Friend,
Time and again, The Administration tells us: 'The U.S. must secure trade with Asia in order to be competitive in the global economic arena.' But unsurprisingly, we repeatedly learn that our trading partners' citizens have no say about trade agreements that are signed in their names, and most often end up as collateral damage when public lands and services are developed by for-profit transnational corporate interests, and enforced by the U.S. military industrial complex.
One recent example: Filipino officials have made it clear they want to join the TPP agreement, but this would require they amend the Philippines Constitution to allow foreign business interests and investments, which would bode poorly for the Filipino population and environment. Sound familiar?
In an effort to educate ourselves on the 'Asian Pivot', The National TPP Team is proud to welcome Bernadette Ellorin, Bayan USA.
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| Bernadette Ellorin image credit:www.gmanetwork.com |
Bernadette Ellorin, is a founding member and currently serving her 3rd term as Chairperson of BAYAN USA, the US chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance) in the Philippines. BAYAN USA is an alliance of 20 Filipino grassroots organizations in the U.S. representing youth, students, women, workers, cultural workers, and human rights advocates. As the oldest and largest overseas chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN-Philippines), BAYAN-USA serves as an information bureau for the national democratic movement of the Philippines and as a center for educating, organizing, and mobilizing anti-imperialist Filipinos in the U.S.
Please join the National TPP Team Call for an honest discussion about the geopolitics behind the “Asian Pivot” and why we must organize against it this Sunday, September 13, 4:30 Pacific / 7:30 Eastern Time.
National TPP Team Call Sunday, Sept 13, 4:30 PDT / 7:30 EDT
TPP: U.S. PIVOT TO ASIA, THE PHILIPPINES, AND PEOPLE'S RESISTANCE
SIGN UP HERE: https://actionnetwork.org/
Dial-in Number: 605-562-3140 / Access Code: 951146#
Coalition Partners with timely updates:
Speaker with Popular Resistance / Flush the TPP, continuing updates on organizing work moving into the fall,www.flushthetpp.org;
Kathryn Johnson, Field Organizer, Public Citizen's Global Tradewatch;
Adam Weissman, TradeJustice New York Metro;
Susie Chasnoff, Our new social media team member will share the coming week's twitter storm information and current meme;
Harriet Heywood, MoveOn Regional Organizer-Update on the Miami TTIP Campaign;
Andrea Miller, Director, People Demanding Action /peopledemandingaction.org
Thanks for your participation on this crucial campaign,
Harriet Heywood
National TPP Team
