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Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Internet Advocates: Trans-Pacific Partnership Is Biggest Threat Yet to Open Web
The TPP poses what many consider to be the biggest threat to global internet freedom in years.
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From Italy to Iceland, the Promise of Digital Direct Democracy
Movement power — and parliamentary political power — is building across Europe as people harness online organizing tools.
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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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Obama Transparency Check: Wikileaks, the Espionage Act and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
From his unprecedented six-time use of the Espionage Act, to his administration's failure to uphold First Amendment rights for Wikileaks, to the suppression of information about TPP negotiations, Obama has been anything but transparent.
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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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A Year After SOPA: The Next Five Battles for Internet Freedom
A year ago, millions of people flooded Congress with emails and phone calls demanding it drop the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA. That battle was successful. Now, five big new fights loom on the horizon in 2013.
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership: What “Free Trade” Actually Means
“Free trade," as we know it, is a drain on the economy, creates enormous national debts and undermines labor. So why should we tolerate the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
