[Peace] Rally *tomorrow* noon Thu Feb 4th, Davis' office: Stop the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership)

[Susan Parenti]

The TPP is the current version of NAFTA: another way for the rich to screw the world, the planet. 

Anyone driving over? 

Susan Parenti
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> From: Stuart Levy via OccupyCU <occupycu at lists.chambana.net>
> Subject: [OccupyCU] *tomorrow* noon Thu Feb 4th, Davis' office: Stop the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership)
> Date: February 3, 2016 at 2:39:38 PM CST
> To: Peace <peace at anti-war.net>, Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>, occupycu <OccupyCU at lists.chambana.net>
> Reply-To: Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com>
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> It's short notice, but tomorrow there will be a rally against the TPP ...
> Rally against the Trans-Pacific Partnership
> noon Thursday, Feb. 4th (tomorrow!)
> US Rep. Rodney Davis' office
> 2004 Fox Drive, Champaign IL  (see map) <https://www.google.com/maps/place/2004+Fox+Dr,+Champaign,+IL+61820/@40.0906949,-88.252365,17z/data=%213m1%214b1%214m2%213m1%211s0x880cd12a0ef1ee7b:0x200ac1da16befde>
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> We'll have a few signs, or bring your own.   And if you'd like to write and bring a letter to Davis about the issue, please do - Lois Kain of Food and Water Watch is organizing a 'letter drop' on the spot.   Deb Schrishuhn of PDA will bring pieces of paper, one letter per sheet, spelling out FLUSH THE TPP - if enough of us are there, we can make a visible statement that way!
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> This is part of a national mobilization against the TPP.   There may well be other local events over the coming weeks - they'll be announced on the peace list if so.
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> Though Rep. Davis has expressed support for the TPP, Public Citizen <http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/> is among many organizations opposing it, e.g.
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>       <http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2016/01/icymi-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-facts-and-figures-for-sotu-prep.html>http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2016/01/icymi-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-facts-and-figures-for-sotu-prep.html <http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2016/01/icymi-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-facts-and-figures-for-sotu-prep.html>
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> and so is the Sierra Club (more detail below):
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>      http://www.sierraclub.org/trade/trans-pacific-partnership <http://www.sierraclub.org/trade/trans-pacific-partnership>
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> It's a dirty deal:
>      https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/uploads-wysiwig/dirty-deal.pdf <https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/uploads-wysiwig/dirty-deal.pdf>
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> And as many have pointed out, including Paul Krugman,  <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/opinion/paul-krugman-trade-and-trust.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fpaul-krugman&_r=0>it's not even primarily a trade deal.
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> A recent example of what the TPP will do for us, if Congress passes it: its "investor-state dispute settlement" (ISDS) provisions will extend those already created by other agreements such as NAFTA, giving corporations great power to sue governments, superceding democratic rights (see below).    Right now, under NAFTA, TransCanada is suing the US government  <http://commondreams.org/news/2016/01/07/nafta-lawsuit-over-keystone-xl-proves-free-trade-deals-kill-democracy>- for $15 billion - over its rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline.    
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> The Sierra Club is deeply concerned about the lack of transparency around the TPP and the deal's environmental implications. Here's why:
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> Extreme Secrecy. The TPP negotiations took place in extreme secrecy.  And public input has been drowned out by dominant corporate input; more than 600 corporate advisors have actively worked to shape the agreement while the public is being kept in the dark. 
> Threat to Forests, Wildlife, and Fish. While the TPP environment chapter should set strong and binding rules to address conservation challenges like illegal timber and wildlife trade, its rules will likely be too weak to have an impact on the ground and are unlikely to be enforced, rendering the chapter essentially meaningless. Read more here <http://www.sierraclub.org/compass/2015/05/far-progressive-trade-deal-trans-pacific-partnership-would-harm-our-environment>.
> Unfettered Rights to Corporations. The TPP will include provisions that give corporations the right to sue a government for unlimited cash compensation -- in private and non-transparent tribunals -- over nearly any law or policy that a corporation alleges will reduce its profits. Using similar rules in other free trade agreements, corporations such as Exxon Mobil and Dow Chemical have launched over 600 cases against more than 100 governments. Dozens of cases attack common-sense environmental laws and regulations, such as regulations to protect communities and the environment from harmful chemicals or mining practices. Read more here <https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/uploads-wysiwig/Investor-State-Climate-FINAL.pdf>about how harmful investment rules included in other trade pacts have led to the attack of climate and environmental policies.
> Increase in Dirty Fracking. The TPP may allow for significantly increased exports of liquefied natural gas without the careful study or adequate protections necessary to safeguard the American public. This would mean an increase of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the dirty and violent process that dislodges gas deposits from shale rock formations. It would also likely cause an increase in natural gas and electricity prices, impacting consumers, manufacturers, workers, and increasing the use of dirty coal power. Read our factsheet on the TPP and natural gas exports here <https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/uploads-wysiwig/TPP-LNG_Factsheet_Updated.pdf>!
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