![Momentum against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) increased in late October 2015, as Congressman Denny Heck announced he would vote against the corporate trade pact, calling it one of the most […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/HeckPostcards-195x110.jpg "Another Key Congress Member Opposes the TPP")
![On Thursday, October 6, 2016, over 100 El Pasoans packed a town hall event hosted by Congressman Beto O’Rourke, urging him to oppose the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The town […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ORourkeTownHall2-1-195x110.jpg "Texans urge Congressman to Oppose the TPP")
![North Bay labor and environmental leaders praised Rep. Mike Thompson for announcing his opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in a letter to constituents, solidifying the near-consensus within the Democratic […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Thompson_081816-195x110.jpg "More Congressional Leaders Lining Up Against the TPP")
![The Rock Against the TPP shows in Seattle and Portland this summer, organized locally by the Washington Fair Trade Coalition and Oregon Fair Trade Campaign in partnership with Fight for […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SeattleRockAgainstTheTPP-1-195x110.png "Rock Against the TPP Rocks the Northwest")
![Fair trade advocates have released a new report which finds the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement threatens the Texas-Mexico border economy. . According to the report, the TPP would […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/TPPxBorderfb15-195x110.jpg "TPP a Bad Deal for Texas and Mexico")
![Hundreds of people gathered at the Festival for Trade Justice to rally against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) at Wright Park in Tacoma in late June 2016. At the gathering, leaders […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Tacoma4-195x110.png "Festival for Trade Justice in Tacoma")
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![Thanks to year of hard work by countless activists around the globe, the Trans-Pacific Partnership is extremely unlikely to move forward during this session of Congress. While we’ll remain vigilant […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/TPPdallas_chant_small-115x115.jpg "Global Peoples’ Movements Stop the TPP")
Global Peoples’ Movements Stop the TPP
Thanks to year of hard work by countless activists around the globe, the Trans-Pacific Partnership is extremely unlikely to move forward during this session of Congress. While we’ll remain vigilant […] -
![On Friday, April 1, 2016, the White House officially notified Congress that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would require waiving U.S. “Buy America” government purchasing preferences for goods and services from […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-23-at-9.29.31-AM-115x115.png "The TPP Attack on Buy America")
The TPP Attack on Buy America
On Friday, April 1, 2016, the White House officially notified Congress that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would require waiving U.S. “Buy America” government purchasing preferences for goods and services from […] -
![A united cross-sector movement of labor, environmental, family farm, consumer, faith and other organizations have escalated their campaign to defeat the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with a joint 1,525-group letter urging […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Picture-91-115x115.png "1,500 Groups Urge Congress to Oppose the TPP")
1,500 Groups Urge Congress to Oppose the TPP
A united cross-sector movement of labor, environmental, family farm, consumer, faith and other organizations have escalated their campaign to defeat the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with a joint 1,525-group letter urging […] -
![The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed new trade and investment pact that was negotiated behind-closed doors between the United States and eleven other Pacific Rim countries, including notorious human rights violators […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Screen-Shot-2015-09-24-at-10.23.29-AM-115x115.png "How the TPP Harms Jobs & the Environment")
How the TPP Harms Jobs & the Environment
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed new trade and investment pact that was negotiated behind-closed doors between the United States and eleven other Pacific Rim countries, including notorious human rights violators […]
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![Thanks to year of hard work by countless activists around the globe, the Trans-Pacific Partnership is extremely unlikely to move forward during this session of Congress. While we’ll remain vigilant […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/TPPdallas_chant_small-36x36.jpg "Global Peoples’ Movements Stop the TPP"){kind=small}
![On Friday, April 1, 2016, the White House officially notified Congress that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would require waiving U.S. “Buy America” government purchasing preferences for goods and services from […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-23-at-9.29.31-AM-36x36.png "The TPP Attack on Buy America"){kind=small}
![A united cross-sector movement of labor, environmental, family farm, consumer, faith and other organizations have escalated their campaign to defeat the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with a joint 1,525-group letter urging […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Picture-91-36x36.png "1,500 Groups Urge Congress to Oppose the TPP"){kind=small}
![The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed new trade and investment pact that was negotiated behind-closed doors between the United States and eleven other Pacific Rim countries, including notorious human rights violators […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Screen-Shot-2015-09-24-at-10.23.29-AM-36x36.png "How the TPP Harms Jobs & the Environment"){kind=small}
![The Obama administration has upgraded Malaysia’s status in the State Department’s “Trafficking in Persons” report in order to ease the country’s entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), according to human rights groups and others. “[Malaysia’s] […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TPPSD7_plunder_small-36x36.jpg "Ignoring Modern Day Slavery to Advance the TPP"){kind=small}
![Proponents of a corporate-driven Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) like to pretend that those who oppose race-to-the-bottom trade policies are somehow “anti-trade.” It’s an asinine accusation. The thousands of organizations and millions of […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SanFranTPPRound_0610-36x36.png "What the TPP Should Look Like"){kind=small}
![Leaked texts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement continue to reveal a bonanza of special rights for big corporations. Most recently, on August 4, 2015, Knowledge Ecology International […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TPPLA11-36x36.jpg "Leaked TPP Texts Reveal a Bonanza of Special Rights for Corporations"){kind=small}
![Nearly 600 organizations, together representing millions of Americans, have sent a joint letter to Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) expressing their steadfast opposition to Fast Track and outlining the minimum requirements […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DontFastTrackJobsOverseas-36x36.jpg "Smart Track Can’t Be Fast Track in Disguise"){kind=small}
![Momentum against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) increased in late October 2015, as Congressman Denny Heck announced he would vote against the corporate trade pact, calling it one of the most […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/HeckPostcards-36x36.jpg "Another Key Congress Member Opposes the TPP"){kind=small}
![On Thursday, October 6, 2016, over 100 El Pasoans packed a town hall event hosted by Congressman Beto O’Rourke, urging him to oppose the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The town […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ORourkeTownHall2-1-36x36.jpg "Texans urge Congressman to Oppose the TPP"){kind=small}
![North Bay labor and environmental leaders praised Rep. Mike Thompson for announcing his opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in a letter to constituents, solidifying the near-consensus within the Democratic […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Thompson_081816-36x36.jpg "More Congressional Leaders Lining Up Against the TPP"){kind=small}
![The Rock Against the TPP shows in Seattle and Portland this summer, organized locally by the Washington Fair Trade Coalition and Oregon Fair Trade Campaign in partnership with Fight for […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SeattleRockAgainstTheTPP-1-36x36.png "Rock Against the TPP Rocks the Northwest"){kind=small}
![Fair trade advocates have released a new report which finds the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement threatens the Texas-Mexico border economy. . According to the report, the TPP would […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/TPPxBorderfb15-36x36.jpg "TPP a Bad Deal for Texas and Mexico"){kind=small}
![Hundreds of people gathered at the Festival for Trade Justice to rally against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) at Wright Park in Tacoma in late June 2016. At the gathering, leaders […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Tacoma4-36x36.png "Festival for Trade Justice in Tacoma"){kind=small}
![Displaced workers, labor and community advocates held press conferences up and down the West Coast in June 2016 to discuss the release of a new government study that finds jobs […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/SantaRosa3-36x36.jpg "Don’t Let the TPP Put More People in the Unemployment Line"){kind=small}
![Human Rights Advocates Protest Nike-Backed Deal with a Dictator Who Imposed Death By Stoning for LGBT Individuals & Women Portland, Ore. — Human rights advocates gathered outside the World Affairs […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-23-at-9.30.25-AM-36x36.png "The TPP Is a Deal with a Dictator"){kind=small}
![Scores of protestors descended on Tollefson Plaza for a Star Wars-themed protest to influence elected representatives’ positions on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). The Washington Fair Trade Coalition, Backbone Campaign, […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/StarWars1-36x36.png "Rebel Alliance Gathers in Tacoma for Star Wars Themed TPP Protest"){kind=small}
![Protesters Decry Race-to-the-Bottom Trade Proposal Outside President Obama’s US-ASEAN Economic Summit Saying the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would lead to a global race-to-the-bottom in wages, working conditions and environmental standards if […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ASEAN1-36x36.jpg "California and the World United Against the TPP"){kind=small}
![More than 2,000 people across the United States joined Citizens Trade Campaign in submitting comments to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) about the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s (TPP’s) likely economic impacts. The ITC will use […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/LetterWritingDWS-36x36.png "Thousands Send TPP Comments to the International Trade Commission"){kind=small}
![A block away from a major trade negotiating summit taking place in downtown Miami, elected officials and community leaders held a press event on October 21, 2015 to demand greater […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/TTIPMiami1-36x36.jpg "Community Leaders Slam Secrecy at Miami Trade Summit"){kind=small}
![In a remarkable protest outside the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Ministerial in Maui on July 29, 2015, at least four hundred people took part in a unified sounding of the pū […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MauiTPP-36x36.jpg "Record Breaking TPP Protest in Maui"){kind=small}
![Highlighting just how deeply engrained opposition is to Fast Track legislation, Seattle City Council passed a resolution opposing Fast Track for the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other pending trade […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SeattleResolution-36x36.png "Seattle City Council Unanimously Opposes Fast Track"){kind=small}
![When U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew visited Miami in March 2015 trying to build support for the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Citizens Trade Campaign and its partners were there warning that the deal poses serious […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Miami1-36x36.jpg "Florida Isn’t Buying Citigroup Exec’s TPP Promises"){kind=small}
![As trade negotiators from throughout the Pacific Rim met at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa in March 2015 with a goal of pushing the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to completion, […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/TPP-secret-deal-36x36.jpg "Hawaii Islanders Protest Outside Secretive TPP Trade Summit"){kind=small}
![Fair trade activists set off on a two-day “Fair Trade or BusTour” across the Pacific Northwest in February 2015 to raise awareness of the risks of fast-tracking the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/TacomaActivists-36x36.png "Fair Trade or BusTour"){kind=small}
![Fair trade advocates delivered over 10,000 petition signatures adhered to old-fashioned 5.25″ floppy disks to Senator Ron Wyden’s offices throughout Oregon this March. The petition, spearheaded by the Oregon Fair […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/FastTrackIsAFlop-36x36.jpg "Fast Track’s as Outdated as a Floppy Disk"){kind=small}
![Fast Track legislation that would allow the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other trade proposals to be rushed through Congress has been met by a tidal wave of resistance. The so-called […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Picture-92-36x36.png "Fast Track Down, But Not Out"){kind=small}
![As negotiators from throughout the Pacific Rim gathered in Salt Lake City for a five-day summit aimed at moving the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement to conclusion, Utahns were […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Picture-47-36x36.png "Salt Lake TPP Round the Most Secretive Yet"){kind=small}
![Fair trade advocates are praising the release of a new letter voicing Congressional opposition to Fast Track, a policy-making process that allows trade pacts to circumvent ordinary Congressional review, amendment […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/FastTrackDC-36x36.jpg "Congress Voices Bipartisan Opposition to Fast Track"){kind=small}
![As closed-door negotiations on the Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) opened just across town, consumer, environmental, family farm and labor advocates gathered at the Washington, DC offices of the Sierra Club […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/taftapartay-36x36.jpg "Civil Society Raises TAFTA Concerns"){kind=small}
![YOU’RE INVITED: Citizens Trade Campaign hosts monthly briefing calls by national and international advocates and campaigners for activists throughout the country to arm themselves with the latest information on the […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TPPSD_FoodSovereignty_small-36x36.jpg "ACTIVISTS START HERE: The TPP & Fast Track Organizer’s Toolkit"){kind=small}
![Troubled by continued secrecy in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement , over 400 civil society organizations representing more than 15 million Americans have written to Congress urging that Fast […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/RIPFastTrack-36x36.jpg "Hundreds of U.S. Organizations Urge Congress to Replace Fast Track"){kind=small}
![Hundreds of activists from throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond gathered for a Cross-Border Rally and Organizing Summit to Defeat the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) held at Peace Arch Park on […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/TPPxBorderfb02-36x36.jpg "Cross-Border Organizing Against the TPP"){kind=small}
![As the 14th major round of closed-door negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership took place in northern Virginia, Citizens Trade Campaign and our labor, environmental, consumer, public health, family farm and other social […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/AllisonChin_small-36x36.jpg "Leesburg: No Back Room Deals for the 1%"){kind=small}
![As trade negotiators and corporate lobbyists met at a swank San Diego hotel this July in an attempt to push the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) toward conclusion, labor, environmental and community organizations […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TPPSD7_ben1_small-36x36.jpg "San Diego and the Nation Greet TPP Negotiators"){kind=small}
![A leaked draft of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) investment chapter has been published online by Citizens Trade Campaign, the same coalition that first published TPP proposals from the United States […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TPPSD7_investorstate_small-36x36.jpg "Newly Leaked TPP Investment Chapter Contains Special Rights for Corporations"){kind=small}
![Leaked Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement Texts Reveal U.S. Pushing Extreme Pharmaceutical Corporation Demands that Would Undermine Consumers’ Access to Affordable Medicine Obama Administration Positions Roll Back Initial 2007 Reforms Made […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_6739-36x36.jpg "Leaked Trans-Pacific FTA Texts Reveal U.S. Undermining Access to Medicine"){kind=small}
![Despite overwhelming opposition by a wide range of labor, environmental, family farm, consumer, faith and human rights organizations in the United States and abroad, Congress passed the Korea, Panama and […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NoMoreNAFTAs1-36x36.jpg "Congress Passes Job-Killing Trade Deals"){kind=small}
![As trade negotiators from around the Pacific Rim gathered in Chicago and southern California to hammer out the details of a massive new trade deal, CTC and our allies were […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/VictorTPP-36x36.jpg "Help Prevent a NAFTA of the Pacific"){kind=small}
![The Pennsylvania Fair Trade Coalition held a demonstration outside Congressman Jason Altmire’s office yesterday, calling on him to oppose the Colombia Free Trade Agreement. Read the results of their action […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/PA_Photo-36x36.jpg "Pennsylvania Protest a Success"){kind=small}
![Over 150 labor activists filed into Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer’s office today urging him to “Make the Link” between Free Trade Agreements, job loss and state budget shortfalls. After a […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Link_Jackie-36x36.jpg "Portland Congressman Urged to “Make the Link”"){kind=small}
![Washington state labor, social justice, faith, students and community members held a rally in Seattle today calling on Congressman Jim McDermott and the rest of the state’s Congressional delegation to […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/FTACarSkit-36x36.png "Seattle to Congress: We Don’t Buy It!"){kind=small}
![Check out this excellent piece from today’s StarTribune by the Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition‘s Jessica Lettween: Free trade agreements jolt the economy, but not in a good way Proponents of […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/MinnesotaFTC-36x36.jpg "Minnesota OpEd Slams FTAs"){kind=small}
![Members of North Texas Jobs with Justice, Communications Workers of America Local 6215 and the Sierra Club held a vigil outside the Dallas A Maceo Federal Building this afternoon to […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/hallnancydowntown-36x36.jpg "Dallas Speaks Out Against Job-Killing FTAs"){kind=small}
![Last week, the California Democratic Party endorsed a resolution opposing the FTAs with Korea and Colombia. It was one of just 11 (out of about 90) to be brought before […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cdplogo-36x36.jpg "California Dems Oppose Pending Trade Deals"){kind=small}
![Members of the Maine Labor Council- United Steelworkers, who represent over 3,000 papermakers across the state, issued an invitation today to President Barack Obama and Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/KeepMaineJobs-36x36.jpg "President Invited to Walk in Millworkers’ Shoes"){kind=small}
![Here are twelve things you need to know about the Korea Free Trade Agreement, the biggest of the FTAs passed by Congress in October 2011… The Korea Free Trade Agreement […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/KimRally-36x36.jpg "The Korea Free Trade Agreement Means More Offshoring"){kind=small}
![On Monday, April 18th, NY CTC Director Brooke Newell addressed a group of over 100 people participating in a nationwide tax day campaign called “Make Them Pay”. The rally, held in […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/MakeThemPay2-36x36.jpg "Panama FTA Empowers Tax Dodgers"){kind=small}
![On April 13, Panama’s National Assembly approved a new Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with the United States, in an attempt to win approval of the Panama Free Trade Agreement […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/BillMagorian-36x36.jpg "The Panama Free Trade Agreement Is a Gift to Tax Dodgers"){kind=small}
![The Washington Fair Trade Coalition, working closely with State Senator Maralyn Chase and the Washington State Labor Council, has successfully beaten back a measure in the state legislature calling on Congress […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/BeatBack-36x36.jpg "WFTC Beats Back Measure in Support of Korea FTA"){kind=small}
![Displaced high-tech workers and fair trade advocates held a rally outside the main gates of Intel’s Ronler Acres facility in Hillsboro, Oregon to voice their opposition to the Obama administration’s […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/MitchBesseratIntel-36x36.jpg "Displaced Tech Workers Oppose Korea Trade Agenda"){kind=small}
![Tim Robertson, Director of the California Fair Trade Coalition, had an op-ed in today’s San Francisco Chronicle pointing out the folly of looking at export projections while ignoring the import […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/SanFrancsicoChronicle-36x36.jpg "San Francisco Op-Ed Warns Against Fuzzy Math"){kind=small}
![California fair trade advocates are praising House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi for announcing her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in a letter to constituents, solidifying the near-consensus within the Democratic Party […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/PelosiDelivery1-36x36.jpg "Coalition Praises Leader Pelosi for Opposing TPP"){kind=small}
![Citizens Trade Campaign is proud to partner with legendary guitarist Tom Morello (Prophets of Rage, Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave), Golden Globe-nominated actress Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man) and […]](http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DowntownBoys-36x36.png "Rock Against the TPP"){kind=small}
