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Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Using the Fed and Trade to Make the Rich Richer
Nearly all Democrats and even many Republicans now agree that inequality is a serious problem – yet they'll likely stand by and watch as government takes two obvious steps that will increase inequality.
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World At A Crossroads: Stop The Fast Track To A Future Of Global Corporate Rule
Do we want corporate rule or the people’s rule?
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Demanding A Debate on the Trans-Pacific Partnership – History's Largest Trade Deal
A fast-tracked TPP would lock in a rigged set of economic rules, lasting potentially forever, before most Americans — let alone some members of Congress — have had a chance to understand it thoroughly.
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Real Democracy Movement Launches Nationwide Actions Opposing Pacific Trade Deal
The Rolling Rebellion is launching nationwide, creative direct actions to draw attention to the biggest corporate giveaway in history – before it happens.
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Sen. Warren: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Clause Everyone Should Oppose
Agreeing to Investor-State Dispute Settlement in this enormous new treaty would tilt the playing field in the U.S. further in favor of big multinational corporations – worse, it would undermine U.S. sovereignty.
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Medical Injustice: Trans-Pacific Partnership Enriches Big Pharma at Cost Of People’s Health
Through "evergreening,” pharmaceutical companies could could retain ownership of and royalties to drugs for which their patents have expired – limiting access to generic forms of medicine that millions need.
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Why Public Banks Outperform Private Banks – From North Dakota to Switzerland
Despite the benefits they offer, publicly-owned banks could wind up getting sued for unfair competition under the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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Don't Trade Away Our Health for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
If big pharmaceutical companies hold sway, the TPP could block cheaper generic drugs from the market – causing big Pharma’s profits to rise at the expense of the health of patients and the budgets of consumers and governments.
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Flush It! Fast Track for Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Must Be Stopped – Here's How We're Doing It
There are lots of ways to plug into the movement opposing Fast Track legislation and the biggest, most damaging corporate trade agreement in history.
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Protesters Disrupt Senate Hearing Over Fast Track for Trans-Pacific Partnership
Fast Track is far from a "done deal" in the United States, and foreign negotiators ought to be cautious before accepting provisions that will harm their population.