In the newest episode of Act Out! Eleanor Goldfield reports that Obama intends to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership next week at a casino in New Zealand:
“It feels kind of appropriate, what with the gambling away of our environment, our food, our jobs, our water, our air, our digital rights, our sovereignty … as they say, the house always wins.”
GMO laws getting in the way of corporate profits? The TPP would strike all that down.
Plus 6 more ways Trans Pacific Partnership puts profits over people.
With an estimated 250,000 people in attendance, the Berlin rally to stop the TTIP agreement was next level. Shot from the top of the famous Victory Column in Tiergarten, the below video shows the mass of protesters stretching all the way back to the Brandenburg Gate and beyond. The event kicked off at the Hauptbahnhof station, with Tango dancers dancing in protest against the TTIP.
More than two hours after the event had started, throngs of marchers were still pouring into Tiergarten.
Impressive as the event was and as pretty as the pictures are — what is it really all about?
