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Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch was created in 1995 to promote government & corporate accountability in #globalization & #trade.

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More good news about the movement to end

Tanzania β€” a country that's faced several lawsuits from environmentally disastrous mining corporations β€” has terminated a trade deal w/ Canada that enables lawsuits from foreign billionaires.

Confirmation from the Canadian gov't πŸ‘‡

More good news about the movement to end #ISDS Tanzania β€” a country that's faced several lawsuits from environmentally disastrous mining corporations β€” has terminated a trade deal w/ Canada that enables lawsuits from foreign billionaires. Confirmation from the Canadian gov't πŸ‘‡
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Last week, we demonstrated outside of the World Bank's spring meetings to demand an end to tribunals, which allow corporations to sue governments for protecting workers, indigenous communities, and the planet.

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Some great news on bringing down the terrible system of Investor-State-Dispute-Settlement ( ) that has worked mostly in favor of big corporations against the interests of people everywhere and the planet.

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The right to unionize is quite literally life or death for workers all over the world.

We have to continue fighting to protect that right with every single enforceable tool we have at our disposal. In solidarity with garment workers today and every day.

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🟒 BIG WIN πŸŽ‰ EU Parliament votes to !

Today shows can win even over big corporations. We're one step closer to breaking free from fossil fuels!✊

And don't worry, we'll keep pushing for clean energy, revising our trade system and for πŸ˜‰

🟒 BIG WIN πŸŽ‰ EU Parliament votes to #ExitECT! Today shows #PeoplePower can win even over big corporations. We're one step closer to breaking free from fossil fuels!✊ And don't worry, we'll keep pushing for clean energy, revising our trade system and for #ClimateJustice πŸ˜‰
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After 6+ years of campaigning to end the , the European Parliament just put the last nailed in the coffin. The EU exit is now confirmed. One more blow to the regime.

After 6+ years of campaigning to end the #energychartertreaty, the European Parliament just put the last nailed in the #ECT coffin. The EU exit is now confirmed. One more blow to the #ISDS regime.
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AMAZING news from Ecuador this weekend.

Corporate interests tried to force voters into reinstating ISDS through a confusing referendum, but the people weren't having it!

They voted NO to allowing foreign corporations to sue the government over public interest policies. ✊

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TODAY: At demonstration outside IMF and World Bank spring meetings, activists demand an end to the World Bank's tribunals, where corporations sue governments that take action for the public interest.

TODAY: At demonstration outside IMF and World Bank spring meetings, activists demand an end to the World Bank's #ISDS tribunals, where corporations sue governments that take action for the public interest.
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JOIN US FRIDAY for a rally and march outside the IMF & World Bank .

Bank officials cannot continue to do business as usual while simultaneously enabling corporate colonization and exacerbating global injustice.

JOIN US FRIDAY for a rally and march outside the IMF & World Bank #SpringMeetings. Bank officials cannot continue to do business as usual while simultaneously enabling corporate colonization and exacerbating global injustice. #DecarbonizeDecolonize
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