Exclusive: The insurgent campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have staggered Official Washington’s twin corrupt establishments on the Republican and Democratic sides, but what happens next, asks Robert Parry. By Robert Parry The United States is led by two…Read more →
Wednesday, the White House finally released the full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership dealand, as many of us expected, it's what we feared-- another crappy corporate trade deal like NAFTA. The first Member of Congress I heard from after the text came out was Maryland Congresswoman Donna Edwards, whose been fighting to make this monstrosity better for working families and better for the environment. "I remember," she wrote yesterday, "what happens when we don’t think of the American worker first.
Because all supporters stuck together!!Here in fascist/corporatist Canada it's more of the same. Yah, it's a tyranny here. What are you all going to do about it? A big first step would be to acknowledge the reality!Stop believing in the lies. And then withdraw your support of this corrupt system.CTV
France is threatening "outright termination" of negotiations of the TTIP corporate trade deal citing the US' total secrecy.The post France Threatens “Outright Termination” of TTIP Corporate Trade Negotiations appeared first on The Anti-Media.
I've been thinking about this for days now.. Knowing what I want to say and hoping it's understandable?In a nutshell Greece (Tsipras) is the straw being used to break the camel’s back. The camels back being the European nations, their distinct histories and identities, being forced into a totally integrated union. (Like the United States of America? See references below) Or 2 "unions"Oddly enough this has me thinking about all the phony Confederate flag hoopla- Erasing the history of people.... So despicable.
Why Washington State senators need the Export-Import Bank to be reauthorizedby Gaius PubliusHouse Democrats, 28 of them, handed Obama and House Republicans a win by passing Fast Track, called Trade Promotion Authority, or TPA, as a stand-alone bill. The bill yoked to it by the Senate — an "assistance for workers" bill called TAA — was cut loose.
Brown has been fighting against the job-killing corporate trade agenda since long before he was ever elected to the Senate. He was the primary champion of the battle against these unfair trade bills in the House-- just as Grayson is today. Last week, Brown did an OpEd for the Jackson County Times-Journal about the dangers of fast-tracking the TPP.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)by Gaius PubliusAre progressives willing to attack Ron Wyden on TPP? The question isn't mine — it's from the National Journal (my emphasis throughout):
Without "Fast Track" Legislation, TPP can't pass.by Gaius PubliusI've been writing, along with many others, in opposition to NAFTA-style "free trade" agreements in general and the upcoming TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) in specific.
