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UN experts warn that “ISDS chapters are anomalous in that they provide protection for investors but not for States or for the population. They allow investors to sue States but not vice-versa.” Under this framework, states have faced penalties for “for adopting regulations, for example to protect the environment, food security, access to generic and essential medicines, and reduction of smoking, as required under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, or raising the minimum wage,” resulting in a “chilling effect,” the officials warn.
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Democracy Now! on Jun 2, 2015
Despite the Senate vote approving a measure to give President Obama fast-track authority to negotiate the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, opposition to the deal continues to mount ahead of this month’s House vote. Critics, including a number of Democratic lawmakers, oppose the TPP, saying it will fuel inequality, kill jobs, and undermine health, environmental and financial regulations. The negotiations have been secret, and the public has never seen most of the deal’s text. Well, this morning the whistleblowing group WikiLeaks launched a campaign to change that. The group is seeking to raise $100,000 to offer what they describe as a bounty for the leaking of the unseen chapters of the TPP. We speak to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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‘ last week 5 activists occupied United Colors of Benetton, St. Stephen’s Green [Dublin] asking Benetton to honour their pledge of 5 million dollars to the victims of the Rana Plaza Collapse [deadliest garment factory incident in history] which claimed the lives of 1134 people and left over 2500 casualties.
Within 16 minutes of entering the shop 4 Gardaí arrived and asked the manager to tell us to leave…. Continue reading ” Occupy Benetton! Still don’t Compensate 1134 Sweatshop Deaths”
#NiUnaMenos BY JENNIFER BAKER http://revolution-news.com An Argentine woman is murdered every 31 hours in a domestic violence incident
Buenos Aires – The # NiUnaMenos (“Not One Less”) campaign against femicides and gender violence started last month as a grassroots protest against the epidemic of violent crimes committed to women and the lack of action by state authorities on solving the crimes and prosecuting the perpetrators.
Igniting popular support for this movement against femicides was last months murder of Chiara Paez (14), a pregnant teenager, that was found dead and buried in her 16-year-old boyfriend, Manuel Mansilla’s backyard in the city of Rufino (Santa Fe).
Though Chiara’s murder triggered a sense of social urgency, organizers have been discussing possible moves for months. In March, they held a meeting at the Museo del Libro y de la Lengua. Continue reading “STOP Femicide. Mass Demos In Argentina vs Male Violence”
The National Court has ordered the release without bail bond for three of the five people who were until now in custody, detained under the ‘Operation Piñata’, anti anarchist raids, on 31 March. As explained Daniel Amelang to the paper Diagonal, one of the lawyers representing the defendants in Operation Piñata, they are now waiting for the Court to rule on the freedom of the other two people who are still in custody.
Toby Morris describes himself as “an Auckland-based illustrator, art director, comic artist and recently the author of Don’t Puke On Your Dad: A Year in the Life of a New Father.” His recent comic, The Pencilsword’s “On a Plate” illustrates the concept of privilege, and delivers the truth with a punchline that literally hits you in the gut.
with thanks from: Toby Morris and The Wireless.
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… every morning for generations now the British public have been blasted with millions of copies of LIES LIES LIES..…by their DISGUSTING sewer press,
… the British sewer press, owned by the 1% with the mission of making lolly from twisted SEXIST, RACIST and CLASSIST propaganda pasted over any incident or tragedy available..
. . the British Ruling Class, fleecing the poor while wallowing in stolen riches from the rigged financial system and inherited colonial possessions…
…targeting and branding refugees, women, young, unemployed, occupiers, instead of
themselves, as evil anti social spongers,
… so the British State accepted 70 Syrian refugees.. out of 9,000,000.. jolly good show.
… so they want to bomb Libyan refugee boats.. when bombing Libya (to try to steal their oil) CAUSED the refugee boats.… so their brainwashed subjects applaud and VOTE THE TORIES BACK IN.. while a few… (amplified millions of times in the sewer press) complain about the ‘DISGUSTING’ refugees viewed on their package holidays.
Yesterday the Daily Mail published an article about Brits on holiday on the Greek island of Kos, who bemoaned the number of poor and refugees there and how they are annoyed to witness such dire poverty after forking out money to pay for their annual holiday. Two versions by Daily Mail staff of the offending article can be found below (the first was considered too provocative). The article contrasts sharply with the generosity of the Greek people who, despite their country facing bankruptcy and coping with 40% unemployment and unheard of austerity measures, have shown the world their kind-heartedness in how they have helped feed and clothe and care for the refugees arriving on their shores. Similarly, the heroic efforts of MOAS and MSF in their daily rescue missions, which have seen over 4000 lives saved by these two organisations alone. Over the last two weeks Britain’s HMS Bulwark saved…
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