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The Global Trade Corporatocracy Slams into Local Resistance
The Global Trade Corporatocracy Slams into Local Resistance Not everything seems to be going according to script for the self-anointed architects of the new global order. For years lobbyists and representatives of the world’s largest corporations and banks have been meeting with government trade negotiators from Europe, North America and Asia to patch together what […]
Trade Deals and the Logic of the Middle Finger
Trade Deals and the Logic of the Middle Finger The Power of Positive Larceny Optimism Finds a Cure After news broke that Senate Democrats had voted against giving President Obama fast-track authority for his TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) ‘trade’ agreement there was a moment when true knowledge of the world was held ever-so-briefly in suspension. Eternal […]
How America’s ‘News’ Media Killed America’s Democracy: TPP & TTIP
How America’s ‘News’ Media Killed America’s Democracy: TPP & TTIP As I reported on Wednesday, a deal was worked out in the U.S. Senate on the early afternoon of May 13th to “Fast-Track” through to approval U.S. President Barack Obama’s proposed trade deals, TPP with Asia, and TTIP with Europe. (It should have been reported on […]
“Free Trade” Run Amok: Canada Challenges U.S. Laws Reining In Banks
“Free Trade” Run Amok: Canada Challenges U.S. Laws Reining In Banks We noted in 2013 that the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) would let big banks run amok, and wouldincrease the cost of consumer loans. Ellen Brown asked last month: Under the TPP, could the US government be sued and be held liable if it decided to stop […]
As the Senate Prepares to Vote on “Fast Track,” Here’s a Quick Primer on the Dangers of the TPP
As the Senate Prepares to Vote on “Fast Track,” Here’s a Quick Primer on the Dangers of the TPP The United States is in the final stages of negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive free-trade agreement with Mexico, Canada, Japan, Singapore and seven other countries. Who will benefit from the TPP? American workers? Consumers? […]
Free Trade is Plutocratic Propaganda
Free Trade is Plutocratic Propaganda With the looming Trans-Pacific Partnership dominating the headlines, now is a good time to revisit an old scam called “free trade.” In 2003, Kevin Flanagan was an information technology employee at Bank of America. They told him he was being replaced with foreign labor, and he was ordered to train his replacement. […]
CFR Says China Must Be Defeated And TPP Is Essential To That
CFR Says China Must Be Defeated And TPP Is Essential To That Wall Street’s Council on Foreign Relations has issued a major report, alleging that China must be defeated because it threatens to become a bigger power in the world than the U.S. This report, which is titled “Revising U.S. Grand Strategy Toward China,” is […]
Caving In to Corporatism: Endgame for Secret “Trade” Pact Negotiations
Caving In to Corporatism: Endgame for Secret “Trade” Pact Negotiations Two game-changing trade agreements — the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and its sister pact, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) — are perilously close to completion. Their basic aims are three-fold: to elevate the rights of “investors,” that is of corporations, above the rights of […]
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and The Covenant of Secrecy
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and The Covenant of Secrecy The TTIP and TPPA, both sounding like ominous injections of political disaster, continue their march towards belittling, and corroding the democratic content of its participating countries. The holder of the needle remains US President Barack Obama, while the incentive is that grand fantasy that the more […]
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Death of the Republic
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Death of the Republic “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government.” — Article IV, Section 4, US Constitution A republican form of government is one in which power resides in elected officials representing the citizens, and government leaders exercise power according to the rule […]
TPP Would Destroy State, County and Local Government Power
TPP Would Destroy State, County and Local Government Power The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) would take sovereignty away from the American government … and hand it to a bunch of giant corporations, many of them foreign. It would also take sovereignty away from state, county and local governments … The attorney general of the State of New York explains: [TPP’s […]
