蘑菇视频 joins and other partners this week to protest the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Washington DC and New York.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a gigantic trade agreement involving 12 countries and 40% of the world鈥檚 GDP. 聽The agreement was recently finalized and the text has finally been made public after years of secrecy and denying civil society viewing rights. 聽The agreement contains harmful provisions that will extend patents and decrease access to medicine in the US and around the world. 聽It also contains provisions that make it possible for corporations to challenge public health laws if they believe these laws hurt their bottom line. 聽The agreement is dangerous for health and 蘑菇视频 joined Flush the TPP to raise awareness and make sure that the agreement is not passed by congress in the coming months!
Last Friday, November 13, 蘑菇视频 joined with Trade Justice and HealthGAP to hold a press conference and demonstration in front of Pfizer in New York City to bring awareness to the heavy hand that big Pharma had in negotiating the dangerous trade agreement. 聽Check out press coverage and some photos below!
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Resident and 蘑菇视频 alum Jake Newcomb practices street theatre with Adam Weissman of Trade Justice and activist from Grannies for Peace on Friday outside Pfizer. 聽蘑菇视频 and Health GAP Activists in white coats had their hands tied by Pfizer and Obama using a rope labelled TPP.
Resident and 蘑菇视频 Alum, Jake Newcomb, MS4 and 蘑菇视频 Vice President of Leadership Develoment, Rita Kuwahara, 蘑菇视频 Education and Advocacy Fellow, Alison Case, New York Psychiatrist, Dr. Liz Winship, and Adam Weissman, organizer with Trade Justice outside of Senators Schumer and Gillibrand鈥檚 office where we stopped to deliver information about the dangerous access to meds and health provisions within the TPP after the demo.
This past Monday, Deb Hall, 蘑菇视频鈥檚 President, and Alison Case, 蘑菇视频鈥檚 Education and Advocacy fellow, joined Flush the TPP鈥檚 mass mobilization in DC to oppose the TPP! 聽There was a great turnout–lots of people whose concerns represent all of the different sectors of civil society that will be impacted by the TPP. 聽Check out pictures from the rally below (see if you can spy the Alpaca! He was present to bring awareness to the impact of the TPP on small farms).
Monday Morning outside of the United States Trade Representative Office
Monday night at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center
Alison Case, 蘑菇视频 Education and Advocacy Fellow and Deb Hall, 蘑菇视频 President with Zahara Heckscher, cancer survivor and activist speaking out against the TPP鈥檚 provisions that will make it more difficult for patients to access new life-saving cancer therapies.
The agreement will reach congress sometime in the coming year. 聽Tell your member of congress to vote NO on the TPP!
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