On Monday, May 18, 2015 at 5:03:53 PM UTC-4, 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.

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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.

Long before the age of the internet, the critical need for
communication and cooperation among citizen actions groups
[and the education of their membership, particularly in
history to avoid repeating the same mistakes] was identified
and stressed by John William Cooke.

Companies and organizations have used electrical networking in some form before the internet (like telegraphs) since the 1850s which was long before Mr. Cooke.

International cooperation and development has occurred between organizations for cartel or monopolistic reasons even before then.