January 2020
The Iran crisis and The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy
A conversation with IPSers, Michael Klare, Phyllis Bennis, John Feffer, and Negin Owliaei.
Find out more »Film: The First Rainbow Coalition
2020 ITVS indie lens POP UP returns to Busboys and Poets with an amazing film screening and discussion about the multi-ethnic coalition that banded together in one of the most segregated cities in post-war America.
Find out more »US Government Still Spying on Dissent: A People’s Briefing
A political education forum on the detailed report that covers FBI surveillance of political activity over roughly the past decade, primarily for the left activists community and broader public who want to learn more.
Find out more »February 2020
Transit Equity Day 2020
Join Maryland's Montgomery and Prince George's Counties to celebrate public transit as a civil right and a key strategy to combat climate change.
Find out more »Brownbag Author Talk: “In Praise of Blood”
Join us for an afternoon forum on US role in the Great Lakes Region of Africa with Claude Gatebuke, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide and Judi Rever, author a book on "The Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front"
Find out more »Prosecuting Defenders of Sovereignty: A People’s Briefing
On the eve of the trial come learn the details of the case of The Embassy Protectors now facing a trumped-up charge of the Federal Government, and the severe domestic and international implications.
Find out more »Book Event: Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents
Join us Presidents Day weekend for the DC book launch, talks and book signings with Margaret Kimberley who examines the condition of black America through the attitudes and actions of the highest elected official in the country.
Find out more »March 2020
Book Event: The Young Lords: A Radical History
Join us for a talk and book signing with author Johanna Fernández about the rise and fall of the street gang turned political organization, that led predominantly poor and working-class Puerto Rican youth to confront race, class inequality, and US foreign policy.
Find out more »Split This Rock Poetry Festival 2020
Join one of IPS’s closest allies, Split This Rock, for a three-day festival to invoke poetry for liberation and against repressive forces that would have us divided.
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