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The Pipeline Strikes Back: The Audacity of TransCanada's $15 Billion Suit Against America
The Canadian oil giant is suing under the provisions of NAFTA because the U.S. rejected the Keystone pipeline – and demanding an amount that would cover annual community college tuition costs for nearly five million U.S. students.
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Protesters Swarm Auckland As Pacific Rim Governments Sign TPP Into Law
By 10:20 a.m. on Thursday, up to 1,000 protesters were at the Sky City Convention Centre. Their aim? Disrupt proceedings for as long as possible, and by late morning they were succeeding in shutting down large parts of the capital.
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Act Out! [48] - Egypt from the Streets, fight back THIS Week & the Irradiated States of America
This week we passed the five-year anniversary of Tahrir Square, but do we even know – or care – what's happening there now, and do we see the parallels with what's going on right here? We speak with an Egyptian activist who sets the record straight.
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Why TransCanada's $15 Billion Lawsuit Against U.S. Is a Bad Omen for Trans-Pacific Partnership
The lawsuit presents the latest evidence of a prioritization of corporate profits and interests over the rights of citizens in a sovereign, domestic nation – yet instances like this will only increase with passage of the TPP.
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WTO Ruling on Dolphin-Safe Tuna Labeling Illustrates Supremacy of Trade Agreements
The long-running dispute between Mexico and the U.S. over tuna reveals how domestic laws can be overturned by trade agreements: when countries file trade challenges on behalf of their domestic industries.
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The Most Brazen Corporate Power Grab In American History
A mass mobilization will begin the push to block the Trans-Pacific Partnership – a far better investment of our time and energy than engaging in the empty political theater that passes for a presidential campaign.
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Fueled By Protests, Trade Justice Movement Seeks To Overturn Trans-Pacific Partnership
At its root, the TPP is about modern colonialism. And it’s not too late to stop it.
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TTIP Revolt: Why 250K Berliners Mobilized Against the Mega U.S.-EU Trade Deal
Fears in Europe about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership mirror Americans’ anxieties about the TPP – and there is vociferous opposition to the deal in Germany.
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Five Hypocrisies Shine A Light On American "Exceptionalism"
Super-patriots are more than willing to overlook their own faults as they place themselves above other people – the only question may be which of their self-serving hypocrisies is most outrageous and destructive.
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Hundreds Of Thousands Protest In Berlin Against EU-U.S. Trade Deal
Up to a quarter of a million people marched in the German capital Saturday to protest the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which they say is openly anti-democratic.