The US wants the TPP to require ISPs to monitor and punish their customers, and narrow down fair use.

Even one of these would be a disaster, so we must defeat the TPP.

More nasty stuff: requiring patents on medical treatments, raising prices of medicines (this will kill people!),

Watch out! That article is steeped in enemy propaganda terms such as "intellectual property" and "protection". Using these terms helps the enemy.

The article also assumes that the unjust requirements of the WTO will be maintained. Thus, it disregards one big injustice in the TPP: making future copyright reform impossible.

The US government keeps track of who purchases books about lying and polygraphs.

A UK thug was filmed trying to recruit an activist in at Cambridge to report on students for dissident behavior.

This shows the real reason they want to spy on everyone. The "terrorists" they want to catch are the dissidents, often labeled as "terrorists" by the enemies of democracy.

A court ruled that Google Books is fair use.

Google tried first to get special permission by making a settlement with a few large publishers. Many authors, including me, objected to this deal, and the court rejected the settlement. Thus, Google was forced to argue that this is fair use, which means we are all free to do this.

US citizens: call on Obama to block fracking on public lands.