Advocates didn鈥檛 get the public bank they wanted. But the compromise they reached in the end was still a rare and significant win over Wall Street banks.
Kicking the polluters out of the negotiations may sound like wishful thinking. But there is a precedent: the global effort to regulate the tobacco industry.
Other tweets from Palestinians pointed out parallels in racial injustice between the two situations.
A new round of international trade agreements threatens to increase corporate power over national governments. But news out of Germany suggests the deals aren't inevitable.