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Tag Archives: corporate power
AFSC letter to Congress: NO on Fast Track
Here’s a letter the Northeast Ohio AFSC sent today to U.S. Reps David Joyce and Jim Renacci urging them to vote NO on Fast Track. The vote is tomorrow (Friday). If you haven’t done so yet, please contact your Congressperson. … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate power, democracy, Fast Track, TISA, TPP, TTIP
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When Opposing Fast Track, Don’t Forget TISA
A incorrect impression is that Fast Track and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) are one in the same. They are not. Fast Track is the set of terms or rules governing how Congress can discuss, debate and decide the TPP … Continue reading
The Public Can’t See the TPP
What the public can see of the “classified” TPP <><><><><> A briefing was held this week between members of Congress and the U.S Trade Rep Michael Froman and staff at the Labor Department on details of Trans Pacific Partnership, the … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate constitutional rights, corporate power, democracy, Free Trade, TPP
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What corporations get away with
Letter to the Editor Akron Beacon Journal, February 25, 2015 http://www.ohio.com/editorial/vop/letters-to-the-editor-testing-students-and-corporate-power-feb-25-1.569531 Corporate officials have used the same strategies to escape democratic control from the public and its elected representatives for more than a century. One strategy is to shift decision … Continue reading
Dreaming and working for a real democracy after Citizens United ruling: Greg Coleridge (opinion)
Reprinted from cleveland.com, January 21, 2015 http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/01/dreaming_and_working_for_a_rea.html#incart_river It’s a cruel irony that the very week our nation celebrates the life and work for justice and equality of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., our country also marks mark the 5th … Continue reading
Stop the “Fast Track” Sneak Attack on Democracy
Northeast Ohio AFSC conference call November 10 with Aura Kanegis from national AFSC on Fast Track, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) http://afsc.org/audio/afsc-conference-call-stop-fast-track-sneak-attack-democracy
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