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A Bold Foreign Policy Platform for the New Wave of Left Lawmakers
Socialists and other progressives are running for office on strong domestic programs. Here’s how their foreign policy platform can be just as strong.
If Ireland Can Get Out of Fossil Fuels, Your Town Can Too
Almost 900 cities, universities, and governments have divested over $6 trillion from the fossil fuel industry. Why not yours?
Both Parties Help Trump Boost War Spending
From weapons and intelligence dealing abroad to nuclear arms development at home, concerns regarding the 2019 NDAA budget are plenty.
Trump Snubbed McCain. The Media Snubbed the Rest of Us.
The media treated Trump’s petty snub of John McCain as a bigger controversy than the $717 billion Pentagon bill named for the Arizona senator.
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Trump Snubbed McCain. The Media Snubbed the Rest of Us.
If Ireland Can Get Out of Fossil Fuels, Your Town Can Too
About Those Low CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios
A Bold Foreign Policy Platform for the New Wave of Left Lawmakers
Wait, You're Sanctioning Us?!
Want to Create Useful Jobs? Reduce Fossil Fuel Use
Drifting Away from Peace
Reports
Report: Energy Efficiency with Justice
Report: Warehousing Wealth
Report: Students Under Siege
Report: CEO-Worker Pay Ratios in the Banking Industry
FILM: Justice On Trial
August 24 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Institute for Policy StudiesOne week before the court hearing that could lead to his freedom, join us for a viewing and discussion of the astounding documentary that deconstructs "The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal.”
Fourth Days of Action Against the Blockade
September 24 @ 10:00 am - September 28 @ 9:00 pm at Various Venues Around Washington DCDays of Action Against the Blockade, 2018 highlighting the fact that "In Cuba Education is a National Priority; In the U.S. Education it is Under Attack ."
Thrive! Living Wage Coaltion & Reversing Inequality
October 4 @ 6:00 pm - October 6 @ 6:00 pm at Various locations listedIPS Inequality expert Chuck Collins makes the rounds in Colorado for three public events on reversing ineqauliy.
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