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Protest at Internet Lobby HQ; Must Stop TPP; Corporations Elect Maine Governor
Net Neutrality Protest At Industry Lobbying Headquarters. On Wednesday, November 12, net neutrality activists protested at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association in Washington, DC. The picket highlighted the national consensus favoring reclassifying the Internet as a common carrier under Title II so that there can be no discrimination and equal access for all with real net neutrality rules. The largest opposition to reclassification and net neutrality comes from a handful of corporations that are members of NCTA. In order to push their agenda the NCTA is putting out false information, creating fake grassroots groups, threatening lawsuits and spending millions of dollars to “buy” Congress and non-profits such as the NAACP.
TPP Trade Talks Must Stop. Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary, said “This secretive trade deal is good for some multinational corporations, but deeply damaging to ordinary people and the very role of governments. Corporate interests are at the negotiating table, but national parliaments and other democratic actors are being kept in the dark. What we do know, much of it through leaks, is that this proposed deal is not about ensuring better livelihoods for people, but about giving multinational companies a big boost to profits.
Corporate America Steps Up for Maine’s Right-Wing Gov. Paul LePage. Although Maine’s governor, Paul LePage, has been referred to as “America’s Craziest Governor,” he won his re-election last week – with plenty of corporate and national GOP cash.
