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Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact would allow national laws to be overruled by corporations

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:46:59 +0000

By Systemic Disorder Imagine a world in which which labor safeguards, safety rules and environmental regulations will be struck down because a multi-national corporation’s profits might be affected. A world in which measures to reign in financial speculation are illegal. A world in which the task of governments, codified in law, is to maximize corporate profits.

Imagine a world in which corporations can bypass national laws and courts when they are in a dispute with a government, and instead can have their dispute adjudicated by a closed tribunal controlled by their lawyers.

Unfortunately, the above is not dystopian science fiction; it is the reality of the top-secret Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Related: More analysis of the TPPA -- Occupy the TPPA -- Melbourne protest at TPPA negotiations

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Wall Street excess and Main Street distress: the Apple connection

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:53:44 +0000

By Walden Bello

Apple’s march to market supremacy has been accomplished at tremendous cost to both American and Chinese workers

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How US taxpayers' money goes to support the slave trade (pt. 1)

Anonymous — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:06:35 +0000

Right now conservatives and progressives across my country, America, are considering ways to cut government spending. One of the options tossed about concerns cuts to military spending. Within this area there are so many things to consider. There are so many things to discuss and ways to break each of them down.

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