Corporate lobbyists want to rush TPP through Congress

xFrom Fight For The Future:

The biggest challenge we’re facing in the fight to stop the anti-democratic Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is that too many people still don’t know what it is.

That’s a real problem. And corporate lobbyists from companies that hate the open Internet are hoping to exploit it to quietly rush the TPP through Congress this Fall.

Fortunately, we’ve got a secret weapon to help sound the alarm: the Rock Against the TPP roadshow.

We’re teaming up with legendary guitarist Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine, Prophets of Rage, and Audioslave) to organize Rock Against the TPP––a nationwide roadshow featuring high profile speakers and performers coming together to educate the public about the grave threat that the TPP poses to our most basic rights.

Through a series of large-scale educational concert events, protests, and teach-ins, we’ll reach huge numbers of people who have never heard of the TPP before, and ignite a mass movement to stop it in its tracks.

We just announced the tour to the public last week, and already we got amazing mainstream press coverage from Rolling Stone, the Washington Post, Billboard, and more! [1]

Are you down to Rock Against the TPP?

The TPP is a legally binding deal between 12 governments, including the U.S., that was negotiated in total secrecy with hundreds of corporate lobbyists helping draft the text. If ratified, it would be the largest backroom deal of its kind in history. The TPP contains extreme provisions that would expand global internet censorship, threaten our basic right to privacy, further criminalize whistleblowers, and make a mockery of the democratic process. [2]

But the good news is we have a very real chance of stopping it, if we mobilize right now.

The Rock Against the TPP tour is kicking off in Denver, CO on Saturday, July 23rd, with an all-star lineup including Golden Globe nominated actress Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man), popular punk band Anti-Flag, and Denver hip-hop legends the Flobots. Stay tuned as we announce more dates soon, and forward this email far and wide!

Thanks for all you do,

-Evan at Fight for the Future

P.S. All the info about the tour is here (go here to sign petition)

1. Washington Post,Rolling Stone,Billboard
2. Electronic Frontier Foundation

FEC wants to destroy the will of the people

From the Tea Party:

As the President’s lawless actions on amnesty and Obamacare continue, it’s important for us to stay engaged and hold this Administration accountable. I write today about the latest attempt at government overreach, and what you can do about it.

Very quietly in late October, the Democrat members of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) proposed new regulations that would bring free YouTube videos, bloggers, and even sites like The Drudge Report under government control. This attempt to chill free speech is alarming. As U.S. News & World Report said, Democrat FEC members envision an “Establishment utopia, with only politicians, political parties and the media able to comment purposefully.”

TPP has set up a special page, to "Keep the Internet Free of the FEC.” The public comment period for these new regulations ends Jan. 15, and you can link from our page directly to the comment site.

It is critical that we all make our voices heard and stand up to this latest attempt at government intrusion into our personal freedoms. The Bill of Rights is worthy of protection, even if President Obama’s liberal allies on the FEC want to trample on it.

Please take a few moments and visit our page dedicated to keeping the FEC's hands off the Internet, and register your opposition to this new assault on freedom. Finally, please forward this to your friends and family and ask them to help us keep the Internet free!