As I wrote the other day, an anti-Trans Pacific Partnership rally was set for today to confront the negotiators for this odious deal–a deal that contradicts the president’s own rhetoric to combat inequality. As much of the news was about the approaching snow (as aside: when did New Yorkers become such a soft, coddled bunch to go into full panic mode over a little blizzard?), a hardy group of activists and good people stood outside the Sheraton New York (7th Avenue and 53rd), where the negotiators were meeting, to denounce this travesty. A few pics.
The emergency rally was organized by Trade Justice New York Metro and supported by:
350NYC, Activate CT, Animal Protection League of New Jersey, Bayan USA, Bergen County Green Party, Big Apple Coffee Party, Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report, Brooklyn For Peace, Carolyn Maloney Constituents for Trade Justice, Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy, Chpt. 34 Veterans For Peace NYC, Veterans for Peace (national), Clarke Constituents for Trade Justice, CLEAN-Cleveland Environmental Action Network, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, Democracy for America, Eco-Logic (WBAI-FM), FaCT-Faith Communities Together, Flush the TPP, Food and Water Watch, Frack Free Nation, Fight for the Future, Franciscan Action Network, Friends of the Earth, Global Justice for Animals and the Environment, Gray Panthers NYC Network, Health GAP (Global Access Project), Manhattan Green Party Local, March Against Monsanto NYC, MoveOn Nassau Council, MoveOn NYC Councils, MoveOn Suffolk Council, New Jersey League of Humane Voters, New York Buyers’ Club, New York Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, New York Environmental Law and Justice Project, NY4Whales, NYC Friends of Clearwater, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, NYC Safe Energy Coalition, Occupy Bergen County, OWS Outreach Working Group, OWS Special Projects Affinity Group Peace Action Manhattan, Peace Action of Staten Island, Polo Democratico Alternativo-NY, Popular Resistance, Rainforest Relief, Rangel Constituents for TradeJustice, Sane Energy Project Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, Systemic Disorder, Teraza 7, Trade Unionists in Solidarity with Colombia, TradeJustice New York Metro, United for Action, West Shore FACT, Working Families Party, and World War 4 Report.
