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Vancouver Anti-TPP Convergence in July: Communiqué #1





Since 2010, leaders have been meeting behind closed doors to form the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) to expand trade and give more power to the corporations. These nations are Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States and Vietnam. These agreements not only undermine workers the first world but it will inevitably create even worse conditions for workers in third world countries. The state will always serve the capitalists. The police will always protect the capitalists. The TPP hopes to strengthen the grip capitalism and the state has on our lives. This is intolerable for us and must be stopped.

The TPP Welcoming Committee is announcing our support for the resistance against the worldwide anti-trans pacific partnership convergence. We are also calling on all workers, students, anarchists, anti-capitalists, youth, aboriginals, Idle No More, Rising Tide and other groups to converge upon Vancouver (Occupied Coast Salish Territory), in July to not only voice their disgust for the agreement but we wish encourage them to take direct action whether it be in the form of sits ins, strikes, walkouts, occupations or lock downs. We also encourage people across so called Canada and throughout the Pacific Northwest to converge to shut these meetings down.

We are announcing and organizing a breakaway march from the official one that will take place. We are tired of seeing governments make deals with corporations and intern undermining the people and destroying native land that doesn’t even belong to us. We would like to call on people to take direct action during this march by any means they see fit. We see this as a perfect time to shut these fuckers down. More info will be released in the form of communiqués as the meeting date comes closer. Use this as a time to tell people about the Trans Pacific Partnership and organize your own affinity group.

No Trade Agreements on Stolen Native Land

- TPP Welcoming Committee