On Mon, 18 May 2015 16:03:38 -0500, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

On Sat, 16 May 2015 17:57:04 -0700, "Howard Beal"
wrote:

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- More than 1,000 people filed a lawsuit against the Japanese
government Friday seeking to halt its involvement in the 12-country talks
for a Pacific Rim free trade agreement as "unconstitutional."

The plaintiffs said, however, the TPP would change a number of rules and
regulations concerning people's lives "for the sake of the freedom and
profits of global corporations."

One lawyer in a 157-member legal team working for the plaintiffs said the
TPP is "a risky pact that would fundamentally overturn domestic systems."

As for an investor-state dispute settlement clause which the TPP member
nations are negotiating to introduce to give a multinational company the
right to sue a state for compensation, the plaintiffs expressed opposition
saying it would jeopardize Japan's judicial independence.


http://mainichi.jp/english/english/n...dm075000c.html

Seems people around the world are wising up to corporate goverence in the
form
of trade agreements.

Best Regards
Tom.

====================
Indeed!

One of the critical needs in the current situation is a
central clearing house for citizen action groups to exchange
information on the continual efforts of the supranational
corporations to usurp national sovereignty, and the [success
of] stratagy/tactics which have been used to combat such
efforts to identify the corporations/individuals and their
weak points.

Hear, hear! Please let me know if you find any.

--
When we are planning for posterity, we ought
to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
-- Thomas Paine

(comparing Paine to the current CONgress deep sigh)