June 2022
The Future of the Philippines Under a Marcos-Duterte Presidency
Leading Philippine scholars and practitioners will analyze how Filipinos got to this moment; what the responses are on the ground; and what this all means for Philippine, regional, and global democracy and human rights.
Find out more »Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls
A generationally-transformative declaration of the power of poor and low-wealth people and our moral allies to say that this system is killing ALL of us and we can no longer be silent anymore!
Find out more »The View East: Ukraine, Poland, and the Left
A discussion with political scientist Bartosz Rydlinski, teacher at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw and co-founder of the Polish social democratic think tank Ignacy Daszynski.
Find out more »May 2022
Building a Visionary Anti-War Movement
A panel of three esteemed organizers, scholars, and movement leaders to prepare for taking to the streets in Washington, DC with the Poor People's Campaign on June 18th.
Find out more »Do We Need a Universal Basic Income?
The experiences of and proposals around the Universal Basic Income have generated a lot of interest in recent years in different parts of the world. At this time of intense ecosocial crisis and a profound deterioration in the living conditions of so many people, UBI has become an attractive option for many. At the same time, there has been much criticism and controversy connected to the financing, the focus on the individual, and the role of the state in establishing…
Find out more »Rare Earth Elements: Q and A with Expert Julie Klinger
Geographer and book author Julie Klinger will discuss how rare essential earth elements are, where they're found, who is mining them, and whether or not recycling is an adequate solution and what alternatives there are.
Find out more »How do we support diplomacy in Ukraine? Part 2
Our foreign policy experts take your questions on how a progressive, diplomatic response to the Ukraine crisis is not only possible, but is the only option that will lead to greater safety for Ukraine and the world.
Find out more »April 2022
Virtual Book Event – Still Hopeful: Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism
Join the Institute for Policy Studies, Food and Water Watch, Greenpeace USA, Public Citizen, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, and the Wallace Global Fund for a conversation with Maude Barlow, on the release of her new book about her lifetime of fighting the good fight and often winning tangible results.
Find out more »Moscow on the Eve of War: A Conversation with Jeremy Bigwood
A discussion on recent developments in Russia with journalist and historian Jeremy Bigwood who just returned from Moscow on one of the last flights out before sanctions shut down travel.
Find out more »The U.S. Green New Deal: Promises, Policies, and Prospects
Three experts will look at what the Biden administration has done, hasn’t done, and still could do to implement transformative climate action towards a Green New Deal in the United States.
Find out more »Capitol Calling Party: Ukraine: Prospects for Peace and Preventing Escalation
Featured guests will discuss options for peace that include neutrality for Ukraine, humanitarian aid for refugees, an international security agreement, status of the secessionist regions in the Donbas, Russian reparations for Ukraine and an off-ramp for lifting sanctions on Russia.
Find out more »March 2022
How Do We Support Diplomacy in Ukraine?
IPS Foreign policy experts take your questions on how a progressive, diplomatic response to the Ukraine crisis is not only possible, but is the only option that will lead to greater safety for Ukraine and the world.
Find out more »Writers Live! – The Water Defenders
Writers LIVE!, the flagship author event series of the Friends of Palm Beach County Library System hosts authors Robin Broad and John Cavanagh.
Find out more »Ukraine Crisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World
IPS Fellow Phyllis Bennis joins Indi Samarajiva to explore the many dimensions of the Ukraine crisis and the effects it is having on a world order already seeing massive, “tectonic”-level shifts in the balance of power.
Find out more »Lifetime Achievement Award for IPS Senior Scholar Bob Alvarez
Join the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability and Nuclear Information and Resource Service celebrate an IPS Senior Scholar who is a bedrock founder of the national movement to challenge US production of a massive nuclear arsenal.
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