March 2020
Film: The Lobby: USA
Excerpts of the 2018 al Jazeera documentary film that never aired due to extraordinary political pressure, followed by a panel that will include James Kleinfeld, who went undercover working on the film, and Phyllis Bennis, director of IPS's New Internationalism Project.
Find out more »February 2020
A Particular Kind of Black Man: Author Talk
Nigerian-American DC-based Prize-Winning Writer, Tope Folarin will talk about his novel and its background in his own experience.
Find out more »Defending Black America: The Raw Law Project
An interactive Black History Month people's practicum deconstructing interconnections between law and political motivation; history and perception that will address reality and myths associated with representing and defending black people in the criminal justice system.
Find out more »Book Events: Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents
Join us Black History Month, 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 »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 »Brown Bag 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 »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 »January 2020
We Must Do MORE Tour in Washington DC
Demand the implementation of a Moral Agenda and call all people of conscience to engage in deeply moral civic engagement and voting that cares about poor and low-wealth people, the sick, immigrants, workers, the environment, people with disabilities, first nations, the LGBTQ community, and peace over war.
Find out more »Trump, Netanyahu, and Middle East Peace Processing
A panel on two presidents facing impeachment and indictment efforts just as national elections for both of them loom around the corner,
Find out more »The Global Rise Of The Right: The Role Of Russia
The Woman’s National Democratic Club will host a talk and book signing luncheon with IPS's Foreign Policy In Focus Director, John Feffer.
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 »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 »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 »Iran on the Brink of War: A Teach-In
Come for an examination of the events moving the U.S. and Iran closer to conflict and their implications for international law and global peace.
Find out more »December 2019
IPS Holiday Party 2019
You’re invited to be festive with the Institute for Policy Studies, as we close the year celebrating with our friends and supporters.
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