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Related: About this forumProgressive Groups Collect Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures Calling on Pelosi to Oppose TPP Vote
Press Call Thursday: Digital Rights and Progressive Groups Collect Hundreds of Thousands of Petition Signatures Calling on Democratic Leader Pelosi to Publicly Oppose TPP Lame-Duck Vote
Common Dreams
A coalition of major digital rights and progressive organizations from OpenMedia and the Electronic Frontier Foundation to Daily Kos, Demand Progress, and Corporate Accountability International
have collected hundreds of thousands of petition signatures calling on Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi to publicly declare her opposition to a lame-duck vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
The coalition is also urging Pelosi to lead House Democrats to defeat the pact that threatens Internet freedom, good jobs, higher wages, affordable medicines, and strong climate and environmental policies that Democrats espouse. With a lack of congressional support and presidential politics fanning public opposition, the only chance for congressional consideration of the TPP in 2016 would be in a post-election lame-duck session.
WHEN: 1 p.m. EST, Thursday, July 7
Speakers:
Guest Speaker: Ed Schultz, Political Commentator, The Ed Schultz Show
Emma Einhorn, Washington Coordinator, MoveOn
Murshed Zaheed, Vice President and Political Director, Credo Action
Jeremy Malcolm, Senior Global Policy Analyst, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Robert Borosage, Founder and President, Campaign for Americas Future
David Segal, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Demand Progress
Jesse Bragg, Media Director, Corporate Accountability International
Common Dreams
A coalition of major digital rights and progressive organizations from OpenMedia and the Electronic Frontier Foundation to Daily Kos, Demand Progress, and Corporate Accountability International
have collected hundreds of thousands of petition signatures calling on Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi to publicly declare her opposition to a lame-duck vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
The coalition is also urging Pelosi to lead House Democrats to defeat the pact that threatens Internet freedom, good jobs, higher wages, affordable medicines, and strong climate and environmental policies that Democrats espouse. With a lack of congressional support and presidential politics fanning public opposition, the only chance for congressional consideration of the TPP in 2016 would be in a post-election lame-duck session.
WHEN: 1 p.m. EST, Thursday, July 7
Speakers:
Guest Speaker: Ed Schultz, Political Commentator, The Ed Schultz Show
Emma Einhorn, Washington Coordinator, MoveOn
Murshed Zaheed, Vice President and Political Director, Credo Action
Jeremy Malcolm, Senior Global Policy Analyst, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Robert Borosage, Founder and President, Campaign for Americas Future
David Segal, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Demand Progress
Jesse Bragg, Media Director, Corporate Accountability International
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Progressive Groups Collect Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures Calling on Pelosi to Oppose TPP Vote (Original Post)
portlander23
Jul 2016
OP
Yeah...let's get a long-time Democrat to slap a long-time Democratic President in the face on one
BlueCaliDem
Jul 2016
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BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)1. Yeah...let's get a long-time Democrat to slap a long-time Democratic President in the face on one
of his signature achievements for groups that aren't really Democrats.
Good call.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)3. This is not about a president.
It is about the well being of human beings.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)4. Which is why the TPP should be passed, otherwise the trade deals we have now will stand, unchanged,
and it will continue to hurt American and foreign workers, import/export, the environment, the right to collectively bargain, and allow corporate profits to challenge a nation's regulations - and win.
Under the old (NAFTA) provisions without the TPP, corporations can continue to sue nations, as was the case in Metclad v Mexico, where a corporation was given a $15 million dollar judgment - that the Mexican people are on the hook for. TPP would have prevented that.
Is the TPP perfect? Heck no. But it's a huge improvement over the past CAFTA and NAFTA trade pacts.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)2. Good! The more, the merrier.
Maybe principles will actually win!