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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Finally, a way to protest the TPP! Ann<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 15:23:12 -0400<br>From: info@citizenstrade.org<br>To: annxpress@live.com<br>Subject: TPP Days of Action this Saturday & Beyond<br><br>
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<div style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;">Dear Ann:<BR>
<img src="http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/peruphoto.jpg" alt="Learn from Peru" border="1" height="156" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="209" align="right">This month, people on four continents are taking coordinated action in their communities to shine a light on the disastrous potential consequences of the <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wnWgjqZBHBx3FsLStIkIuR4gjKkNkhrP" target="_blank"><b>Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)</b></a>, which enters one of its final rounds of negotiations in Lima, Peru next week.<BR>
Educational events about the TPP taking place in the United States <b>this Saturday </b>include the following:<BR>
<p style=""><i><b>Minneapolis, MN</b></i><br>
TPP Teach-in & World Fair Trade Day Celebration<br>
Saturday, May 11 * 12:00 - 4:00pm<br>
Regla De Oro Gallery, 2743 Lyndale Ave S<br>
Contact: Josh Wise, josh@citizentrade.org</p>
<p style=""><i><b>Olympia, WA</b></i><br>
TPP People's Assembly Olympia<br>
Saturday, May 11 * 1:00 - 3:00pm<br>
WSLC Offices/WFSE 443, 906 Columbia Street SW (2nd Fl)<br>
Contact: Kristen Beifus, kristen@washingtonfairtrade.org</p>
<p style=""><i><b>Portland, OR</b></i><br>
<a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EXpGaTVOgF2wXUP12uqfWTK1NqGsG72C" target="_blank">PDX People's Assembly on the TPP</a><br>
Saturday, May 11 * 1:00 - 4:00pm<br>
First Unitarian Church, SW 12th Ave & Main St<br>
Contact: Elizabeth Swager, elizabeth@oregonfairtrade.org<br>
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<i><b>Seattle, WA</b></i><br>
<a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IdU4QE9YwJpJzwcD384x2DK1NqGsG72C" target="_blank">International Day of Action on the TPP</a><br>
Saturday, May 11 * 2:00 - 5:00pm<br>
Central Co-op, 1900 E Madison<br>
Contact: Kristen Beifus, kristen@washingtonfairtrade.org</p>
<p style=""><i><b>St. Louis, MO</b></i><br>
How the TPP Threatens Food Justice<br>
Saturday, May 11 * 9:30 - 11:30am<br>
Second Presbyterian Church, 4501 West Minster Place<br>
Contact: IFCLA, (314) 721-2977</p>
Other fantastic events in the U.S. over the coming days and weeks will take place in <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0K6GEXzpt5AVn3VXYNyOcDK1NqGsG72C" target="_blank"><b>Berekely, CA; Dawson, PA; Detroit, MI; New York, NY; and San Antonio, TX</b></a>. These follow up on important TPP gatherings that have already taken place this month in <b>Chicago, IL; Phoenix, OR; Tampa, FL and elsewhere</b>.<BR>
Our allies <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Yu6sK58mfDY1adk5jET1zzK1NqGsG72C" target="_blank">throughout the world</a> have also organized protests in <b>Sydney</b> and <b>Melbourne, Australia</b>; a community assembly in <b>Toronto</b> and a speaker's tour throughout <b>British Columbia, Canada</b>; a massive anti-neoliberalism march in <b>Bali, Indonesia</b> (also tied to the WTO); a major TPP demonstration in <b>Tokyo, Japan</b>; an earlier rally in <b>Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia</b>; a teach-in in <b>Wellington</b> and banner drops in <b>Auckland, New Zealand</b>; and, of course, educational events and a critical rally outside the TPP negotiations themselves in <b>Lima, Peru</b>. <BR>
<b><i>Don't see an event already planned in your community? </i></b> You can <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ldvjJjOh%2BU%2BIFh80me%2BFYDK1NqGsG72C" target="_blank">use these pointers to organize one yourself</a> or <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hSx5nQk%2B4bgwUJB5IkdqizK1NqGsG72C" target="_blank">download and distribute this flyer</a> about the TPP. <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Xj1rcmTE8RgghfxUEOPyUTK1NqGsG72C" target="_blank"><b>Everyone in the United States can also make a difference by writing to Congress right now opposing Fast Track for the TPP.</b></a><BR>
A huge thank you to everyone who has already taken action, and all those who will continue to do so, to prevent a massive corporate power grab that threatens the economy, public health, the environment and more, not only in the United States, but throughout the Pacific Rim and beyond. <BR>
Together, we will win!<BR>
Arthur Stamoulis, Executive Director<br>
CITIZENS TRADE CAMPAIGN<BR>
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