The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was signed at a casino in Auckland, New Zealand today.
But not without a bit of noise.
1,000 #blockadethetpp activist closed down major roads for five hours by deploying roaming road blockades and tripods.
15,000 #itsourfuture protesters also marched nearby in opposition to the international agreement.
Organisers were happy with numbers considering it was a weekday, there was a bus drivers strike on and the blockaders delayed marchers from getting to town.
Some media coverage:
Newshub + Video: Police remove TPP protesters from motorway
New Zealand Herald: They were everywhere - a first person account of the TPP protests
TVNZ + Video: Thousands of protesters block intersections across Aucklands CBD
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I saw a bunch of photos on
I saw a bunch of photos on Facebook and there was a disturbingly large number of New Zealand flags. If you didn't look to closely at some shots you might have thought you were looking at one of the fascistic Reclaim Australia rallies that have plagued us on the other side of the ditch for the last year or so.
Hey Bastarx, You may be
Hey Bastarx,
You may be talking about the Confederation or Maori sovereignty flags? The Confederation flag looks a bit like a national flag, but both are indigenous protest flags.
There may have been elements of bourgeoisie nationalism on the large march, but I can assure you there was nothing anywhere near Reclaim Australia. Anyone with fascists tendencies would have been booted off the blockades.
The march and blockades were organised by different groups.
HC.