Stop TPP, Fast Tract, and Unfair Trade!

SOPA.
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was a bill suggested in late 2011 and tabled in the American House in early 2012. What it proposed was to give the US Justice Department and copyright holders the power to take take down websites due to copyright infringement without hearing a defense by the website owners.It also gave copyright owners the power to lodge complaints that websites infringed on their copyright and seek compensation from ANY company that did business with the website. They could also get the whole website taken down, not just the infringing material, all without entering a courtroom.

SOPA also would have made it a felony to stream pirated material, with a potential jail term of up to five years e.g., watch any video with pirated music on youtube (almost every video) and you could go to jail for it. Taking it even further, posting links to illicit material on social networks could result in the whole network being taken down. The big problem with SOPA was that it would have given the Justice Department power to shut down access to both domestic and foreign sites in the US.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been called “SOPA on steroids” — and for good reason.The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Negotiated behind closed doors by the governments of a dozen countries (including ours) colluding with corporate interests, this secret “trade” deal (much of which has little to do with actual trade) would grant unprecedented snooping and censorship powers to ISPs, copyright holders, and governments. A draft of the “intellectual property rights” chapter of the TPP was leaked recently, and according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, it “reflects a terrible but unsurprising truth: an agreement negotiated in near-total secrecy, including corporations but excluding the public, comes out as an anti-user wish list of industry-friendly policies.”¹The first stage in the plan to pass the TPP is a big push for Congress to pass fast-track trade authority, which would short-circuit the typical legislative process when trade deals like the TPP come up for a vote.Tell Congress: Say NO to fast-track trade authority. Click here to automatically sign the petition.

Fast-track trade authority would allow the president to sign a trade deal before Congress has an opportunity to review or approve it. Then the president could send it to Congress for an up-or-down vote. Fast track would mean there would be no meaningful hearings, limited debate and absolutely no amendments to the deal. And there would be tremendous pressure on Congress to rubber-stamp anything the president signs.

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January 2014 marked the twenty-year anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a pact that has had devastating consequences for people and the environment in all three countries and beyond.

The pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been described as “NAFTA on Steroids,”and threatens to: ◾Destroy livelihoods – accelerating the global race to the bottom in wages and working conditions
◾Further commodify agriculture, trample food sovereignty, hurt small farmers and contribute to forced migration◾Enable corporate attacks on environmental policies to combat climate change◾Reduce access to life-saving generic medications – raising drug prices
PDX Organizations standing opposed to the TPP
Alliance for Democracy
Northwest Oregon Labor Council
Oregon Fair Trade Campaign
Portland Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines
Portland Jobs with Justice
Positive Force North West
Witness for Peace Northwest
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No more NAFTA — 20 Years is Enough!

This is a call to action for communities throughout Mexico, Canada
and the United States to join together and say “ENOUGH!” to
the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the pending
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other corporate “trade” deals.

Solidarity actions everywhere throughout the globe are also welcome.

The harm that NAFTA has already cost our communities, and the new threats that the TPP poses, must be both acknowledged and resisted. We also need to spread the word that since NAFTA, when people have come together across issue areas and across geographic borders, we have defeated similar corporate power grabs like the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI),
the Millennial Round of the World Trade Organization, and the Free Trade Area of the
Americas (FTAA). We will do so again with the TPP.

We are calling on you to help organize demonstrations against NAFTA and the TPP in your community. International marches are planned and people are organize more actions.

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Organization Endorsements (for organizational representatives only)

This call to action is endorsed by:

The Northwest Alliance for Alternative Media & Education

The Portland Alliance: http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/TPP

The Action Hub

Alliance for Democracy

Backbone Campaign

Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network

Citizens Trade Campaign

Clowns Against Poverty

Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER)

Common Frontiers

Community Alliance for Global Justice

Community to Community Development

The Council of Canadians

The Council of Canadians – Kamloops Chapter

The Council of Canadians – Quill Plains Chapter

ECAWAR

Expose the TPP – USA

Flush the TPP

Food First, Institute for Food and Development Policy

Food and Water Watch

Friends of the Earth US

Global Exchange

Global Justice for Animals and the Environment

Grandmothers Advocacy Network

Green Party of Delaware

Illinois Fair Trade Coalition

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Institute for Policy Studies, Global Economy Project

International Society for Ecology and Culture

January 1st Collective

Maine Fair Trade Campaign

March Against Monsanto

Massachusetts Pirate Party

Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC)

Mining Injustice Solidarity Network (MISN

Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition

Move On Dallas Council

Move On Fort Worth Council

Move On Tampa Council

National Farmers Union (Canada)

Occupy Bellingham

Occupy Edmonton

Occupy Red Deer

Occupy San Diego

Oregon Fair Trade Campaign

Orlando Light Brigade

Peaceresource.org

Pennsylvania Fair Trade Coalition

Planting Justice

Polaris Institute

Popular Resistance

Progressive Democrats of America

Quebec Network on Continental Integration (RQIC)

Raging Grannies Action League

Reclaim Our Democracy Canada

Trade Justice Network (Canada)

TradeJustice New York Metro

United Students for Fair Trade

Washington Fair Trade Coalition

Witness for Peace Northwest

Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom,
Corporations vs Democracy Issue Committee

Writers on Societal Issues & Futurism

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No more NAFTA — 20 Years is Enough!

Visit tinyurl.com/tradejustice for the most up-to-date list of actions.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/374314856046054/

***Canada***
BRAMPTON, ON
Contact: January31@taxlite.org
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/715209385179219/#

BRANTFORD, ON
Contact: eco_hawk@rogers.com

CALGARY, AB
Calgary TPP Awareness
Contact: marcoluna69@gmail.com

COURTENAY, BC
Contact: comoxvalleyactionday@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/400481076753321/

EDMONTON, AB
Contact: makhten@hotmail.com

HAMILTON, ON
Contact: jubychanlee@gmail.com

KITCHENER, ON
Contact: terry_helm@live.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1809315755873878/

LONDON, ON
Contact: tradejusticelondon@gmail.com

MONTREAL, QC
Contact: evezina80@gmail.com

NANAIMO, BC
Contact: Midislandcoc@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1523097387914696/

RED DEER, AB
Contact: mattmc866@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/578470678899056/

TORONTO, ON
Contact: rburbano@hotmail.com or strew@canadians.org
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/491936774248622/

VANCOUVER, BC
Contact: jan1stcollective@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1450505608511037

VICTORIA, BC
Clowns against Free Trade Scams
Contact: rmduncan2@outlook.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ClownsAgainstChildPoverty

***Mexico***
MEXICO CITY, DF
Contact: manuel@ips-dc.org

***United States***
ALLENTOWN, PA
Tell Rep. Charlie Dent No Fast Track for the TPP!
Contact: Phila_back@verizon.net

BELLINGHAM, WA
Contact: c2coutreach@qwestoffice.net
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/204923873034296/

BEND, OR
Sound the Alarm against the TPP
Contact: tlarson@bendbroadband.com

BOSTON, MA
Contact: 3Anonymau5@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/257800164380137/

CHICAGO, IL
Stop the Fast Track to Corporate Rule!
Contact: iltrade@citizenstrade.org
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/489793827800028/

DALLAS, TX
Stop the TPP
Contact: das745@sbcglobal.net
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/563939520361037/

DENVER, CO
Denver against the TPP
Contact: lavant04@comcast.net

GAITHERSBURG, MD
Rep. Delaney — Say NO to Fast Track!
Contact: stopfasttrack@flushthetpp.org

HARTFORD, CT
Fight Back against TPP
Contact: activatect@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/522000167898571/

HOUSTON, TX
Contact: ietienne282@gmail.com

JACKSONVILLE, FL
Against the TPP & Corporate Globalization
Contact: sayyadina@riseup.net
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/269355843220297/

JENKINTOWN, PA
Opposing Fast Track & TPP
Contact: amy@citizenstrade.org

JERSEY CITY, NJ
Exposing and Stopping the TPP
Contact: msmith@fwwatch.org
Website:
act.foodandwaterwatch.org/

NEW YORK, NY
Rep. Crowley – Say NO to Fast Track
Contact: info@tradejustice.net
Website: http://tradejustice.net/?page=Cro13114

ORLANDO, FL
Against the TPP & Corporate Globalization
Contact: orlandolightbrigade@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/542039692559306/

PORTLAND, OR
Stop the TPP / No More NAFTAs!
Contact: elizabeth@oregonfairtrade.org
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/389069187895001/

SAN DIEGO, CA
Vote NO on Fast Track for TPP
Contact: cimhoof@msn.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/570342793051651/

SAN DIEGO, CA
Stop TPP & Fast Track Freeway Light Brigade
Contact: info@olbsd.org
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/257586751072513/

SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Rally and March against the TPP and Corporate Globalization
Contact: carleen@globalexchange.org
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/264783157012374/

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA
SLO Rally Against the TPP
Contact: jeannewater@gmail.com

SANTA ROSA, CA
Teach-in against the TPP
Contact: VJacobi@sonic.net

SEATTLE, WA
No MORE NAFTAS – Stop the TPP Action
Contact: Kristen@washingtonfairtrade.org

STATE COLLEGE, PA
Penn State against the TPP
Contact: daphneweidner@gmail.com

WILMINGTON, DE
Delaware Rally against the TPP
Contact: stephanieherron.jmu@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1401893866729871/

WILMINGTON, DE
TPP Forum
Contact: ilana.solomon@sierraclub.org

***Other Countries***
AUSTRALIA: PERTH, WA
March Against the TPP
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1376420582606503/
Arthur Stamoulis

THE INITIAL MAP OF ACTIONS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA IS
NOW ONLINE at the site below. People should post their local
Facebook event links here as well. Thanks!