TTIP Leaks

[Keith Davis]

Amen three times...

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 1:43 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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>
> -----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
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >
> >> On May 2, 2016, at 5:32 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen <
> lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> > 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. <
> >>
> >> http://www.ttip-leaks.org/
> >>
> >
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