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Global City NOT Global Governance How Fast Tracking Global Trade Agreements takes the NY Say out of NYC
Global trade agreements that are “Fast Tracked” through Congress, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), harm us in ways we don’t know about until it is too late. Like NAFTA, the TPP will outsource jobs, hurt our environment, threaten food safety and access to medicines, limit internet freedom and roll back recent Wall St. regulations. The “investor-state” provision will also severely limit our rights as New Yorkers to pass laws and reforms as we see fit. If we do, we could be sued by large corporations for damaging their “future expected profits.”
Join Us To Learn More And Help Pass A NYC Resolution Against Fast Track.
WHERE: NY Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th St., Manhattan A,C,D,B, or 1 train to Columbus Circle
WHEN: Tuesday, May 13th, 2014, 7 PM - 9 PM, $5 donation requested
Moderator: Ron Kuby, Co-host of ABC Radio’s “Curtis and Kuby”
SPEAKERS KEYNOTE: Honorable Helen Rosenthal, NYC Council Member, 6th District, Manhattan Kian Frederick, National Field Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch • Mitch Jones, Director Common Resources Program, Food & Water Watch • Jennifer Flynn, Director, Health Global Access Project • José Schiffino, Working Families Party and Chair, Fair Trade Committee NYC, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement • Reverend Stephen Phelps, former Senior Interim Minister, Riverside Church •Malú Huacuja Del Toro, Author; Editor, Salinato 2.0)
Sponsored by: Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch * New York Society for Ethical Culture * Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter
CO-SPONSORS to date: Communication Workers of America, District 1 • Democracy for America • Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter • NY Society for Ethical Culture • Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch • Citizens Trade Campaign • Food & Water Watch • HealthGAP • 350NYC • Move-On.org Councils of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens • Three Parks Independent Democrats • Sierra Club NYC Group • United for Action • Broadway Democrats • All Souls Church Peace and Justice Task Force • Beloved Earth Community @ Riverside Church • Eco-Logic, WBAI-FM • NYC Friends of Clearwater • NY Climate Action Group • CARP • The Mothers Project • Damascus Citizens • Sane Energy Project • Trade Justice NY Metro • Resistance Cinema • Gray Panthers • Granny Peace Brigade • Big Apple Coffee Party • NYC Metro Raging Grannies and many more…
Videotaping by The Environment TV NYSEC is a member of the American Ethical Union and the International Humanist & Ethical Union.
Entry to our 100-year-old building and meeting rooms is available for most wheelchair users with prior arrangements. Please call ahead (212-874-5210 x 107) for setup of our portable system and plan to arrive one hour before start time.
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To learn more about TPP, go here.
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