Despite disappointing election results, the Podemos Party’s commitment on inequality has already reshaped the Spanish political landscape.
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Peace & Foreign Policy
To build peace, we must dislodge the economic and political foundations of war. IPS believes that a just foreign policy is based on human rights, international law, and diplomacy over military intervention.
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The Most Important Election of Your Life isn’t This Year
Donald Trump’s campaign has highlighted a division between “America A” and “America B,” but a much more ominous political force could emerge in 2020.
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Could Elizabeth Warren Fix Clinton’s Progressive problem?
Clinton could address voter skepticism and shatter another glass ceiling by creating the first all-female presidential ticket.
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The First Step to Ending the War in Syria is to Stop Killing
With a Syrian refugee crisis underway for the last five years, we need to get serious about diplomacy, Bennis tells the Real News Network.
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The House Sit-In Would’ve Been More Powerful if It Rejected ‘No Fly, No Buy’
House Democrats are legitimizing error-prone, Islamophobic terrorist “watch lists” as the basis for gun control. That won’t make anyone safer.
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Does the Brexit Vote Mark the End of Internationalism?
Far-right nationalists and neoliberal capitalists will survive the demise of institutions like the EU. What about the rest of us?
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Why ISIS Must Love Trump
While Muslims prayed for Orlando, the GOP nominee urged his followers to reach for their guns.
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Burning Issues: Taking on ISIS
“First, do no harm,” Phyllis Bennis tells Campaign For America’s Future. If we want to defeat ISIS, we must “Stop the drone attacks. Stop the air strikes.”
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The Irony in the Leaked Memo on Syria: Diplomats Calling for Military Escalation
IPS’s Phyllis Bennis tells Common Dreams that the kind of bombings these officials are calling for is very dangerous and further antagonizing Russia will do nothing to bring peace to the Syrian people.
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How Should We Name the Attack in Orlando?
It’s tempting to use a harsh epithet like “terrorism” to describe the actions in Orlando, but it may ultimately be counterproductive. “Mass hate crime” may be more accurate.
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Fact Sheet: Congressional Progressive Caucus Priorities
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has released a bold agenda for 2021. This fact sheet analyzes the implications of these priorities for the American people.
The Pandemic Pivot
Experts from the frontlines of global policy tackle the implications of COVID-19.
Report: No Warming, No War
In the face of both COVID-19 and the climate crisis, we urgently need to shift from a culture of war to a culture of care.
Report: The Battle For Another World
The Progressive Response to the New Right
Report: Poor People’s Campaign Moral Budget
Everybody Has the Right to Live