{"id":13226,"date":"2015-10-10T09:25:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T14:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=13226"},"modified":"2015-10-10T09:25:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T14:25:56","slug":"stopttip-tens-of-thousands-protest-trade-deal-with-us-in-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=13226","title":{"rendered":"#StopTTIP: Tens of thousands protest trade deal with US in Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__summary summary \">\n<h3 class=\"article__heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/318199-berlin-ttip-protest-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\">#StopTTIP: Tens of thousands protest trade deal with US in Berlin<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Protesters from a range of political groups have gathered in central Berlin for a protest against TTIP, a trade deal between the US and the European Union, which critics believe would benefit big corporations and hurt average Europeans.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<p>Trade unions, environmental groups, charities and opposition parties are among the organizers of the rally, which was scheduled to go from the main railway station in central Berlin to the national parliament.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uAVaE23jWnY?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Some 24,000 signed up for the demonstration beforehand, but organizers said they hope for at least 50,000 people to show up. Berlin police say they expect up to 100,000 protesters to walk the city streets Saturday.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\"><a class=\"MediaCard-borderOverlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomasOccupy\/status\/652787488482832384\/photo\/1\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">View image on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 600px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 133.3333%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset\n                    NaturalImage\n\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomasOccupy\/status\/652787488482832384\/photo\/1\" data-scribe=\"element:photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CQ8qvpwWUAAONq6.jpg\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCQ8qvpwWUAAONq6.jpg%3Alarge 720w,https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCQ8qvpwWUAAONq6.jpg 600w,https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCQ8qvpwWUAAONq6.jpg%3Asmall 340w\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded \n<p>                    \" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomasOccupy\/status\/652787488482832384\" data-tweet-id=\"652787488482832384\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand u-floatRight\"><span class=\"u-hiddenInNarrowEnv\"><a class=\"FollowButton follow-button profile\" title=\"Follow Thomas Occupy on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomasOccupy\" data-scribe=\"component:followbutton\">\u00a0Follow<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-author u-textTruncate h-card p-author\" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"Tweet-authorLink Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomasOccupy\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\"><span class=\"Tweet-authorAvatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar u-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/378800000710385670\/5d2681c1abfd76dedc31e50ff0986865_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/378800000710385670\/5d2681c1abfd76dedc31e50ff0986865_bigger.jpeg\" \/><\/span><span class=\"Tweet-authorName Identity-name p-name customisable-highlight\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">Thomas Occupy<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"Tweet-authorScreenName Identity-screenName p-nickname\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@ThomasOccupy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\"><a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Berlin?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">Berlin<\/span><\/a><a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopTTIP?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">StopTTIP<\/span><\/a> demo<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomasOccupy\/status\/652787488482832384\" data-datetime=\"2015-10-10T10:07:20+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\">6:07 AM &#8211; 10 Oct 2015<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is meant to improve trade between the US and the EU, bringing billions of dollars in extra profits to businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Critics fear that it would lead to worse safeguards in Europe, bringing down standards for consumer safety, food and health or labor rights down to those in America. European nations have stricter regulations for things like genetically modified foods or workers benefits than the US does. There is also discontent with the secretive nature of the negotiations, which prompts skeptics to assume the worst about the document they would eventually produce.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#StopTTIP: Tens of thousands protest trade deal with US in Berlin Protesters from a range of political groups have gathered in central Berlin for a protest against TTIP, a trade deal between the US and the European Union, which critics believe would benefit big corporations and hurt average Europeans. 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