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Green Party Releases International Joint Statement Criticizing the TPP

Posted by Unknown on from the save-the-whales dept.

Dangerous_Minds writes "The New Zealand, Australian, and Canadian Green Parties have released a joint statement on the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP). Among the concerns are the secretive nature of the talks and 'could hinder access to safe, affordable medicines, weaken local content rules for media, stifle high-tech innovation, and even restrict the ability of future governments to legislate for the good of public health and the environment.' ZeroPaid also notes that the statement is starting to appear in New Zealand and Australian media."

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  1. Re:Honestly by c0lo · · Score: 5, Informative
    info - essentially, it is only a bit worse than ACTA (including the secrecy of negotiation), with some elements of SOPA thrown in.

    Do you have the same reaction to EFF?

    Speaking for myself... if the internet freedom comes only in green colours (i.e. no other parties would support them), I'm fully green then (possibly with the black-sail of the local pirate party)

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  2. Re:When will this explode? by robot5x · · Score: 5, Interesting

    not even that - so long as people have their widescreen tv and brawndo they basically don't care. the frustrating part is this perpetuates the very problem: the evil corporations lurking behind abominable acts such as the TPP are wholly vulnerable to something as simple as people not buying their products... The real modern problem is people having disposable income and choosing to spend it on shit which makes evil corporations rich and powerful and keen to strip our rights away to make more money. If people could simply refrain from not going to the cinema, not buying a dvd, not buying a new TV, not paying for a sports game - even just for a SHORT while - the balance of power will change. The power still remains with individual people, if we can just better understand the consequences of our behaviour.

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  3. Re:Green Party to the rescue! by formfeed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This will totally make a difference.

    Ignoring the sarcasm.. yes, it will.

    There are countries outside the US. They have more than two parties. The Green party actually makes it into parliament. These countries are called "democracies".

  4. Re:Honestly by c0lo · · Score: 5, Informative

    BTW guys, the page that I linked on the EFF site has a take action link down the page... (looks like it's a page for US citizens - asks for a simple ZIP code).

    Now, in case you don't live in US (or don't like Greens but you may like some others)...
    OpenMedia.ca and a good bunch of many others run an international site which sends the message to some of the ministers in govts of all the countries involved in the TPP negotiations (I've done it and received some auto-confirmation emails from the .gov type of domains)

    Com'on guys, doesn't ask for that much of an effort, don't wait for a "Wikipedia blackout day" to take a minimal action.

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  5. Re:Register now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anyone that considers a Green party "far left" has no idea what "far left" actually is.