The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Global Power Project, Part 10: TransCanada Corporation, Kings of the Keystone Pipeline
The government of Canada has, for years, been writing laws and implementing major policies at the direct suggestion of the oil industry — most recently TransCanada, which is seeking a green light to complete the Keystone XL.
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Trash the TPP: Why It's Time to Revolt Against the Worst "Trade Agreement" in History
The Trans-Pacific Partnership will make transnational corporations more powerful than government, which is why negotiations are being done entirely in secret, and why we must educate ourselves now to stop it.
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Global Power Project, Part 2: Identifying the Institutions of Control
From Bilderberg and the Trilateral Commission to the Council on Foreign Relations, International Chamber of Commerce and Rockefeller, Ford and Carnegie foundations, here are the institutions that shaped our current power structure.
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Two Secret Trade Agreements Threaten to Undo Our Last Shreds of Food Safety
You could soon be eating imported seafood, beef or chicken products that don’t meet even basic U.S. food safety standards.
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Obama's Secret “Free Trade” Deals Will Enrich Multinationals and Big Finance
Obama's two proposed mega-trade deals — the Trans-Pacific Partnership and US-European Union “Free Trade” Agreement — favor major corporations by weakening regulations and strengthening intellectual property laws.
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The Rule of Law in Times of Ecological Collapse
The rule of law needs to be applied to the environment.
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Obama's Pacific Trade Deal Is No Deal At All
The Trans-Pacific Partnership assaults local economic development, labor and the environment, and creates an international court where corporations can sue governments.
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Facing the Threat of the Trans-Pacific Treaty
The 16th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations is underway in Singapore this week, paving the way for a super-sized trade deal that benefits corporations, not people.
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False Bargain: Twenty Years On, Lessons from NAFTA
Eliminating tariffs and trade barriers, NAFTA opened the floodgates to an unrestricted movement of goods across borders. Twenty years later, can we learn from the mistakes?
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Why So Secretive? The Trans-Pacific Partnership as Global Corporate Coup
While increasing corporate patent rights and curbing Internet freedom, the TPP would also establish an "international tribunal" to enforce the "rights" of corporations over governmental law regarding environment, finance and labor rights.
