Margaret Flowers

Margaret Flowers is a pediatrician, advocate for single payer health care and justice. She co-directs Popular Resistance and co-hosts Clearing the FOG.

People Are Stopping The TPP; Time To Finish Off Corporate Trade

With the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its European equivalent, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, both moving in a downward spiral, the time is right for those against these corporate-rigged trade deals to stop them completely.

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WASHINGTON -- (Opinion) There has been a remarkable turn of events recently when it comes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its European equivalent, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. They are faltering and moving in a downward spiral, if the movement keeps doing its job this will continue for the duration of the Obama

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Analysis: To Understand The Presidential Primaries, Recognize The Impact Of Movements

Movements on the right and left are changing the political culture. Their impact can be seen in the Democratic and Republican primaries, but the media does not report it.

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Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, left, and vice presidential candidate Cheri Honkala sit at the entrance to Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y., Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, after being informed that they wouldn't be able to enter and participate in the second presidential debate. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

BALTIMORE --- Confusion reigns in the Democratic and Republican primaries. Huffington Post political reporters write, “It's Time To Admit: Nobody Knows Anything About The 2016 Campaign,” now that “the old ‘rules’ of presidential politics no longer seem to apply.” Why the confusion? Media pundits have not given credit to the popular movements on

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Spread The Word: TPP Is Toxic Political Poison That Politicians Should Avoid

At its root, the TPP is about modern colonialism. It is the way that Western governments and their transnational corporations, including Wall Street banks, can dominate the economies of developing nations. And it’s not too late to stop it.

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Labor leaders, environmental groups and lawmakers rally against fast-track authority for secretive trade pact

WASHINGTON --- After nearly six years of negotiations, trade ministers recently announced they had reached agreement on the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This does not mean the TPP is a done deal. The next hurdle for this rigged corporate power grab is to convince the participating governments, including Congress, to ratify it. In the

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Be Devoted To Justice Not To Order

The protests in Baltimore, being led by African American youth, have been unifying the city to force Baltimore to face up to a long-standing problem of widespread police abuse.

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A demonstrator raises his fist as police stand in formation as a store burns, Monday, April 27, 2015, during unrest following the funeral of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. The announcement by State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby that the six officers involved in the murder of Freddie Gray will be prosecuted was welcomed with cheers at City Hall and in

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Labor Unions, Business Lobby Clash Over Obama’s Bid For TPP «Fast Track» Authority

Rather than building support and momentum for fast track, introduction of the fast-track bill seems to have had the opposite effect of galvanizing opposition and spurring mobilization against it.

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Major labor unions and business groups clashed Tuesday over President Barack Obama's bid for "fast track" authority to advance trade deals being negotiated with numerous nations. TAFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, right, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue prepare to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Obama's bid for "fast track" authority to advance trade deals being negotiated with numerous nations. in shaping trade deals.

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, right, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue prepare to testify in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Obama's bid for "fast track" authority to advance trade deals being negotiated with numerous nations. WASHINGTON --- The fast track debate is

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White House Blog Reveals A Profound Lack Of Support For TPP

Widespread environmental opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership prompts an embarrassing White House statement claiming environmental support from some of the country’s most conservative, corporate-funded environmental organizations.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., joins House Democrats in stating their disagreement and disappointment with President Barack Obama's State of the Union request for fast track trade authority, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. WASHINGTON --- The White House has published a handful of comments from “environmental groups”

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Agent Orange Funding Opens Door To US Militarism And Covert Action In Vietnam

Is the United States finally accepting responsibility for the devastating ongoing effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam, or is this funding just a way to get USAID in the door to meddle in the country’s affairs as part of Obama’s “Asian Pivot” strategy? MintPress News investigates.

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U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, right, and Vietnamese Chief of General Staff of the Army, Lt. Gen. Do Ba Ty, left, during an honor guard review before their talks in Hanoi, Vietnam. The easing of an arms embargo against Vietnam and a military agreement with the Philippines show the Obama administration wants deeper

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