Narratives of doom can lead to paralysis.  Better to remember that the past is reversible by action, <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hightowerlowdown.org&#x2F;stopTPP#.VhmJ-sT3arV" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hightowerlowdown.org&#x2F;stopTPP#.VhmJ-sT3arV</a><p><i>&quot;Enlisting a core band of labor, environmental, and community allies, the dozen trade-watching stalwarts at Public Citizen divided into five teams and went after the Brobdingnagians of global corporate power ... it&#x27;s important to spread the story of the progressive coalition&#x27;s successful confrontation with the Global Goliath.<p>Its methods and achievements give us a new template for organizing (and winning) future populist challenges to the corporate order. And the breadth, depth, and intensity of this effort show what it will take to forge a real populist movement--multifaceted and with the long-term capacity to pursue our country&#x27;s deep democratic principles. We can get there if we build on what we learn--and keep pushing.&quot;</i>