{"id":106701,"date":"2014-01-22T23:01:07","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T23:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=106701"},"modified":"2014-01-22T23:01:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T23:01:07","slug":"50-groups-one-call-stop-fast-track-tpp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/50-groups-one-call-stop-fast-track-tpp\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 50 Groups. One Call: &#8216;Stop Fast Track&#8217; of TPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>StopFastTrack.com highlights how secretive trade deal &#8220;threatens everything you care about: democracy, jobs, the environment, and the Internet.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<div><strong>Andrea Germanos\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\" target=\"_blank\">RINF Alternative News<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The site states that the TPP &#8220;threatens everything you care about: democracy, jobs, the environment, and the Internet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The diverse coalition of groups that have united in this mission include environmental group<a href=\"http:\/\/ran.org\/\">Rainforest Action Network<\/a>, digital rights defenders\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eff.org\/\">Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)<\/a>, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwa-union.org\/\">Communication Workers of America<\/a>\u00a0(CWA) union, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/\">Organic Consumers Association<\/a>\u00a0and open Internet defenders\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openmedia.org\/\">Open Media International<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new site gives a platform to each of the organizations&#8217; perspectives on why people should call their representatives to tell them to put the brakes on Fast Track, and why they should oppose the trade deal dubbed &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/168627\/nafta-steroids#\">NAFTA on steroids<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We oppose Fast Track because TPP was constructed in secret, and undermines the open Internet, and labor and environmental standards,&#8221; reads the statement from progressive organizing group\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.demandprogress.org\/\">Demand Progress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"stopfasttrack\" src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/stopfasttrack.png\" width=\"599\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Climate campaign group\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/350.org\/\">350.org<\/a>\u00a0adds: &#8220;We oppose Fast Track because the TPP would give corporations incentive to dig up and burn more fossil fuels, making climate change much worse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the site launch, members of the &#8220;unlikely coalition&#8221; used the first of 10 days of action to stop Fast Track to participate in an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IAmA\/comments\/1vvdu4\/we_are_an_unlikely_coalition_of_groups_including\/\">&#8220;Ask Me Anything&#8221; (AMA) session on reddit<\/a>, one of the organizations that also joins the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>During the AMA, Evan Greer of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/\">Fight for the Future<\/a>\u00a0pointed out that &#8220;the TPP would put corporations on equal footing to governments, and allow them to sue governments for any potential future loss of profit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Andrea Germanos writes for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2014\/01\/22-10\" target=\"_blank\">WSWS<\/a>, reprinted with permission.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>StopFastTrack.com highlights how secretive trade deal &#8220;threatens everything you care about: democracy, jobs, the environment, and the Internet.&#8221; 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