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I do like the blackagendareport Glen Ford piece on the SOTU.<br>
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A box, sure! It could use some language like this, lightly edited
from<br>
<a href="http://www.tradejustice.ca/tpp/jan31">http://www.tradejustice.ca/tpp/jan31</a><br>
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If there's too much redundancy with what Ford's already written
about the TPP, it could work to omit the bulleted paragraph (see
below).<br>
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<p>This weekend, more than 50 communities across the US, Canada,
Mexico, and around the world are joining together to say “ENOUGH!”
to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the pending
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other corporate “trade”
deals. <br>
</p>
<p>January 2014 marks the twenty-year anniversary of NAFTA, a pact
that has had devastating consequences for working families, small
farmers, indigenous peoples, small business and the environment in
all three countries and beyond. The pending Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) has been described as “NAFTA on Steroids.” Four
years into the TPP negotiations, this new corporate power grab
threatens to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Destroy livelihoods and accelerate the global race to the
bottom in wages and working conditions</li>
<li>Further commodify agriculture, trample food sovereignty, hurt
small farmers and contribute to forced migration</li>
<li>Enable new corporate attacks on democratically-enacted
environmental and consumer protections</li>
<li>Undermine global economic stability by prohibiting effective
regulation of financial markets</li>
<li>Reduce access to life-saving generic medications, increase the
costs of prescriptions, and restrict freedom on the Internet</li>
</ul>
<p>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.</p>
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A bit shorter:<br>
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<p>This weekend, more than 50 communities across the US, Canada,
Mexico, and around the world are joining together to say “ENOUGH!”
to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the pending
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other corporate “trade”
deals. <br>
</p>
<p>January 2014 marks the twenty-year anniversary of NAFTA, a pact
that has had devastating consequences for working families, small
farmers, indigenous peoples, small business and the environment in
all three countries and beyond. The pending Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) has been described as “NAFTA on Steroids.”</p>
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.<br>
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Links for action and information, a couple of which could go
somewhere:<br>
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<br>
Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch - information on the TPP:<br>
<a href="https://www.citizen.org/TPP">https://www.citizen.org/TPP</a><br>
<br>
Petition against the TPP with 1.6 million signatures so far:<br>
<a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_corporate_death_star">http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_corporate_death_star
</a><br>
<br>
Doctors without Borders petition - TPP drug patent provisions will
cost lives:<br>
<a href="http://www.msf.ca/tpp">http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/take-action/tpp/<br>
</a><br>
Public Citizen: call on Congress to reject Fast Track approval of
the TPP:<br>
<a
href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12263">http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12263</a><br>
(or Karen Aram's CREDO petition, but that's an even more
unwieldy link)<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/30/14 5:15 PM, Carl G. Estabrook
wrote:<br>
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<div>Stuart--</div>
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I have a half-written flyer for the Saturday demo based on {1}
Jeremy Scahill's critique of SOTU and {2} the blue scarves KarenA
has prepared.
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<div>If KarenRestOfTheAlphabet et al. agree, I could substitute
Glen Ford's critique of SOTU - which focuses on the TPP - for
{1} above.</div>
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<div>There isn't room for both. </div>
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<div>Perhaps you could send me a brief paragraph on the Jan. 31
actions, suitable for framing in this week's flyer.</div>
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<div>Regards, CGE</div>
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<div>On Jan 30, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Stuart Levy <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:salevy@illinois.edu">salevy@illinois.edu</a>>
wrote:</div>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Is the Trans-Pacific
Partnership a good subject to raise for this Saturday's
AWARE demonstration?<br>
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valign="BASELINE">Subject: </th>
<td>[ufpj-activist] TOMORROW: INTERCONTINENTAL DAY
OF ACTION VS. TPP</td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap"
valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
<td>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:31:36 -0800</td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap"
valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
<td>Jackie Cabasso <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:wslf@earthlink.net"><wslf@earthlink.net></a></td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap"
valign="BASELINE">Reply-To: </th>
<td><a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:wslf@earthlink.net"><wslf@earthlink.net></a></td>
</tr>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap"
valign="BASELINE">To: </th>
<td>'ufpj-activist' <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:ufpj-activist@lists.mayfirst.org"><ufpj-activist@lists.mayfirst.org></a>,
UFPJ Bayarea <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:upj-bayarea@lists.riseup.net"><upj-bayarea@lists.riseup.net></a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="center"><font
face="Arial Black, sans-serif"><strong><big>UFPJ has
endorsed the FRI, JAN 31: INTERCONTINENTAL DAY
OF ACTION VS. TPP<br>
</big></strong><big><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><big>For a complete list
of local actions and events: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.tradejustice.ca/tpp/jan31">http://www.tradejustice.ca/tpp/jan31</a></big></font></font><br>
</big></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="center"><font
face="Arial Black, sans-serif"><strong><big>NEW YORK
CITY:</big><br>
</strong></font></p>
<strong></strong>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="center"><font
face="Arial Black, sans-serif"><strong>MARCH &
RALLY: REP. CROWLEY - SAY NO! TO FAST TRACK!</strong></font><strong>
</strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="center"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Congressman
Joe Crowley is one of only two New York State
Democrats in the US House of Repressentatives who
has not expressed opposition to Fast Tracking the
Trans-Pacific Partnership. Join us to demand that
Crowley get on the right track by refusing to
sponsor and pledging to vote against Fast Track!</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="center"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font><strong>Time:</strong></font><font>
10AM-Noon (please arrive on time as we will be
moving! If you arrive late & can't find us,
call Wendy @ <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:%28347%29%20881-5635"
value="+13478815635" target="_blank">(347)
881-5635</a> or Carlos at <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:%28646%29%20416-3440"
value="+16464163440" target="_blank">(646)
416-3440</a>)</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="center"><font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><strong>Location:
</strong></font></font></font><font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"> Rep.
Crowley's Queens Office, 82-11 37th Ave between
87</font></font></font><font><sup><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">th</font></font></sup></font><font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"> and
83</font></font></font><font><sup><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">rd</font></font></sup></font><font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"> Streets,
Jackson Heights, Queens –</font></font></font><font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><strong>Directions: </strong></font></font></font><font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">7
train to 82</font></font></font><font><sup><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">nd</font></font></sup></font><font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"> Street-Jackson
Heights</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="center"><font
size="3"><strong>Additional details:</strong></font><font
size="3"> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://tradejustice.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2e1c74a578359190791efe801&id=0d16f71141&e=fb051a1a05"
style="color:#336699;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline"
target="_blank">http://tradejustice.net/cro13114</a>
</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="center"><font
size="3"><strong>Printable Flier: </strong></font><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://tradejustice.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2e1c74a578359190791efe801&id=66ad8a3e6e&e=fb051a1a05"
style="color:#336699;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline"
target="_blank"><font size="3">http//tradejustice.net/jan31eng</font></a>
<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="center"><big><big><b><br>
SAN FRANCISCO:</b></big></big><br>
</p>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align:
center; line-height: 24px; "><b><font color="blue"
face="Arial" size="5"><span style="font-size:
20pt; line-height: 40px; font-family: Arial;
color: blue; font-weight: bold; ">Inter-Continental
Day of Action<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align:
center; line-height: 24px; "><b><font color="red"
face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size:
28pt; line-height: 55px; font-family: Arial;
color: red; font-weight: bold; ">STOP the TPP!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align:
center; line-height: 24px; "><b><font color="blue"
face="Arial" size="5"><span style="font-size:
20pt; line-height: 40px; font-family: Arial;
color: blue; font-weight: bold; ">January 31,
Friday<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align:
center; "><b><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;
color: blue; font-weight: bold; ">4:30 pm – Meet
at Rep. Pelosi’s office<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align:
center; "><b><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;
color: blue; font-weight: bold; ">7<sup>th</sup> and <st1:street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Mission
Street</st1:address></st1:street><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align:
center; line-height: 24px; "><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city
w:st="on"><b><font color="blue" face="Arial"
size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt;
line-height: 31px; font-family: Arial;
color: blue; font-weight: bold; ">San
Francisco</span></font></b></st1:city></st1:place><b><font
color="blue" face="Arial" size="5"><span
style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 31px;
font-family: Arial; color: blue; font-weight:
bold; "> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align:
center; line-height: 24px; "><b><font color="blue"
face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size:
13pt; line-height: 25px; font-family: Arial;
color: blue; font-weight: bold; ">March down <st1:street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Market Street</st1:address></st1:street> to
Senator Feinstein’s office <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align:
center; "><b><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="5"><span
style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial;
color: blue; font-weight: bold; ">5:30 pm –
Senator Feinstein’s office<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align:
center; "><st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><b><font
color="blue" face="Arial" size="5"><span
style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial;
color: blue; font-weight: bold; ">One Post
Street</span></font></b></st1:address></st1:street><b><font
color="blue" face="Arial" size="5"><span
style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial;
color: blue; font-weight: bold; "></span></font></b><b><font
color="blue" face="Arial"><span
style="font-family: Arial; color: blue;
font-weight: bold; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align:
center; "><b><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;
color: blue; font-weight: bold; ">(Market &
Montgomery Streets)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align:
center; "><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><b><font
color="blue" face="Arial" size="5"><span
style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial;
color: blue; font-weight: bold; ">San
Francisco</span></font></b></st1:city></st1:place><b><font
color="blue" face="Arial"><span
style="font-family: Arial; color: blue;
font-weight: bold; "> <br>
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