[Peace-discuss] PopularResistance: Activists Crash Pro-ISDS Heritage Foundation Panel

Mon Oct 30 23:02:31 UTC 2017

Excellent post Stuart,

I posted it on Facebook.

David J.

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Direct action against a panel speaking in support of Investor-State Dispute
Settlement (ISDS) provisions of "trade" treaties.   ISDS gives companies the
right to sue local/state/national governments, for example to demand payment
for profits they might have made if laws restricting corporate actions
weren't there.  Judgments are made by unaccountable pro-corporate lawyers,
and penalties can be in the $billions.  In effect, they give companies the
right to squash democratic control over labor, environmental, or other
regulations.

Happy Hallowe'en.

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Check the video out! 

Great direct action! 

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ACTIVISTS CRASH PRO-ISDS
HERITAGE FOUNDATION NAFTA LOVEFEST

DC trade justice activists crashed a corporate lovefest put on at the
Heritage Foundation today. While Dr. Gary Hufbauer lauded the special
corporate rights included in NAFTA, several "Boo's" came from a loud speaker
in the audience. Dr. Hufbauer and the panelists tried to ignore the sound.
until they couldn't. Minutes after Hufbauer attempted to debunk the the
improbable consensus across the political spectrum - from GOP members of
Congress
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d6e71fb413&id=bae47c843e&e=dac11ea256>  and hundreds of the nation
<https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7d
d6e71fb413&id=cdf377f30e&e=dac11ea256> 's leading legal and economics
professors against Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) - activists set
off a loud Halloween chant and set the record straight:

"Trick or treat,

ISDS deceit,

Screwing workers

a corporate cheat,

Heritage is

having a pout,

Cuz ISDS

Is on its way out!

Happy Halloween!"

The corporate fat cats were in for another tricky treat during Q&A, when a
second speaker went off. Between evil cackles, a voice of reason spoke,
"Corporate lobbyists desperately want to keep their special corporate powers
in NAFTA!  That's no surprise!  But they're scared, and they should be!!
Because working people are onto them and we are fighting back!"  James
Roberts, Heritage Foundation Research Fellow For Economic Freedom and
Growth, appeared humiliated from the stage. James ran up to another Heritage
Foundation staffer after the event, and told them that there were "multiple
bags" blasting anti-ISDS propaganda in the audience.

The corporate lobby is on notice. They're losing the battle over ISDS: The
U.S. Trade Representative put forth a proposal to roll back these NAFTA
special corporate rights. And whenever they try to get out the word in their
favor, activists will be there. Business as usual will no longer go
uninterrupted.

The consensus against ISDS is being heard everywhere: From Dan Ikenson of
the Cato Institute to U.S. Trade Representative Lighthizer, and now the
Heritage foundation itself is hearing it within their own walls.

Happy Halloween!

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