{"id":5385,"date":"2016-07-16T08:21:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T12:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/?p=5385"},"modified":"2016-11-15T16:34:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T21:34:20","slug":"rock-against-the-tpp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2016\/07\/16\/rock-against-the-tpp\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Against the TPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kA9nIeVvcMw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/TomMorello_quote.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/TomMorello_quote-300x150.png\" alt=\"TomMorello_quote\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/TomMorello_quote-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/TomMorello_quote-768x383.png 768w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/TomMorello_quote-1024x510.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/TomMorello_quote.png 2034w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Citizens Trade Campaign is proud to partner with legendary guitarist <strong>Tom Morello<\/strong> (<em>Prophets of Rage, Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave<\/em>), Golden Globe-nominated actress <strong>Evangeline Lilly<\/strong> (<em>Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man<\/em>) and our friends at <strong>Fight for the Future<\/strong> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockagainstthetpp.org\">Rock Against the TPP<\/a><\/strong>, a series of concerts and other events designed to drag\u00a0the blood-sucking corporate vampire that is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) into the light of day and watch it burn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking people everywhere have had enough,\u201d said <strong>Morello<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u201cThe TPP is nothing short of a corporate takeover of our democracy.\u00a0 That\u2019s why people are rising up to stop it.\u00a0 Corporate lobbyists want to sneak the TPP through Congress quietly; that means it\u2019s time for us to get loud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever you\u2019re passionate about, whether it\u2019s human rights, internet freedom, climate change or food safety, the TPP is a bad deal for humanity, and a threat to the future of democracy,\u201d said <strong>Lilly<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u201cThe more people learn about the TPP, the less they like it.\u00a0 It\u2019s our responsibility to sound the alarm, before it\u2019s too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rock Against the TPP starts with a kickoff show in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockagainstthetpp.org\/denver-co\/\">Denver<\/a><\/strong> on July 23, followed by stops in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockagainstthetpp.org\/san-diego-ca\/\">San Diego<\/a><\/strong> on July 30, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockagainstthetpp.org\/seattle-wa\/\">Seattle<\/a><\/strong> on August 19, \u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockagainstthetpp.org\/portland-or\/\">Portland<\/a><\/strong> on August 20,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockagainstthetpp.org\/san-francisco-ca\/\">San Francisco<\/a><\/strong> on September 9,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/act.openmedia.org\/rocktpp\/\">Toronto<\/a><\/strong> on September 16,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockagainstthetpp.org\/boston-ma\/\">Boston<\/a><\/strong> on October 7 and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockagainstthetpp.org\/pittsburgh-pa\/\">Pittsburgh<\/a><\/strong> on November 3, with more events being announced shortly.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the concerts themselves, people will also have the opportunity to participate in teach-ins, trainings and protests designed to bring thousands of new voices into the fight against the TPP.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/EvangelineLilly.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/EvangelineLilly-223x300.png\" alt=\"EvangelineLilly\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/EvangelineLilly-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/EvangelineLilly.png 548w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a>Each stop in the tour will feature different artists and movement leaders.\u00a0 Artists in addition to Morello and Lilly include <strong>Talib Kweli<\/strong>, <strong>Jello Biafra, La Santa Cecilia<\/strong>, <strong>Dead Prez,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Hari Kondabolu<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Anti-Flag<\/strong>, the <strong>Flobots<\/strong>, <strong>Jolie Holland<\/strong>, <strong>Downtown Boys<\/strong>, <strong>Makana<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Sihasin<\/strong>, <strong>Mirah<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Emma\u2019s Revolution<\/strong>, <strong>Taina Asili<\/strong>, <strong>Ryan Harvey<\/strong>, <strong>Son of Nun<\/strong>, <strong>Lia Rose<\/strong>, <strong>Bonfire Madigan<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Bell\u2019s Roar<\/strong> and <strong>Evan Greer<\/strong>, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Other partners in the Rock Against the TPP series include the Communications Workers of America, CREDO, Demand Progress, Friends of the Earth, International Labor Rights Forum, Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, Teamsters and Washington Fair Trade Coalition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free tickets\u00a0are now available at<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockagainstthetpp.org\">RockAgainstTheTPP.org<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>UPDATE: \u00a0The shows thus far have been amazing! In addition to the video from the Denver kick-off above, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2016\/09\/01\/rock-tpp-rocks-northwest\/\">this rocking video<\/a> from the Seattle &amp; Portland shows, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iZXiwbzSDTA\">this rocking video<\/a> from San Francisco and be sure to get your FREE tix for the upcoming shows\u00a0now!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/RockDenver1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/RockDenver1-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"RockDenver1\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/RockDenver1-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/RockDenver1-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[97,103,71,83,70],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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