Corporations like Monsanto are pressing the President and Congress to fast-track international trade deals—deals that would allow corporations to sue entire countries in order to get what they want.
If these deals are rammed through Congress, without scrutiny or debate, countries could lose their right to, among other things, regulate factory farms and genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Tell Congress: Don’t ‘fast-track’ undemocratic international trade deals! Then, follow-up with a phone call and tell your lawmakers that you oppose fast-track. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224
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The final days of US empire are fast approaching. Perhaps its end will pass slowly and gradually, or perhaps the event will unfold rapidly and catastrophically.
Overexpansion, overreach and over-indebtedness will take their toll-as all past empires have discovered.
What does the empire feed on? It feeds on money and fear; your money and your fear, both obtained with your cooperation.
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Former congressman says that despite grim political realities, a new paradigm is still possible for those willing to fight for it
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