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Related: About this forumJune 4: 40,000 people march against G7/TTIP in Munich, Germany
G7-Demo: 40.000 bei der größten Münchner Demo seit Jahrzehnten
(Google Translate: 40,000 in the biggest demonstration for decades Munich)
40.000 Menschen verhagelten Merkel den Auftakt ihrer G7-Show, mit der sie ihr Lieblingsprojekt TTIP fit machen wollte.
(40,000 people verhagelten Merkel to launch its G7 show with which she wanted to make her pet project TTIP fit.)
Published on Jun 5, 2015
Wir zeigten der Kanzlerin und den anderen G7-Staatschefs: Wir Bürger/innen wollen nicht, dass mit TTIP und CETA Konzerne noch mehr Macht erhalten, während die Parlamente entmündigt werden. Die Bilder unseres Protests waren die Top-Meldung der Abendnachrichten
(We showed the Chancellor and the other G-7 heads of state: We citizens / inside do not want to TTIP and CETA get corporations even more power, while the parliaments are incapacitated. The pictures of our protests were the top news of the evening news)
From Polizei München (Verified account) 8:38 AM - 4 Jun 2015
Es kam bisher zu keinerlei polizeilich relevanten Vorfällen. Großen Respekt von der Münchener Polizei. Das ist gelebte Demokratie! #Muenchen
https://twitter.com/PolizeiMuenchen/status/606485093658599425
(it came so far to no police related incidents. Great respect by the Munich police. That is democracy! #Muenchen)
We don't know if there were any snipers though...
Redacted FBI Documents Show Plot to Kill Occupy Leaders If Deemed Necessary
Truthdig Jun 29, 2013
Did the FBI ignore, or even abet, a plot to assassinate Occupy Houston leaders? asks investigative reporter Dave Lindorff ...
...A Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Washington, D.C.-based Partnership for Civil Justice Fund yielded an FBI document containing knowledge of a plot by an unnamed group or individual to kill leaders of the Houston chapter of the nonviolent Occupy Wall Street movement...
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/redacted_fbi_document_shows_plot_to_kill_occupy_leaders_20130629
appalachiablue
(41,113 posts)part of the TTP, Trans Pacific Partnership. Larger than the United Nations, the TTP free trade agreement is now under consideration for presidential fast track authority in the US. That's an important article on the OW group also.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)aggressive takeover of our democracies by the corporations. If we don't, we will find ourselves governed by the oligarchs via those corporations.
Yes to our environment. No to corporate greed.