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posted by takyon on Sunday November 08 2015, @08:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-say-no dept.

Dissident Voice reports:

A mass mobilization in Washington, DC from November 14 to 18 has been announced to begin the next stage of the campaign to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

[...] "At its root, the TPP is about modern colonialism. It is the way that Western governments and their transnational corporations, including Wall Street banks, can dominate the economies of developing nations", said Margaret Flowers, co-director of Popular Resistance. She continued "The reality is that without trade justice there cannot be climate justice, food justice; there cannot be health justice or wage justice. That is why people are mobilizing to stop the TPP."

[...] The groups will begin their protests [on Monday morning, November 16] at the US Trade Representative building on 17th Street with the message that the TPP betrays the people, planet, and democracy.

This will be followed that evening by a protest that begins at the US Chamber of Commerce and White House then marches along K Street and ends at the Reagan International Trade Center.

The next day, the groups will have an international focus protesting at multiple sites along Embassy Row to stand in solidarity with people around the world who are fighting to stop the TPP.

On the final day, the groups will focus on Congress.

Previously: Trans-Pacific Partnership Text Released
Trans-Pacific Partnership: "Intellectual Property" Fears Become Reality


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 09 2015, @12:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 09 2015, @12:11AM (#260580)

    I will be [...] voting based on opposition to this thing

    ...and, rather than being reactive after the fact, be proactive and let your Congresscritters know how you feel before the vote.

    Know what gets a politician's attention?
    A flood of telephone calls to his office.
    (DO NOT email.)

    The Capitol switchboard is 1(866)220-0044 toll-free.
    In DC it's (202)224-3121.
    If you don't know your guy's name, just give your zip code and you'll be put through to his office.
    Tell his folks what you think.
    Have everybody you know do likewise.
    Make him aware that you are all watching him closely on this make-or-break issue (with the implication that, if he muffs it, the lot of you will actively work for his defeat|recall).

    This is where neighborhood groups, community groups, clubs, bowling leagues, etc. can be useful.
    If the group hasn't met recently|won't meet soon, use a cascading notification tree with fall-through and redundancy to make sure -everybody- knows what's happening.

    This advice comes from Ralph Nader who knows a thing or 2 about how to get stuff done WRT gov't.

    -- gewg_

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