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Trans-Pacific Partnership
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The TPP Wasn't Killed By Donald Trump – Our Protests Worked
The real reason TPP died is this: an unprecedented, international uprising of people from across the political spectrum took on some of the most powerful institutions in the world, and won.
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The TPP is Dead: The People, for Now, Have Defeated the Transnationals
The Obama administration faced reality on Friday when they recognized the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would not be ratified by this Congress. The TPP is dead.
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People Vs Big Oil, Part I: Washington Victory Over Shell Oil Trains Signals A Turning Tide
Until 2016, the oil industry had been able to play trains and pipelines off each other – now, both are under relentless attack by indigenous people, public interest groups, environmental activists and a growing public consciousness.
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Inequality Is Still the Defining Issue of Our Time
Fierce battles over trade, labor rights and executive compensation will determine whether we can really narrow the gap.
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Rock Against the TPP: Artists & Celebrities Fight the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Join us for a nationwide uprising and concert tour to stop the biggest corporate power grab in history – with the next show happening this Friday in Toronto.
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Elizabeth Warren’s Latest TPP Warning Backed by 200 Legal Scholars
Warren and hundreds of legal and economic scholars are warning that the pact's Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions overturn well-established legal systems and threaten the rule of law.
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Clinton’s Transition Team: A Corporate Presidency Foretold
Rhetoric aside, Clinton is showing her full solidarity with Wall Street – most recently with the announcement that former Interior Secretary and oil and gas industry insider Ken Salazar will chair her transition team.
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Globalization and its New Discontents
Stiglitz: How can something that our political leaders – and many an economist – said would make everyone better off be so reviled? The rules of the game now need to be changed, with measures to tame globalization.
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TransCanada's $15 Billion Suit Against U.S. Is Corporate Nationhood At Its Worst
When the NAFTA nations meet Wednesday for the annual Three Amigos Summit in Ottawa, climate change and clean energy goals may be overshadowed by TransCanada's use of NAFTA to sue the U.S. government over the Keystone pipeline.
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Act Out! [62]: Audio Podcast – How to Fight the World's Dirtiest Energy
This week: Energy – Break Free from Fossil Fuels.
