Video of the Day – Here’s What Happened When a Member of European Parliament Tried to Read the TTIP Text

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TTIP is just one of several phony “trade” deals written by corporate lawyers and lobbyists, and negotiated in secret between the Obama administration and various world leaders. This particular scam involves the U.S. and Europe, and it has seen increased public resistance and attention as of late, something I highlighted in the post, Leaked Documents Expose the TTIP Trade Deal as a Subversive Imperial Scam.

Now watch what happened when a MEP (member of European parliament) tried to read the thing. It’s very blurry, but you’ll get the point.

Democracy this is not.

Noam Chomsky recently summarized the true purpose of these so-called “trade” deals eloquently in the following paragraph:

In the contemporary global order, the institutions of the masters hold enormous power, not only in the international arena but also within their home states, on which they rely to protect their power and to provide economic support by a wide variety of means. When we consider the role of the masters of mankind, we turn to such state policy priorities of the moment as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, one of the investor-rights agreements mislabeled “free-trade agreements” in propaganda and commentary. They are negotiated in secret, apart from the hundreds of corporate lawyers and lobbyists writing the crucial details. The intention is to have them adopted in good Stalinist style with “fast track” procedures designed to block discussion and allow only the choice of yes or no (hence yes). The designers regularly do quite well, not surprisingly. People are incidental, with the consequences one might anticipate.

Thanks for playin’ everyone.

For more articles covering these fake trade deals, see:

Leaked Documents Expose the TTIP Trade Deal as a Subversive Imperial Scam

Merkel “Surprised” as Hundreds of Thousands March in Berlin Against TTIP “Corporate Dictatorship”

Obama to Push Passage of TPP Trade Deal Despite Rising Public Opposition

How the TPP Could Lead to Worldwide Internet Censorship

U.S. State Department Upgrades Serial Human Rights Abuser Malaysia to Include it in the TPP

Julian Assange on the TPP – “Deal Isn’t About Trade, It’s About Corporate Control”

Trade Expert and TPP Whistleblower – “We Should Be Very Concerned about What’s Hidden in This Trade Deal”

As the Senate Prepares to Vote on “Fast Track,” Here’s a Quick Primer on the Dangers of the TPP

In Liberty,
Michael Krieger

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3 thoughts on “Video of the Day – Here’s What Happened When a Member of European Parliament Tried to Read the TTIP Text”

  1. The level of abject disdain for the rights of the people of the so-called democracies is breathtaking. Those holding the reins of power want it all, want us to shut up about it and do as we’re told…and don’t give a tinker’s damn what we think of it. Well, not exactly. They care enough to know they are courting personal danger if things get out of hand, hence the precautions to make sure everything is secret until it is shoved down our throats.

    The revolutionaries of the 60s weren’t wrong, they were just early. What is shaping up is the countdown to direct, physical confrontation with these sons of bitches worldwide. It is us or them, and the other Other Team is quite willing to play for keeps. We The People need to adopt the same mindset.

    We are many, they are few.

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    • But, they have their enforcers and loads of big guns. They also have most of our ‘representatives’ on their payroll.

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