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<div><br></div><div>I hope this message finds you well! My name is Cassidy, and I work with Flush the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Thanks again for signing the pledge to take action against the TPP. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Though I know this is last-minute, I'm writing to share <a href="http://smaa.asia/call-to-action-wto/" target="_blank">an international call to action</a> against toxic trade agreements for <b>Tuesday, Dec. 3rd</b> (details below) and to ask whether you and other members of <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Occupy Mendocino</span> might by any chance be interested in planning something local. With momentum against the TPP building -- including <a href="https://wikileaks.org/tpp/pressrelease.html" target="_blank">Wikileaks' release of the intellectual property chapter</a> and nearly 200 members of Congress raising concerns in recent letters -- we hope to have people across the U.S. (and the world) demonstrating how possible it is for global resistance to throw a wrench in toxic trade. </div>
<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">A local action could be anything from snapping and sharing photos of an anti-TPP banner in a public space to a social media campaign highlighting how the TPP could affect your community. </span>If you're able to plan something, you can also <a href="http://www.flushthetpp.org/actions/" target="_blank">register it here</a> or send it my way via email -- we're making a map to highlight all the people throughout the U.S. raising their voices against the TPP. </div>
<div><br></div><div>If you'd like to brainstorm ideas, please feel free to contact me by phone or email anytime. Otherwise, thanks again for your action against the TPP -- and hope to hear from you soon!</div><div><br>
</div><div>In solidarity,</div><div>Cassidy</div><div><br></div><div><i><a href="mailto:stopfasttrack@flushthetpp.org" target="_blank">stopfasttrack@flushthetpp.org</a> // <a href="tel:%28203%29470-9255" value="+12034709255" target="_blank">(203)470-9255</a></i></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif">Join the </span><a href="http://smaa.asia/call-to-action-wto/" style="color:rgb(0,144,211);font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;font-size:15px;text-decoration:none;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-color:transparent" target="_blank">International Call to End the WTO and Stop the New Wave of Free Trade Agreements</a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif">on December 3</span><sup style="font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif">rd</sup><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif">, the first day of the World Trade Organization meetings in Bali, Indonesia. The WTO meeting will be followed by another round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) meetings by lead negotiators in Singapore. Negotiations for the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TAFTA) are also underway.</span><br>
</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><p style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif">All of these trade agreements share the same fundamental principle that profits are more important than the health and needs of people and the planet. They are destroying local economies and public infrastructure in order to establish a global neo-liberal economic system that privatizes all goods and services. These agreements grant transnational corporations the power to change laws even down to the local level and challenge court decisions in their own tribunal that operates outside of sovereign judicial systems and cannot be challenged by domestic courts.</p>
<p style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif"><b>On December 3, we call on all allies for fair trade, peace and justice to gather in a public space and declare global resistance to these toxic trade agreements.</b>We will not obey secret deals made by transnational corporations that defy public interests and desires and destroy hard-won protections of people, workers and the environment. We demand the rights of all people to live with dignity, to meet their basic needs and to build a 21<sup>st</sup> century sustainable green economy.</p>
<ul style="padding-left:25px;font-size:15px;font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;margin:10px 0px;list-style:none"><li style="padding-left:20px;margin-bottom:2px">
<i style="display:inline-block;width:12px;min-height:12px;margin-right:10px;background-image:url(http://www.flushthetpp.org/wp-content/themes/montezuma/images/icons.png);background-color:transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"></i>We are acting in solidarity with people all over the world to end the race to the bottom in jobs and wages.</li>
<li style="padding-left:20px;margin-bottom:2px"><i style="display:inline-block;width:12px;min-height:12px;margin-right:10px;background-image:url(http://www.flushthetpp.org/wp-content/themes/montezuma/images/icons.png);background-color:transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"></i>We respect the right to have a job with a living wage and safe working conditions.</li>
<li style="padding-left:20px;margin-bottom:2px"><i style="display:inline-block;width:12px;min-height:12px;margin-right:10px;background-image:url(http://www.flushthetpp.org/wp-content/themes/montezuma/images/icons.png);background-color:transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"></i>We want 21<sup>st</sup> century jobs that build a sustainable green energy economy.</li>
</ul><p style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif">Communities in the United States are starting to pass resolutions to declare that they will not obey trade agreements that cause harm to their communities. To learn how you can do the same in your community, visit “<a href="http://www.thealliancefordemocracy.org/tppfreezones.shtml" style="color:rgb(0,144,211);text-decoration:none;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-color:transparent" target="_blank">Declare Your Community a TPP-Free Zone</a>.”</p>
<p style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif"><b>To participate in the international day of action:</b></p><ol style="list-style-position:initial;font-size:15px;font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 35px">
<li style="margin-bottom:5px"><b>Endorse</b> the Call to End the WTO and Stop the New Wave of Free Trade Agreements by contacting Mary Lou Malig of La Via Campesina – Asia at<a href="mailto:marylouisemalig@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(0,144,211);text-decoration:none;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-color:transparent" target="_blank">marylouisemalig@gmail.com</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:5px"><b>Register </b>your action with <a href="http://www.flushthetpp.org/" style="color:rgb(0,144,211);text-decoration:none;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-color:transparent" target="_blank">Flush the TPP</a> by contacting Cassidy at<a href="mailto:StopFastTrack@FlushtheTPP.org" style="color:rgb(0,144,211);text-decoration:none;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-color:transparent" target="_blank">StopFastTrack@FlushtheTPP.org</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:5px"><b>Find</b> tools for your day of action at <a href="http://www.flushthetpp.org/tools/" style="color:rgb(0,144,211);text-decoration:none;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-color:transparent" target="_blank">FlushtheTPP.org/tools</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:5px"><b>Share</b> photos, videos and reports about your day of action with <a href="http://www.flushthetpp.org/" style="color:rgb(0,144,211);text-decoration:none;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-color:transparent" target="_blank">Flush the TPP</a> by contacting Margaret at <a href="mailto:FlushtheTPP@popularresistance.org" style="color:rgb(0,144,211);text-decoration:none;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-color:transparent" target="_blank">FlushtheTPP@popularresistance.org</a>.</li>
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