all around the state to talk about ending the stranglehold on U.S. governments by huge corporations.
We need to all take some time to engage on this issue. We cannot attain any semblance of sustainability or win any of our fights if we don’t stop corporate control, and the TPP is essentially the ceding of any chance of democracy in the USA to multinational corporations. (This is not hyperbole.) Please get involved and spread this info far and wide. Maura Stephens Begin forwarded message: From: Victor Tiffany <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Because of media black out, it's up to you and me to stop the TPP Date: February 10, 2015 at 12:12:37 PM EST To: Victor Tiffany <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Hello again, On a conference call Sunday night about the TPP<http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/28994-will-the-united-states-end-up-like-greece-the-risks-of-the-trans-pacific-partnership#>, several things were pointed out including the fact that ABC, NBC and CBS have not mentioned it yet. If we're going to stop this corporate insurance plan against democracy, we're the ones who have to inform our friends, neighbors and associates. Please forward this to your contacts across the nation. The call deconstructed the TPP. You can see the slide show presented here: http://meetingcontent-upload-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/f9490f78-3eee-49df-9691-2d475f322473/8c39bef4-03b1-4a8c-8caa-46e08276a454/AnyMeeting.pdf On page 14, Dave Johnson offers a deconstruction of the pact. Feel free to use those notes to generate letters to the editor, Guest viewpoints, etc. This is the audio recording of this conf. call: https://www.freeconferencecallhd.com/playback/?n=HcbOU/jbz9y MOSTLY, we need to generate calls into Congress. The website below makes it easy. One of the presenters suggested to even call Republicans who support fast-track and the TPP like Tom Reed (R-23). They need to believe that they will pay a price at the polls if they support this sovereignty over-ride "trade" pact. Citizens can use http://www.stopfasttrack.com/. Feb.10th is a day organizers are aiming to flood Congress with calls. If fast-track is approved, we'll have only 90 days to defeat this raw deal, so please forward this message and help get the word out. In solidarity, Victor Tiffany Coordinator, Move to Amend<http://ithacamovetoamend.org/> - Ithaca Writer, The Syracuse Examiner<http://www.examiner.com/Syracuse> Senior Columnist, The Amendment Gazette<http://http//www.amendmentgazette.com/> Ithaca, NY 14850 For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at [email protected].
