Hello Friends A call to all allies: Stop the TPP Fast Track in SLC Nov.19-24. Join the TPPwc email list today --> eepurl/IQ9ZX “Trans-Pacific Partnership Welcoming Committee” free expression activities will occur next week in Salt Lake City, Nov. 19-24, 2013. Our “Trans-Pacific Partnership Welcoming Committee” Planning Meeting and Potluck is this Sunday Nov. 17th from 2-5pm in SLC at the Mexican Federation at 342 Goshen street (1040 west) MAP --> goo.gl/maps/bIUKA The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a Treaty being negotiated in secret which reports indicate would allow corporations to overrule, disregard and circumvent national, state and local laws of the signatory nations. Agreements such as TPP have implications for tar sands, oil shale, Keystone XL because the agreements allow corporations to overrule, disregard and circumvent environmental protections. If you have any spare time to participate next week PLEASE get involved now. Come out Sunday and plan the action. Come out next Week and Be the action. STAY INFORMED! Learn of Plans and developments by joining the TPPwc email list today eepurl/IQ9ZX What is TPP? Agreements such as TPP have implications for tar sands, oil shale, Keystone XL because the agreements allow corporations to overrule, disregard and circumvent laws and regulations of the signatory nations. “If instituted, the TPP’s IP regime would trample over individual rights and free expression, as well as ride roughshod over the intellectual and creative commons,” said WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange, “If you read, write, publish, think, listen, dance, sing or invent; if you farm or consume food; if you’re ill now or might one day be ill, the TPP has you in its crosshairs.” ibtimes/wikileaks-releases-draft-chapter-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-intellectual-property-1468160 TPP will grant transnational corporations the power to change laws even down to the local level and challenge court decisions in their own tribunal that operates outside of sovereign judicial systems and cannot be challenged by domestic courts. popularresistance.org/call-to-action-demand-democracy-global-actions-against-toxic-trade-deals/ Please join us on Sunday, Nov. 17th 2-5 pm and plan to fight for a livable future. MAP to Planning Meeting and Potluck at Mexican Federation --> goo.gl/maps/bIUKA The “Trans-Pacific Partnership Welcoming Committee” Planning Meeting and potluck this Sunday Nov. 17 from 2-5pm in SLC at the Mexican Federation at 342 Goshen street (1040 west) For More Information about the TPP you can visit: wikileaks.org/tpp/ Heres a good analysis for your reading pleasure of the TPP from Knowledge Ecology International: keionline.org/node/1825 A good read, and a few chuckles to boot. my.firedoglake/wendydavis/2013/11/13/wikileaks-publishes-tpp-chapter-on-intellectual-property-rights-yahoo/ Stay Informed. Join the TPPwc email list today: eepurl/IQ9ZX eepurl/IRkWv
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