IPS scholars James Early and Netfa Freeman talk about how new diplomatic relations with Cuba give us a chance to see the response from the Cuban people and move forward in the battle to end the embargo.
In the second issues of the International Review of Contemporary Law, dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations Charter, Phyllis Bennis writes about the Paris climate talks, the UN, terrorism, and the global war on terror.
IPS Criminalization of Poverty Project Director Karen Dolan: “Denying voting rights based on criminal records is an egregious affront to the democratic values we espouse in this country.”
For the first event in OUR NEW LOCATION IPS, and the Democracy Collaborative, will host a brownbag talk and signing with authors Robert McChesney and John Nichols to discuss “the fight against a Jobless economy and a citizenless democracy.”
IPS’ Beverly Bell says Cáceres was killed because she was working for a wholly new form of governance in Honduras – true participatory democracy that empowered those who have always been left on the margins.
Since the military coup that toppled the country’s elected Muslim Brotherhood government, the message of the many Egyptians we met last year resonates with even greater power.