This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
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Wikileaks Releases Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Investment Chapter
The classified document, which was supposed to be kept secret for four years, highlights the creation of a supra-national court where foreign firms can "sue" states and obtain taxpayer compensation for "expected future profits."
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Sen. Warren: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Clause Everyone Should Oppose
Agreeing to Investor-State Dispute Settlement in this enormous new treaty would tilt the playing field in the U.S. further in favor of big multinational corporations – worse, it would undermine U.S. sovereignty.
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Why Support the TPP When It Will Let Foreign Corporations Take Our Democracies To Court?
If a corporation’s profits or operations will be restricted by a country’s laws or the decisions of its courts, under the TPP it will be able to sue.
