It’s do-or-die time on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). We need your help in Atlanta to kill the TPP. There are two events in Atlanta to report on at this time, the big day of action October 1, and a new development for a protest on Wednesday, Sept 30 over the egregious draft that would limit medicine for cancer victims, essentially sentencing many to death over patent extensions codified in the TPP. Here are the descriptions:

Trade ministers from throughout the Pacific Rim are meeting at a fancy hotel in downtown Atlanta next week as part of a last-ditch effort to complete the TPP negotiations. They’re getting close, but we can stop them. If we do, and the Atlanta round fails, many believe the TPP could be knocked off track indefinitely.

That’s not just us saying that. Just days ago, Japanese Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari said that if the Atlanta TPP round fails to deliver a finished pact, “there is a risk that an agreement will be put off for years."

The TPP threatens the economy, environment and public health at home and abroad — and we now have a real shot to stop that. Very rarely do protests have the potential for immediate results as this one.

We need your help mobilizing as many people as possible to Atlanta. This is the main event...

Atlanta Mobilization to #StopTPP:

Thursday, October 1 • 12:00 noon AND 5:00 - 7:00pm

Woodruff Park • International Peace Fountain (Map: bit.ly/ATLStopTPPMap)

Peachtree St & Auburn Ave • Downtown Atlanta, GA

The Atlanta #StopTPP Coalition calls on all allies across the US and the world to join us on Oct 1st to #StopTPP!

Schedule:

Make Some Noise #StopTPP Rally: 12 - 2 pm

#StopTPP Mass Rally: 5 - 7 pm

Gather for Rallies At: Woodruff Park - International Peace Fountain

Peachtree St & Auburn Ave • Downtown Atlanta, GA (Map: bit.ly/ATLStopTPPMap)

As the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks are coming to Atlanta in an effort to finalize the pro-corporate deal, the Atlanta #StopTPP Coalition and the broader Atlanta community says, “No Way!” We as citizens in the global community won’t stand for a wholesale auction of our rights, our freedoms, and our democracy to multinational corporations who put profits over people.

Community members and concerned citizens from labor, faith, youth, senior, environment, LGBT, and others are coming together and inviting all within our United States and the global community to draw a line in the sand in Atlanta and to demand that the TPP shall not pass!

We will not stand for the TPP corrupting our democracy and eliminating our rights by putting corporations such as Walmart, Chevron, Cargill, and McDonalds in greater control of our daily lives leading us into a global race to the bottom. The undemocratic and secretive TPP would threaten good jobs, public services, access to affordable life-saving medicines, the environment and our climate, consumer health and safety and much more in our communities across the world.

We call on all allies across the world to join the Atlanta community on Oct 1st as we take on the TPP! We shall not be moved, we shall #StopTPP!

RSVP & Share on Facebook: bit.ly/ATLStopTPP

Regional Transportation Info: tinyurl.com/ATLStopTPPTransportation

I know this is a last-minute call to action, and that many of you live far away. This is important enough that we're asking you to do your best to be there anyhow. If you’re thinking about coming from a distance, you canclick here to request information about possible carpools and caravans from throughout the region. If you’re in or near Atlanta, you can also sign up here for additional information about TPP resistance efforts taking place over the coming week.

Whether or not you can make it, you can make a real difference by spreading the word about the protest. Please share this Facebook invitation and click here to Tweet about the Atlanta TPP protests.

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Join us in Atlanta to tell TPP Ministers to say NO to the TPP Death Sentence Clause! Large pharmaceutical companies are using the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal to push for long-term monopolies on lifesaving medicines, such as biologic medicines used to treat cancer patients. They seek a delay of at least 8 years before allowing generics or biosimilars, so they can charge up to hundreds of thousands of dollars per year for these medicines by denying less expensive alternatives that could save lives. We are calling this proposal the "death sentence clause" because it could sentence many people to unnecessary suffering and early death. People living with cancer around the globe can’t wait 8 years for affordable medicines. Twelve TPP country governments will meet in Atlanta September 26- October 2 to try to conclude the talks, and the monopoly periods for these biologic drugs will be one of just a handful of issues that will decide the fate of the TPP. Join individuals living with cancer, HIV/AIDS and other diseases and their supporters in Atlanta to tell TPP negotiators to say NO to the TPP Death Sentence Clause! We need supporters to come to the press conference to hold signs and wear t-shirts that say “No TPP Death Sentence” and “We Can’t Wait 8 Years” and to participate in and/or be there for solidarity for a direct action led by Zahara, a “cancer thriver” at the hotel. We need more folks (especially people living with cancer, HiV and providers but also any and all supporters) to join the action at this critical time. If you are interested, please contact Melinda St. Louis (tppkills.org to learn more, hear from people who know personally what’s at stake, and tweet your support!

Many thanks,

I'll be going to Atlanta to fight for our sovereign rights, will you?

#Stop the TPP Coalition