Trans Pacific Partnership Details Explained
TPPA New Zealand Forum
The TPP Forum was a public meeting about the Trans Pacific Partnership free trade agreement. It was held in Wellington on July 7th, 2011.
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TPPA - Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement or Toxic Profiteers Plunder Aoteaora?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a “free trade” currently under negotiation between NZ and 8 other countries, including the U.S. The countries want to complete negotiation by the end of 2011.
Trade is only a minor part of the agreement. That’s just a clever branding exercise. A TPPA would be an agreement that guarantees special rights to foreign investors. If these negotiations succeed they will create a mega-treaty across 9 countries that will put a straight jacket around what policies and laws our governments can adopt for the next century — think GM labelling, foreign investment laws, price of medicines, regulating dodgy finance firms, NZ content on TV …To find out more go to http://tppwatch.org/what-is-tppa/
Assange’s The World Tomorrow Episode 4: Overthrowing dictators 101
In the fourth episode of The World Tomorrow Julian Assange speaks with two leading Arab revolutionaries in the middle of conflict, Alaa Abd El-Fattah from Egypt and Nabeel Rajab from Bahrain. Alaa Abd El-Fattah is a long time Egyptian blogger, programmer and political activist. His parents were human rights campaigners under Anwar Sadat; his sister Mona Seif became a Twitter star during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, and is a founder of the No Military Trials for Civilians group formed under the post-Mubarak military junta. El-Fattah was imprisoned for 45 days in 2006 for protesting under the Mubarak regime, and released after “Free Alaa” solidarity protests in Egypt and around the world. In 2011, from abroad, El-Fattah helped route around Mubarak’s internet blockade.
Nabeel Rajab is a lifelong Bahraini activist and critic of the Al Khalifa regime. A member of a staunch pro-regime family, Rajab has agitated for reform in Bahrain since his return from university in 1988. Along with the Bahraini-Danish human rights defender Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, he helped establish the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights in 2002. Rajab is reasonably new to the limelight — becoming a face for the Bahrain uprising of February 14 2011, after the sit-in at Pearl Roundabout. Since then, he has been a public face for the revolution, waging a social media war on Twitter with PR companies working for the regime. After al-Khawaja was imprisoned, he led protests for his release. He has endured beatings, arrests and legal harrassment for engaging in pro-democracy demonstrations. On Saturday 5th of May, he was arrested at Manama airport , and charged the next day with encouraging and engaging in “illegal protests.” Nabeel Rajab remains in detention at the time of broadcast.
“The Time I Almost Died.” Please watch and spread this video in support of our friend Raul Carranza and others like him. Go to www.raulcarranza.org to learn more.
Video from this week’s Barrio Sherman community action to stop Walmart from demolishing an historic building against the community’s wishes and what was discussed in the past. Occupy San Diego is proud to support Sherman Heights in their fight against the 1%. If you can be in court on Monday morning at 9 AM, please do so! Information regarding that can be seen at the end of this video.
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By the way, Walmart stated at their press conference that on Wednesday, it was the first time they ever had to stop construction on anything. Ever.That’s right. 40 people from the community stopped the richest, most evil people in the universe from doing whatever they want to do. At least until Monday.
Communities have the power to push back. This is proof. So get out there and PUSH BACK. Make your communities what you want them to be BECAUSE YOU CAN.
