European activists move in for deathblow on TTIP trade deal after leak
by: Patrick J. Foote
On May 2, the environmental organization Greenpeace leaked the 12th draft of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a trade deal between the U.S. and the E.U. which is ostensibly meant to lower barriers to international trade but which calls into question issues of nation-state sovereignty and corporate supremacy on the world stage. The document has been in negotiations since 2013 and resistance to it has been fierce, primarily in the E.U. With the leak, anti-TTIP organizations are newly invigorated while those in favor of the deal may be beginning to crack under pressure. …
People’s World – May 13, 2016
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Leather goods filled with blood and guts in horrifying PETA ‘pop-up shop’ (Video)
Toby Meyjes for Metro.co.uk
If you are a fan of leather belts, bags or shoes then this might make you think.
PETA Asia horrified shoppers in Thailand when it opened a pop-up leather shop containing animal intestines, blood and even a beating heart.
Although the body parts were fake, they looked real enough, with PETA intending to challenge people’s attitudes on the suffering of animals. …
Metro – May 13, 2016, 01:45 PM
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