TTIP Leaks

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Thanks for saying it, Joseph. And Happy Birthday, while I'm at it.

We're living in the era of the early, but rapidly-progressing, demise of the classic nation-state. Borders are being removed for capital, but not for people; tax-bases are disintegrating; and the function of government is veering sharply away from social welfare and towards military-for-hire for the interests of the rising corporate super-powers.

And this is very much what GR is about. "They" are not the US government, but the rising corporate cabal that functions in an area located somewhere between blind class interest and gleeful-hand-rubbing evil conspiracy.

Laura




-----Original Message-----
>From: Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>
>Sent: May 2, 2016 1:19 PM
>To: P-list List <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: TTIP Leaks
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>Unfortunately Kai, a great many people think Obama is a hero who is trying to work for the people, but who has been foiled by the evil Republicans.  This TTIP and the TPP trade agreements( both with bi-partisan support) are complete betrayals of Roosevelt’s attempts to reform capitalism and make it accountable to democratic process and humane ethics. The European people are right to be appalled. Meanwhile it barely makes the news here, we are distracted by the tremendous farts of the T-Rump lizard king and a broken voting system. 
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>The GATT and NAFTA and the rejection of Glass Stagall were Clinton’s contributions to the Neo Colonial/ neo-liberal enterprise. That our recent presidents serve secretively developed international Corporate Law whose net effect is devastating our national economy and contributing to international exploitation, and that they  do so with so little resistance is a sign of how manipulable the public is. Bernie is a sign that the the control of the elite is more tenuous than anyone knew.
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>The myth of Obama as a force for reform should have ended when he appointed his first cabinet, a motley collection of war criminals, CIA favorites,  corporate swindlers,  banksters and a wall street lawyer for attorney general.  
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>> On May 2, 2016, at 5:32 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:
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>> > Whether you care about environmental issues, animal welfare, labour rights or internet privacy, you should be concerned about what is in these leaked documents. They underline the strong objections civil society and millions of people around the world have voiced: TTIP is about a huge transfer of power from people to big business. <
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>> http://www.ttip-leaks.org/
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