LET'S ALL FIGHT TPP, TOGETHER!
USA
USA
JAPAN
New Zealand
Australia
Phillipines
Germany (anti-TTIP protest--similar trade deal to TTP)
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The People are going to have to take matters into their own hands and stop the political elites from pushing TPP through in the vulnerable time between November 15th and mid-December---The so-called "lame-duck" session, when lawmakers are historically the least-acountable
to The People.
It is as simple as that.
(See article links below as evidence of this, and these are only 3 chosen out of many, BTW).
We must make a ...
How will We, The People, do this?
When enough people join in, traditional methods can work well, and have been used effectively by numerous activist groups
of all types in America.
They include:
--Emailing your Senator and Congressperson in polite, mature, but clear and strong language
regarding your request.
--Emailing The President with same.
--Leaving phone messages on your Senator/Congressperson's office message system.
--Signing petitions.
--Going to peaceful demonstrations outside offices of your Senator/Representative, where a number of people can lawfully, but clearly, make their sentiments known.
This is a case for ... Super-Citizen (aka--YOU).
If We, The People, do not do these things, and in great numbers,
our financial elites and their obedient politicans will almost certainly try to sneak TPP through between November 15th and mid-December, and it could happen very quickly.
The 3 links below show that elites want TPP, badly.
OBAMA WANTS TO PUSH TPP IN 2016 LAME-DUCK SESSION
TPP SUPPORTERS PIN HOPES ON LAME-DUCK VOTE
SENATE FINANCE CHAIRMAN SAYS TPP DEAL CAN GET DONE IN LAME-DUCK SESSION
Beware the "Lame-Duck"!
Why is TPP so bad, again?
1. MORE JOB LOSSES
Millions more US jobs will shift to Asian factories, subcontracted by US
and other Companies in search of low-cost labor and sparse
regulations.
2. THE ISDS PROVISIONS--THE *REAL DEVIL* IN THE DETAILS
The ISDS provision of TPP, will,
if passed, enable for the first time, imternational corporations and
investor-groups to sue governmental agencies and localities for claimed profit-loss, forcing them to yield to the interests of those corporations, BY NOT ENFORCING US LAWS,
due to an inability to pay millions, or billions,
in future "lost profits" to said corporations.
This literally puts US Laws hostage to international moneyed interests.
This leverage against sovereign laws is new in American History----Except for a provision in NAFTA that contains weaker "ISDS-type"
stipulations that are now enabling the thwarted Keystone Pipeline
backers, TransCanada, to attempt to sue the US Gov't for
$15-Billion dollars in lost profits over its veto in 2015 by Obama.
And they may win! This tells us all we need to know about ISDS.
It is true TPP does not alter any US Law at all, in any way.
Sometimes this is used by TPP-backers as a deceptive defense of
the pact.
But TPP doesn't have to change any laws, since it provides a way for
international companies to SUPERCEDE US Law
via the threat of huge countersuits for future lost profits, awarded by insider
corporate tribunals of etablished corporate attorneys provided by
TPP's ISDS format.
This is a stacked-deck.
International companies will now, shockingly to most citizens,
have a way of overriding laws they deem undesirable.
Our own Supreme Court will have to stand idly by, as ISDS tribunals decide the outcomes for American Citizens, and all the citizens of the other signee countries as well (that is whay there have been mass-demonstrations against TPP in Japan and other countries, though sadly not covered in US Corporate Media).
This translates into an inability to enforce our
own environmental and other laws mean't to protect
the Public. Even laws intended to mitigate Climate
Change would be overruled, since they invariably
inhibit international corporate profits to some degree.
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HOW CAN WE FIGHT?
1. Locate your Representative
2. Email and/or call them.
HOW TO LOCATE AND CONTACT
YOUR REPRESENTATIVE (links):
LOCATE AND CONTACT YOUR US SENATOR
(uses voter zip-codes or addresses)
LOCATE AND CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Next,
Get your words together.
If you need any help with this, or want to speed-up the process,
please see below for a number of sample letters you can use in
any form you want for our anti-TPP cause.
Below are intros and texts of various possible letters to representatives I have written, that I offer for anyone's use in writing to
their senator or congressperson. Check them out, and if you agree, feel free to use it as is, or with any changes you want.
Copy/paste as you wish, edit stuff out, add your own phrases, whatever you want to do to communicate your opposition to TPP.
Feel free also to use any of the text or phrases in the samples below in
any phone messsages you might leave, if you wish.
The emails don't have to be long. We just need their to be lots of them from lots of people. Please try to ask a few friends to join in this campaign.
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*******Letters to Elected Officials to oppose TPP*******
****INTROS****
(choose most appropriate)
Dear Senator _________________:
Dear Congressman _____________:
Dear Congresswoman _________:
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****Letters to Senators/Representatives****
I strongly urge you to oppose the TPP and vote against it,
should it come up for a vote in the upcoming
November-December session, or any time thereafter.
TPP will not only cause the loss of millions of jobs in
America, but will, more importantly, cause damage to
US Sovereignty through the ISDS section of TPP.
This is unacceptable to all those who do not want to
see US Law overridden or superceded by these ISDS
provisions.
As a voter, I will oppose and actively work against,
any elected officials who end up supporting TPP's passage.
Your Truly,
(your name)__________________
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It is extremely important that you oppose and vote against
the Trans-Pacific-Partnership (TPP), if it comes up for
a vote in the upcoming "lame-duck" session, or any
time after.
As an elected official in a representative system, please
be aware that I, and many other voters, are strongly
opposed to multiple aspects of TPP, too detailed to
outline in this communication at this time.
And make no mistake about it---We, the American People
are watching very closely what our elected officials
are doing on this issue.
Please vote against TPP, and do not support it, in any form,
even at a later time.
The TPP needs to be scrapped, and a better
agreement drafted, from the ground up, with far more participation
and input from people who are not merely financial or
other insiders seeking to protect and expand their
own interests.
Sincerely.
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As you may be aware, the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership)
is said by some to be coming-up for a possible vote in
this November-December's "lame-duck" session of congress.
If this happens, I emphatically request that you
OPPOSE TPP, AND VOTE AGAINST IT.
I do not know a single working person (I am not counting
big investors and bankers), who is not disturbed by
the domestic job losses TPP will cause, as well as the
ISDS provision's ability to supercede US Sovereign Law,
on behalf of international corporations.
TPP is unacceptable, and must be opposed and stopped.
All elected officials who end up supporting TPP will
inevitably face the wrath of voters on a mass-scale.
Please be a good representative, and do not support TPP.
Yours Truly,
_____________________________
TPP and its ISDS provision are bad news for most Americans.
I strongly advise you to oppose TPP, and vote against it,
if it comes up in this November-December's session,
or any time later.
TPP is unacceptable to the working people of America,
and all those who value American Sovereignty.
Do not support or vote for TPP.
Yours Truly, (a voter)
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****Letters to Obama****
Dear President Obama:
Please reverse your position on TPP (Trans-pacific
Partnership).
The majority of the American people, when they learn of it,
oppose it.
The ISDS provision of TPP will cripple America's
ability to enforce its environmental,
workplace safety, and other laws, in the face
of daunting ISDS countersuits by corporations amounting to
billions of dollars.
Please do the right thing, Mr. President, and stop TPP in its tracks.
TPP might be good for the top investors and corporate earners,
but it is bad for the overwhelming majority of Americans.
Your Truly,
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Dear President Obama:
The Trans-Pacific Partnership must be opposed.
Please change your mind on this huge issue.
American taxpayers are already facing a $15-Billion dollar
lawsuit thru ISDS provisions included in NAFTA, over your
veto of the Keystone Pipeline.
TPP has much stronger ISDS provisions in it.
How can you support this?
I agreed with your veto of the pipeline, but I feel it is wrong
for the taxpayers to have to pay "ransom" to Trans-Canada investors
over FUTURE profits they never even worked for.
TPP will just make this situation worse for taxpayers.
Also, how are we supposed to mitigate climate-change, or
environmental toxification, when corporations will be able,
thru TPP's ISDS provisions, to actually
counter-sue against, and override, American Laws?
Please change your mind and save your Legacy by opposing TPP and its
dangerous ISDS provisions.
Sincerely,
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Dear Mr. President:
If TPP is passed in this lame-duck session, and you sign it,
as you have promised to do, then I predict this will become
the heart of your Legacy.
Do you really want that?
TPP's ISDS provision has the ability to dis-impower US Laws,
and seriously damage American Sovereignty.
This is an historic change.
Is that really how you want to conclude, and define,
your term-of-office?
If you sign TPP into law, you will historically be remembered as
the "TPP President", and sadly, with reason.
Please have the courage to reverse your position on TPP, and VETO IT,
should it come up in the November-December session.
If you do that, some bankers and CEOs will undoubtedly be unhappy.
But the majority of the American People will be thankful.
Yours Sincerely,
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Thank you for coming here,
and fight the good fight!
Links to other articles against TPP passage in the "Lame-Duck" session:
Don't let lame duck Congress pass TPP
STOP TPP IN 2016 LAME-DUCK SESSION
Obama Has Plans for the TPP during the Lame Duck—Here's What You Need to Know
If you want to fight some more, check out
this site:
HOW TO FIGHT TPP, Plus entire TEXT of TPP Document
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