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SUMMARY:The Iran crisis and The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy
DESCRIPTION:While the current crisis might be averted\, the longer U.S. war with Iran continues. \nJoin us in the IPS Conference Room for a conversation on: The Iran crisis and the future of U.S. foreign policy with: \n\nMichael Klare\, long-time IPS associate\, Nation editorial board member\, and author of the new book\, All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon’s Perspective on Climate Change\,\nPhyllis Bennis\, director of IPS’s New Internationalism project and author of numerous books on the United States and the Middle East\, and on the United Nations\,\nJohn Feffer\, director of IPS’s Foreign Policy In Focus project and the author of various books\, and\nNegin Owliaei\, former Al-Jazeera journalist and current Research Associate at IPS
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/the-iran-crisis-and-the-future-of-u-s-foreign-policy/
LOCATION:Institute for Policy Studies\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200113T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200113T190000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
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SUMMARY:Iran on the Brink of War: A Teach-In
DESCRIPTION:Come learn about the backdrop of events that are moving the U.S. and Iran closer to conflict\,the implications of Iraq’s parliament requesting that the U.S. leave their country and how the U.S. assassination of Qassim Suleimani violates international and domestic law and puts peace further out of reach. Panelists will also discuss what is needed to integrate the demand for No War with all our movements and how to push Congress to stand up against the threat of war. \nA teach-in with: \n\nPhyllis Bennis\, Institute for Policy Studies\nKeyvan Shafiei\, Graduate student in Philosophy\, Georgetown University\nOmar Baddar\, Arab American Institute\nMark Lance (moderator)\, Professor of Philosophy\, Co-director\, Program on Justice and Peace\, Georgetown University\n\nSponsored by the Justice and Peace Program and the Center for Social Justice. Requests for accommodations at csj.georgetown.edu/ar. Questions to Andria Wisler\, akw28@georgetown.edu. No RSVP required.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/iran-on-the-brink-of-war-a-teach-in/
LOCATION:The Center for Social Justice\, 1419 37th Street NW\, Suite 130\, Poulton Hall\, Washington\, DC\, 20057
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191212T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191212T200000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20191126T211710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191204T022135Z
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SUMMARY:IPS Holiday Party 2019
DESCRIPTION:It’s that time of year for…? You guessed it: The best party in town! \nCome eat\, drink\, celebrate\, and be entertained by the IPS players’ annual holiday skit. This is the party you never want to miss. \nDespite dire events across the globe in 2019\, IPS worked with allies to win some cutting edge victories and to reach millions with our work. So we want to wrap up this year especially appreciating our allies and supporters. \nPlease join us to celebrate you! \nTo help us prepare for the festivities\, we’d appreciate if you would RSVP.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/ips-holiday-party-2019/
LOCATION:Institute for Policy Studies\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036
CATEGORIES:Arts Event,Reception
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191211T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191211T173000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20191031T220652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191101T144612Z
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SUMMARY:The Intersection of Climate Change and Security
DESCRIPTION:The world faces two grave threats: nuclear war and climate change. The Trump administration has ended four decades of U.S. efforts to reduce the threat of nuclear war\, withdrawing from the INF Treaty and preparing to deploy nuclear weapons around the world. At the same time\, it denies the existence of climate change and supports leaders around the world who are laying waste to the environment. \nBut another security policy is possible\, and necessary\, right now. This seminar sponsored by the Asia Institute and Foreign Policy in Focus\, will explore how the US could seize the initiative on arms control and link it to a global rethinking of security in light of climate change. \nDiscussants: \n\nLarry Wilkerson\, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy\, Department of Government at William & Mary College\nAlice Hill\, Senior fellow for climate change policy\, Council on Foreign Relations\nEmanuel Pastreich\, Director\, The Asia Institute\n\nModerator: John Feffer\, Director\, Foreign Policy in Focus \nOpen to the public. Preregistration not required.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/the-intersection-of-climate-change-and-security/
LOCATION:Institute for Policy Studies\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191207T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191207T210000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20191203T005957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191203T014146Z
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SUMMARY:20th Anniversary of The WTO Protests
DESCRIPTION:Join the Washington Fair Trade Coalition and Community Allies to mark the 20th Anniversary of the WTO protests! \nThe WTO+20 Event Schedule:\n10:00am-12:00 pm Rally at OCCIDENTAL PARK \n3:30pm-6:00pm Trade Justice Workshops @ TOWN HALL \nSession 1 \n\nEnvironment with Selden Prentice of 350 Seattle and Manuel Pérez Rocha from Institute for Policy Studies\nLabor Issues in Trade Policy with Motthida Chin from Verité and Barbara Byrd from Oregon AFL-CIO\nPublic Health with Leigh Haynes and Julia Robinson of Peoples’ Health Movement and Health Alliance International\nImmigration with Ricardo Ortega from LELO\n\nSession 2 \n\nIndigenous Sovereignty and Extractive Industries with John Sirois of the Colville Tribes\nLabor Activism That Crosses the Border: Past and Future with Oregon Fair Trade Campaign\nFood Sovereignty with Karen Hansen-Kuhn of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy\nWTO Tech\, Data\, E-Commerce Expansion with Deborah James of Our World is Not For Sale\nTrade and Militarism with Carly Brook of Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility\n\n7:30pm Keynote with Joseph Stiglitz and Brief Action Orientation with Lori Wallach @ TOWN HALL \nGeneral admission for the keynote is $20. A limited number of free student tickets are available first-come-first-serve. Scholarships are available–contact Hillary at Hillary@washingtonfairtrade.org for more information. \nEvent presented by Washington Fair Trade Coalition and community partners and allies. Reminder: WFTC Education Fund is a registered nonprofit with 501(c)3 status granted by the IRS. All charitable contributions to WFTC Education Fund are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/20th-anniversary-of-the-wto-protests/
LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\, 1119 Eighth Avenue\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Panel Discussion,Rally / Protest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T210000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20191203T165243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191203T170843Z
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SUMMARY:The School to Prison Pipeline. What it is\, Who it Impacts\, How Communities can Work to End it
DESCRIPTION:The school-to-prison pipeline is a disturbing national trend where children are being funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Two recognized experts on the topic will discuss how schools and communities can stem the flow of students into the pipeline. \n\nKaren Dolan is the Project Director for Criminalization of Race and Poverty at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)\, a leading national progressive think tank. Her IPS report\, Students Under Siege\, examines how zero-tolerance policies and excessive expulsions contribute to the pipeline and endanger millions of students. She will also address how restorative rather than retributive practices can help bring an end to this problem.\nDana Coles is the Community Conferencing Program Director at the Key Bridge Foundation Center for Conflict Resolution. The Key Bridge Foundation is a nationally recognized provider of conflict management services. The Foundation\, through its Juvenile Diversion Programs\, is working with individuals\, schools and communities in Prince George’s County to implement alternatives to processing youth through the juvenile justice system.\n\nParking is available. Refreshments will be served. Location is mobility-accessible and ASL interpretation will be provided.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/the-school-to-prison-pipeline/
LOCATION:Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary School\, 3324 64th Avenue\, Cheverly\, MD\, 20785
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191118T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191118T200000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20191023T021911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191023T021911Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch for David Kamens' New American Creed
DESCRIPTION:IPS New Internationalism project joins with the East City Bookshop to welcome local author David Kamens with his new book\, A New American Creed: The Eclipse of Citizenship and Rise of Populism\, about the decline of traditional citizen values\, the rise of individualism\, loss of trust in institutions\, anti-elitism\, and dramatic political polarization in American political culture from the 1930s to the present day. \nThis event is free and open to the public. RSVPs are requested but not required. Learn more and reserve your copy of A New American Creed today. \nDavid H. Kamens is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Northern Illinois University. He has written extensively in the fields of political\, educational\, and organization sociology. Prior publications include Beyond the Nation-State: The Reconstruction of Nationhood and Citizenship (Emerald Press\, 2012). He and his wife are longtime residents of the Eastern Market neighborhood in DC.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/book-launch-for-david-kamens-new-american-creed/
LOCATION:East City Bookshop\, 645 Pennsylvania Avenue\, SE #100\, Washington\, DC\, 20003
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191112T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191112T200000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20191011T011057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191011T011709Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Whose Water Is it Anyway
DESCRIPTION:Join Maude Barlow\, bestselling author and activist\, as she explores the urgent need for water protection in a world that is running out of fresh water. In her newest book\, Whose Water is it\, Anyway? taking water protection into public hands\, she explores how the Blue Communities Project gives people tools they can use to protect water. Copies of Whose Water is it\, Anyway? will be available for purchase at the event and Maude will be happy to sign one for you! \nMaude Barlow\, an Associate Fellow at IPS\, is the national chairperson of the Council of Canadians\, chairperson of Food and Water Watch in the U.S.\, and co-founder of the Blue Planet Project\, which is instrumental in the international community in working for the right to water for all people. \nCo-host: Wallace Global Fund\, Institute for Policy Studies\, and Food and Water Watch
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/author-event-whose-water-is-it-anyway/
LOCATION:Wallace Global Fund\, 2040 S Street\, NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20009
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191111T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191115T190000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20190722T055756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191102T045242Z
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SUMMARY:Conference: Waging Peace in Vietnam
DESCRIPTION:Waging Peace in Vietnam: An Exhibit\, A Book\, A Movement.The Institute for Policy Studies joins with Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia and the Elliott School of International Affairs for a full week of activities that include a book launch\, documentary films\, a Peace Poetry Open Mic and a day-long symposium bringing together historians and Vietnam Veteran war resisters\, plus a re-enactment of the candlelight March Against Death mobilization of November 15\, 1969. \nWaging Peace in Vietnam shows how the GI movement unfolded\, from the numerous anti-war coffee houses springing up outside military bases\, to the hundreds of GI newspapers giving an independent voice to active soldiers\, to the stockade revolts and the strikes and near-mutinies on naval vessels and in the air force. The book presents first-hand accounts\, oral histories\, and a wealth of underground newspapers\, posters\, flyers\, and photographs documenting the actions of GIs and veterans who took part in the resistance. In addition\, the book features fourteen original essays by leading scholars and activists. Notable contributors include Vietnam War scholar and author\, Christian Appy\, and Mme Nguyen Thi Binh\, who played a major role in the Paris Peace Accord. \n“An extraordinary collection of first-hand accounts and unforgettable photos from the rank-and-file soldiers and GI organizers who spearheaded one of the most important yet often overlooked peace movements in U.S. history. Finally\, the amazing story is told of how resistance to the Vietnam War from inside the military helped force an end to that tragic imperial conflict.” – Juan González\, co-host of Democracy Now. \nSponsored by GWU Elliott School\, Institute for Policy Studies\, Veterans For Peace\, Vietnam Veterans Against the War\, Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/book-event-waging-peace-in-vietnam/
LOCATION:George Washington University\, Elliott School of International Affairs\, 1957 E Street\, NW Room 505\, Washington\, DC\, 20052\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191108T110000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20191104T231352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191105T163924Z
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SUMMARY:Fire Drill - War and the Military
DESCRIPTION:FireDrill! The extraordinary actor/activist Jane Fonda\, stunned by the urgency of the global climate crisis\, is organizing four months of weekly combinations ofthursday night teach-ins and FireDrill Fridays rallies to protest at the Capitol every week. Each week will focus on Climate Plus a different link — Climate and the Oceans two weeks ago… Climate and Women last week\, where Jane was joined by the powerful writer/playwright/activist Eve Ensler… This coming Thursday/Friday\, Nov 7 – 8\, the focus will be Climate & War. IPS’s own Phyllis Bennis will be joining Jane for the teach-in Thursday night\, and speaking at the Friday rally\, along with friends from CodePink\, Ben & Jerry the ice cream guys and more. \nPLEASE join Jane Fonda\, Phyllis Bennis and many more for FireDrill Friday — all of it is on-line as well as in the streets… Thursday night you can watch and participate and ask questions during the teach-in —  And Friday you can follow the rally on-line and if you’re in DC\, do plan to come join us on Friday\, 11:00 am at the South East lawn in front of the Capitol. \nCome join us!
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/fire-drill-war-and-the-military/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T133000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20191016T220027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191105T015351Z
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SUMMARY:Brown Bag: The Status of US-Cuba Relations Hidden From Headlines
DESCRIPTION:In 2014 President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced that they were moving to normalize diplomatic relations\, raising hopes in both countries. After five-decades of an embargo\, trade and travel restrictions began to relax. What has happened since? \nYou’re invited to an energetic\, in depth\, and thought provoking brown bag seminar filled with comic relief and a multimedia presentation by First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy in Washington DC\, Miguel Fraga\, who will give an overview of incredible yet little known facts about Cuba on the world stage\, the nature and impact of the decades long U.S. blockade on the island\, the changes made over the last five years\, and how the Cuban people are responding. \nMiguel Fraga was appointed First Secretary in June 2015 to the then Cuban Interests Section. Since 2006 he has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in both the North American and U.S. divisions and the Office of the Minister. Served at the Cuban Embassy in Canada\, as a member of the People’s Power Provincial Assembly of the City of Havana and graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Havana Faculty of Law. He also has a Master of Science in Foreign Relations.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/brown-bag-the-status-of-us-cuba-relations-hidden-from-headlines/
LOCATION:Institute for Policy Studies\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036
CATEGORIES:Brownbag,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T200000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20191016T200258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191016T200258Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: The United States\, Southeast Asia\, & Historical Memory
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a book launch of the just-released The United States\, Southeast Asia\, & Historical Memory\, edited by Mark Pavlick with Caroline Luft. \nThe book pays homage\, as Richard Falk writes in the introduction\, “to the unfinished agenda of the Indochina wars.” It sheds new light\, raises new critiques of the US interventions that caused so much death and destruction in Viet Nam\, Laos and Cambodia. With articles documenting the lives of Laotian peasants living and dying under US bombing\, the course of Cambodia’s history following horrific US bombing\, and assessments of US destruction of Viet Nam\, with articles by Channapha Khamvongsa and Noam Chomsky\, Ngo Vinh Long and Gareth Porter\, and many more. \nEditor Mark Pavlick\, a longtime activist in the US anti-war movement and the Indochina Mobile Education Project will be joined by participant authors Channapha Khamvongsa and Gareth Porter. \nThe event will be moderated by IPS’s Phyllis Bennis and it is open to the media.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/book-launch-the-united-states-southeast-asia-historical-memory/
LOCATION:George Washington University\, Elliott School of International Affairs\, 1957 E Street\, NW Room 505\, Washington\, DC\, 20052\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Reception
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191030T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191030T163000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20191008T180334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191008T194241Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond Neoliberalism\, Toward a Trade Agenda for People and the Planet
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)\, The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office (RLS-NYC)\, and the Trade Justice Network\, the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) invites you to a workshop on progressive trade policy alternatives and the new publication Beyond NAFTA 2.0\, organized mainly around small group discussions for lots of opportunities for everyone to contribute to the dialogue. There will be simultaneous translation into French and English (for the plenaries and designated break-out groups). Lunch will be provided. \nNAFTA 2.0 has reverberated on the Mexican\, Canadian\, and American scenes. As national elections approach in Canada\, historic labor reform has passed in Mexico\, and the Democratic Primary heats up in the US\, trade policy is firmly rooted on the national and international stage. \nIn all three countries\, what has become clear is that our era of free trade has only profited the very few\, while leaving many behind. On the left\, we have heard many critiques of trade\, and NAFTA specifically\, but until now we have heard little about what it is that we do want. Beyond NAFTA 2.0 builds upon the critiques of the NAFTA 2.0 while bringing us beyond our current situation. It does so by offering a new trade paradigm pursuing a Progressive Trade Policy for People and Planet. \nIncorporating the voices of multiple trade experts from all three countries\, the publication Beyond NAFTA 2.0 provides a roadmap towards a Progressive Trade Policy. On October 30\, Editors Manuel Perez-Rocha (IPS) and Scott Sinclair (CCPA) will be joined by contributor Karen Hansen-Kuhn (IATP) to present the publication and host timely discussions on trade’s substantial role in our current political moment.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/beyond-nafta-2-0-2/
LOCATION:Impact Hub Ottawa\, 123 Slater St 6th Floor\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1P 5H2\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191029T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191029T200000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20191002T221039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191003T053422Z
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SUMMARY:National Priorities Project's Fall Party 2019
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to National Priorities Project‘s Fall Party 2019!. We’re thrilled to announce this year’s theme: “Windmills Not War: How We Win Against Climate Change”\, featuring guest speaker Varshini Prakash\, Co-Founder of the Sunrise Movement\, to whom we’re presenting The Frances Crowe & Arky Markham Award\, a special recognition in memory of lifelong peace activist Frances Crowe\, for the Sunrise Movement’s groundbreaking organizing against the climate crisis. \nThere will also be a live recording of “The Reverend and The Rabbi” from The Bill Newman Show on WHMP/FM 96.9 and a cocktail reception with light hors d’oeuvres. \nAdmission $35 per person. RSVP here!
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/national-priorities-projects-fall-party-2019/
LOCATION:Smith College Conference Center\, 49 College Lane\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Arts Event,Awards Dinner,Reception
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191023T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191023T150000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20191020T213056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191023T011649Z
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SUMMARY:UN Panel on Cutting Military Spending and Converting Militarized Economies
DESCRIPTION:The United Nations Charter recognizes the need to ensure the maintenance of international peace and security with the least diversion of the world’s economic and human resources to armaments. But world military expenditure is on the rise and arms competition remains a largely unchecked global problem. In 2018\, military spending worldwide rose to $1.8 trillion\, the highest level since the end of the Cold War. \nIPS Associate Fellow Miriam Pemberton will speak on “Lessons Learned From Conversion Movements” at a panel on “Rethinking Unconstrained Military Spending”. The panel is a side event at the General Assembly First Committee. She will present a paper that will be part of a volume on military spending from the angles of international peace and security\, gender equality\, sustainable development and economic conversion published by the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/un-panel-on-cutting-military-spending-and-converting-militarized-economies/
LOCATION:United Nations Headquarters\, 405 East 42nd Street\, Conference Room A\, New York City\, NY\, 10017\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191021T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191021T140000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20190916T000731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190916T001133Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Paper Dragons: China and the Next Crash
DESCRIPTION:The Institute for Policy Studies and the Economic Policy Institute invite you for the Washington book launch of Walden Bello‘s newest masterpiece: Paper Dragons: China and the Next Crash. \nIn this book\, Bello asks the question: will China be at the epicenter of the world’s next financial collapse? Conventional wisdom holds that China is on the ascent and the United States is in decline\, that China’s economy is roaring with raw energy and that Beijing’s ‘Belt and Road’ mega-project is laying the basis for its global economic hegemony. But\, could the greatest immediate threat to China’s rise to economic supremacy be the same phenomenon that felled the US economy in 2008? Might China be a prime candidate to be the site of the next financial crisis with its overheating real-estate sector\, a rollercoaster stock market\, and a rapidly growing shadow banking sector? \nWalden Bello is a noted critic of globalization\, and is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize). He is a professor of Sociology at the State University of New York\, Binghamton and an associate of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. His previous books include Dilemmas of Domination: The Unmaking of the American Empire (Zed\, 2005) and Capitalism’s Last Stand? Deglobalisation in the Age of Austerity (Zed\, 2013).
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/book-launch-paper-dragons-china-and-the-next-crash/
LOCATION:Institute for Policy Studies\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191017T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191017T140000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20191011T205936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191015T212034Z
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SUMMARY:Panel: The Israeli Elections and their Impact on US/Israeli Relations
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a panel hosted by the The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development analyzing the recent Israeli elections and their ramifications on US/Israeli relations. Speakers include Phyllis Bennis and Mark Perry\, pane will be moderated by Dr. Edmund Ghareeb. \nSpeakers: \n\nPhyllis Bennis is a Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington\, and of the Amsterdam-based Transnational Institute. She writes and speaks widely across the U.S. and throughout the world on Middle East issues including Palestine-Israel\, Iran\, Syria\, Afghanistan\, and US foreign policy\, appearing in the media\, lecturing at universities and teach-ins\, briefing parliamentarians and government officials.\nMark Perry is a military\, intelligence and foreign affairs analyst and writer living in Arlington\, Virginia. His articles have appeared in The Nation\, Business Insider\, Foreign Affairs\, The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch\, The Cleveland Plain Dealer\, Newsday\, The Los Angeles Times\, Politico\, The Daily Beast\, Slate\, and Foreign Policy. He is also a senior contributor to The American Conservative.\n\nModerator: Dr. Edmund Ghareeb has served for over nineteen years as a member of The Palestine Center Committee at The Jerusalem Fund\, advising on programs and conferences. An internationally recognized expert on the Middle East\, Kurds\, Iraq\, and media issues\, Ghareeb was the first Mustafa Barzani Scholar of Global Kurdish Studies at American University’s Center for Global Peace. He taught at AU for 28 years as well as at Georgetown University in Washington\, DC and in Qatar\, the University of Virginia\, and the George Washington University. \nPlease RSPV here:
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/panel-the-israeli-elections-and-their-impact-on-us-israeli-relations/
LOCATION:The Palestine Center\, 2425 Virginia Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191017T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191017T113000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20191011T202513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191011T212537Z
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SUMMARY:A New Multilateralism for Shared Prosperity: Achieving a Global Green New Deal
DESCRIPTION:The Green New Deal offers a bold and transformative vision for rethinking sustainable development in the US. It has also spurred discussions about how these policies can be scaled up to a global context. Fundamental to crafting a ‘Global Green New Deal’ is reassessing the role of international financial institutions\, whose undemocratic market fundamentalism presents a major barrier to sustainable development. \nModerated by Sarah Anderson\, Director of the Global Economy Project of the Institute for Policy Studies. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Economic and Policy Research\, ITUC\, Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center\, Bretton Woods Project\, and Sierra Club and co-hosted by Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Adriano Espaillat. \nThis briefing will draw on the following proposals: \n\nA New Multilateralism for Shared Prosperity: Geneva Principles for a Global Green New Deal\,\nReforming the Bretton Woods Institutions to Support a Global Green New Deal\,\nGreen New Deal vs. Trump’s NAFTA Deal.\n\nPanelists: \n\nRichard Kozul-Wright\, Director\, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies\, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development\nMiriam Brett\, International Development Finance Project Manager\, Bretton Woods Project\nBen Beachy\, Director of the Living Economy Program\, Sierra Club\n\nPlease RSVP here:
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/a-new-multilateralism-for-shared-prosperity-achieving-a-global-green-new-deal/
LOCATION:Cannon House Office Building\, 27 Independence Ave SE\, room 401\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Hill Briefing,Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T200000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20191007T221838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191008T042559Z
UID:61318-1570730400-1570737600@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Beyond NAFTA 2.0
DESCRIPTION:The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office (RLS-NYC)\, in collaboration with the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)\, and the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)\, would like to invite you to our public panel that is the release event for “A Progressive Trade Policy for People and Planet.” \nNAFTA 2.0 has reverberated on the Mexican\, Canadian\, and American scenes. As national elections approach in Canada\, historic labor reform has passed in Mexico\, and the Democratic Primary heats up in the US\, trade policy is firmly rooted on the national and international stage. \nIn all three countries\, what has become clear is that our era of free trade has only profited the very few\, while leaving many behind. On the left\, we have heard many critiques of trade\, and NAFTA specifically\, but until now we have heard little about what it is that we do want. The publication builds upon the critiques of the NAFTA 2.0 while bringing us beyond our current situation. It does so by offering a new trade paradigm pursuing a Progressive Trade Policy for People and Planet. \nIncorporating the voices of multiple trade experts from all three countries\, this publication provides a roadmap towards a Progressive Trade Policy. On October 10\, Editors Manuel Perez-Rocha (IPS) and Scott Sinclair (CCPA) will be joined by contributor Karen Hansen-Kuhn (IATP) to present the publication and host a timely discussion on trade’s substantial role in our current political moment. \nThis event is free and open to the public. RSVP here. \nThis event will be the first public release event for our Beyond NAFTA 2.0 publication.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/beyond-nafta-2-0/
LOCATION:Rosa Luxemburg Sitftung—New York Office\, 275 Madison Ave\, Suite 2114\, New York\, NY\, 10016
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191003T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191003T210000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20190722T213339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190920T005608Z
UID:60407-1570123800-1570136400@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:43rd Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at the 43rd Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards as IPS honors two outstanding champions of human rights and celebrates the work we do along with our allies to advance justice\, peace\, and dignity for all. \nGet your tickets! \nDomestic Awardee: This year’s domestic award recipient is Zero Hour\, a movement by\, and for\, young activists across the U.S. to center the voices of diverse youth in the conversation around climate and environmental justice. \nInternational Awardee: Our international award recipient is Comite Municipal en defensa de los bienes comunes y naturales del Municipio de Tocoa\, a committee lead by: Coordinadora de Organizaciones Populares del Aguan (COPA)\, Fundacion San Alonzo Rodriguez\, the Parish of Tocoa\, and diverse communities\, the Guapinol community among them. \nReception – 5:30 pm\nProgram – 7:00 pm \nAwards presented by\nRepresentative Ilhan Omar \nMasters of Ceremony\nSarita Gupta and Erica Smiley \nMusic by\nThe unapologetically unique\, D.C. native Hip Hop artist Tarica June. \nIf you need any accessibility accommodations please contact Robin Carver at (202) 787-5272 or robin@staging.ips-dc.org.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/43rd-annual-letelier-moffitt-human-rights-awards/
LOCATION:Carnegie Institution\, 1530 P Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Awards Dinner
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191003T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191003T173000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20190920T004345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190920T004922Z
UID:61117-1570120200-1570123800@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Radical Equality: Pathways to Reversing Extreme Wealth Inequality
DESCRIPTION:The public is warmly invited to join Chuck Collins at The New School as a part of their weeklong series\, “The Festival of New\,” marking the 100th anniversary of the New School. Collins will speak to this moment of extreme inequality and the different pathways that can help reverse it and bring us towards a more equitable\, regenerative equality.  \nAs has been documented by Collins and many others\, we are living in a time of extreme inequality: of income\, wealth\, and opportunity. The concentration of wealth has reached a pinnacle\, with three billionaires owning as much wealth as the bottom half of US households combined.  The racial wealth divide is growing\, with the median white household holding 41 times the wealth of the median black household. These grotesque inequalities undermine every aspect of our lives\, including our physical health\, environment\, social connectedness\, democracy\, civic life\, and economic health and vibrancy.   \nWhat will it take to reverse engineer these trends to build a more radically equal and regenerative society?  How do we decolonize our concept of wealth –and disrupt the societal stories and narratives of deservedness that justify and perpetuate these inequalities?  What is a vision of a radically more equitable society look like? What are the pathways forward? \nChuck Collins is a storyteller\, agitator\, and campaigner who directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies.  He is co-editor of the research and action web portal\, Inequality.org.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/radical-equality-pathways-to-reversing-extreme-wealth-inequality/
LOCATION:The New School\, 66 West 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 20011
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T220000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20190828T213250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190916T225222Z
UID:60842-1569526200-1569535200@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Film: Race War
DESCRIPTION:Come for a viewing and discussion of the documentary that examines every level of American society to explore the most explosive issue facing America. \nRace War critically analyzes the white supremacy inherent in US history\, legislature\, judiciary\, media\, and economy. This event will include a reflective discussion with one of the lead figures featured in the film\, with us in person\, Ajamu Baraka\, National Organizer of the Black Alliance for Peace who will help situate the discussion around the historic anti-war\, anti-imperialist\, and pro-peace positions of the radical black movement and how we work to oppose both militarized domestic state repression\, and the permanent war agenda of the U.S. state globally. \nThis event is free and open to the public but a suggested donation of $5.00 will be requested at the door. \nEvent Co-sponsors: Black Alliance for Peace\, Pan-African Community Action\, Black Lives Matter-DC\, and the Institute for Policy Studies. \nThank you for WPFW 89.3 FM for being a media sponsor for this event.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/film-race-war/
LOCATION:Sankofa Video\, Books & Cafe\, 2714 Georgia Avenue\, NW\, Washington\, DC\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T180000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20190910T001741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T155817Z
UID:60970-1569515400-1569520800@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Restoring Progressive Taxation and Bringing Wealth Home
DESCRIPTION:Middlebury College is opening their doors to the public to hear from Chuck Collins\, senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies and Director of the Program on Inequality. Collins will speak to the ethics of economic inequality in this political moment. \nThis Economics Lecture is titled “Reversing Wealth Inequality: The Case for Restoring Progressive Taxation and Bringing Wealth Home.” \nResearch has shown that three billionaires today own as much wealth as the bottom half of U.S. households combined. Chuck Collins will cover in depth the root causes of inequalities of wealth and power across our society. Furthermore\, he will focus on tax and other public policies\, which would effectively reverse four decades of inequality. And all of this from the perspective of someone who knows first-hand what it means to give back personal wealth to our society. \nWe’re living through a period of extreme inequality\, where the gap between rich and poor is at its greatest level since the Gilded Age a century ago. But our national conversation about how to address this challenge is equally polarized. Why is inequality growing? Why does it matter? What is the impact on business climate and economy? What are the public policies that would be most effective in reversing inequality? What are the barriers and possibilities for change?
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/restoring-progressive-taxation-and-bringing-wealth-home/
LOCATION:Robert A. Jones ‘59 House Conference Room\, Middlebury College\, Middlebury\, VT\, 05753
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T173000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20190905T190107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190905T210345Z
UID:60944-1569513600-1569519000@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:What went wrong?  The Unexpected Downturn in Korea-Japan Relations
DESCRIPTION:Relations between South Korea and Japan have recently taken a turn for the worse. The decision of Seoul to pull out of an intelligence-sharing agreement with Tokyo is but the latest in a series of blows that have damaged a previously solid consensus on trade and finance. The current hostilities have created a cultural and institutional crisis. \nIn this seminar an outstanding panel of experts will consider what might be the deeper causes of the conflict. Can the fallout be traced back primarily to memories of the past\, or are larger economic and geopolitical shifts responsible? How far will the split go\, and how is it tied to similar conflicts that are arising around the world as part of the great unraveling of established institutions and shared values? What hope is there for building a new consensus between these two countries\, and in the region? \nPlease join us for this seminar cosponsored by the Asia Institute and Foreign Policy in Focus. \nSPEAKERS: \n\nJohn Feffer\, Director\, Foreign Policy in Focus\nJenny Town\, Managing Editor\, 38 North Stimson Center\nStephen Costello\, CEO\, Asia East\n\nModerated by Emanuel Pastreich\, Director\, The Asia Institute
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/what-went-wrong-the-unexpected-downturn-in-korea-japan-relations/
LOCATION:Institute for Policy Studies\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190925T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190925T200000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20190909T233324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190909T233324Z
UID:60966-1569434400-1569441600@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Chuck Collins Keynote Talk “Wealthy Come Home”
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join Chuck Collins for his Keynote Talk on the Ethics of Economic Inequality\, with an invitation for “those of us who hold and control wealth to… come home.” This is a part of the University’s Mercy Heritage Celebration Week\, held for week of September 23rd. Check out the full schedule. \nChuck Collins is an author and widely-recognized authority on the causes and effects of economic inequality. He is the director for the Program on Inequality at the Institute for Policy Studies\, where he is a Senior Scholar. Collins also co-edits Inequality.Org. His work spans from taxation policy to collective liberation. \nThe extreme inequality of income\, wealth and opportunity undermines everything we care about. The imbalance of wealth and power tears our communities apart\, undermines trust and democracy\, supercharges the racial divide\, destabilizes the economy\, and much more. How can we as people of faith respond to the challenges of a polarized economy and the resulting polarized politics? What are the cultural stories that justify inequality and how can we shift them? How can we crack open hearts and minds to come together to build an economy that works for everyone? \nThis lecture will speak to this bridging of the political and personal\, in an era of simultaneous economic depression and massive wealth accumulation (for a few) in the United States. It is sponsored by Northeast Pennsylvania Ethics Institute at Misericordia University.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/chuck-collins-keynote-talk-wealthy-come-home/
LOCATION:Misericordia University\, Insalaco Hall\, Rooms 218 & 219\, 301 Lake Street\, Dallas\, PA\, 18612
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190922T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190922T110000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20190809T160258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190826T200825Z
UID:60590-1569146400-1569150000@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Sheridan Circle Memorial Service 2019
DESCRIPTION:43rd Anniversary \nLETELIER-MOFFITT MEMORIAL PROGRAM \nOutdoor program at Sheridan Circle\, 23rd and Massachusetts Ave. NW\, Washington\, DC \nPlease join us to remember Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt\, who were assassinated on this site in 1976 by agents of the Pinochet dictatorship.  \nFeaturing:  \nJamie Raskin\, the U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 8th congressional district\, is also a son of Institute for Policy Studies Co-founder Marcus Raskin. \nFrancisco Letelier will speak about a new work-in-progress to create a multidisciplinary mural installation with an online component on Operation Condor\, the collaborative effort by South American military dictatorships to eliminate people they labeled as “subversives\,” including Francisco’s father\, Orlando Letelier. In 2016\, Francisco worked with students from the Latin American Youth Center to create the multi-panel Todas las Manos mural (see photo) about the Letelier-Moffitt assassination. \nJosue De Luna Navarro\, the New Mexico Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and an activist with United We Dream. \nHis Excellency Alfonso Silva Navarro\, Ambassador of Chile to the United States \nEmcee: Phyllis Bennis\, Institute for Policy Studies \nWith music by the mother-daughter duo Melinda St. Louis and Lila Benavente \nBackground:  \nOn September 21\, 1976\, agents of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile detonated a car bomb on Washington\, DC’s Embassy Row\, taking the lives but not the memory of Institute for Policy Studies colleagues Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt. \nLetelier\, a former Chilean ambassador to the United States\, had become one of the most outspoken critics of the Pinochet regime. Moffitt was a 25-year-old IPS development associate. For more than three decades\, the pursuit of justice for their murders has been a symbol of hope for victims of tyranny everywhere. \nEvery year\, human rights activists\, friends\, family\, and colleagues gather in remembrance of Letelier and Moffitt and to reflect on the ongoing struggle for human rights around the world. \nThis program will take place outdoors at the site of the assassination and end with a laying of flowers on the Letelier-Moffitt memorial across the street from Sheridan Circle.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/sheridan-circle-memorial-service-2019/
LOCATION:Sheridan Circle\, 23rd St and Massachusetts Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts Event,Rally / Protest,Vigil
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190921T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190921T153000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20190917T220509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190917T220753Z
UID:61059-1569060000-1569079800@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Building a Peace Economy – Shrink the Pentagon for People and Planet
DESCRIPTION:This event brings together leaders who understand why and how we might redirect our tax dollars away from endless war and militarism towards sustainable community development here and abroad. Where is the waste we can cut? How can we spend less on machines of war and feel more secure? How do we counter the deep coffers of the arms lobby and shift investments to local communities for good jobs and for a healthy planet for all? \nThese are some of the questions to be explored over a few hours with some of our nation’s leading thinkers and doers. \nDr. Lloyd “Jeff” Dumas\, economist and author of “The Peacekeeping Economy: Using Economic Relationships to Build a More Peaceful\, Prosperous\, and Secure World” will keynote the event. \nOthers presenting insights on a series of panels include: \n\nWilliam Hartung\, director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy;\nElizabeth Beavers\, coordinator of the People Over Pentagon coalition;\nLindsay Koshgarian\, director of the National Priorities Project at the Institute of Policy Studies;\nJohanna Bozuwa\, research associate with the Next System Project at the Democracy Collaborative;\nValerie Blakely\, Michigan organizer for the Poor Peoples Campaign;\nNicholas Jansen\, Michigan state director for the Sunrise Movement.\n\nWe are also hoping to have a panel of Congressional members and/or staff help us better understand the hurdles we face in making the transition and how we might effectively confront the military-industrial-complex that President Eisenhower warned us about. \nRegister here.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/building-a-peace-economy-shrink-the-pentagon-for-people-and-planet/
LOCATION:Greater Lansing Area\, 1120 S. Harrison\, East Lansing\, MI\, 48823
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190911T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190911T193000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20190910T010819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T180950Z
UID:60975-1568221200-1568230200@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Lanzamiento Casino del Extractivismo / Launching of Extraction Casino Report
DESCRIPTION:This event is a Colombia launch of Casino Extractivismo\, a report that exposes 38 cases of mining companies that have been filing dozens of multi-million dollar claims against Latin American countries before supranational arbitration panels\, demanding compensation for court decisions\, public policies and other government measures that they claim reduce the value of their investments. In most of these cases\, communities have been actively organizing to resist mining activities and defend their land\, health\, environment\, self-determination and ways of life. \nProject Director and Associate Fellow for Institute for Policy Studies’ Global Economy project Manuel Pérez-Rocha\, who is also co-author of the report will be a forum participant.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/lanzamiento-casino-del-extractivismo/
LOCATION:Friedrich Ebert Foundation Fescol\, Calle 71 # 11-90\, Bogotá\, Colombia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190910T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190910T173000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20190801T175211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190801T175211Z
UID:60492-1568131200-1568136600@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Book Event: Living and Dying on the Factory Floor
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies and the Economic Policy Institute.  \nModerated by Sarita Gupta\, former Executive Director of Jobs With Justice and Co-Founder of Caring Across Generations. \nDavid Ranney’s vivid memoir describes his experiences between 1976 and 1982 in the factories of southeast Chicago and northwest Indiana.  \nRanney worked in a machine shop\, a shortening factory\, a railroad car factory\, a structural steel shop\, a box factory\, a chemical plant\, and a paper cup factory. Along the way there is a wildcat strike\, an immigration raid\, shop-floor actions protesting supervisor abuses\, serious injuries\, a failed effort to unionize\, and a murder. Ranney’s emphasis is on race and class relations\, working conditions\, environmental issues\, and broader social issues in the 1970s that impacted the shop floor. \nForty years later\, Ranney returns to Chicago’s South Side to reveal what happened to the communities\, buildings\, and the companies that had inhabited them. Living and Dying on the Factory Floor concludes with discussions on the nature of work; racism\, race\, and class; the use of immigration policy for social control; and our ability to create a just society. \nAbout the Author:\nDavid Ranney is professor emeritus in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois Chicago. Ranney has also been a factory worker\, a labor and community organizer\, and an activist academic. He is the author of four books and more than 100 journal articles\, book chapters\, and monographs on issues of employment\, labor and community organizing\, and U.S. trade policy. His two most recent books are Global Decisions\, Local Collisions: Urban Life in the New World Order and New World Disorder: The Decline of U.S. Power. 
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/book-event-living-and-dying-on-the-factory-floor/
LOCATION:Institute for Policy Studies\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190904T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190904T153000
DTSTAMP:20260625T092437
CREATED:20190828T185021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190828T185021Z
UID:60831-1567605600-1567611000@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:The Future of Water in El Salvador
DESCRIPTION:Please join Oxfam\, the Institute for Policy Studies and the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) for a conversation with Karen Ramírez about the future of water in El Salvador. \nKaren Ramírez is Project Manager of the Salvadoran Association of Humanitarian Aid (Pro-VIDA) Association and a leader in the National Alliance against Water Privatization in El Salvador. \nSince 2018\, the Alliance has been successfully fending off a coordinated attempt by El Salvador’s right-wing political parties to bring corporate entities into the public management of the country’s fragile water resources. With the recent election of president Nayib Bukele\, El Salvador’s environmental movement is preparing for a distinct set of new challenges. \nJoin us for an informal conversation with Karen about what’s on the horizon for the environmental movement in El Salvador\, including for land and water defenders\, and what U.S. allies can do to support the urgent struggle for water as a human right. \nRSVP: vicki.gass@oxfam.org. Direct any questions to Alexis Stoumbelis: alexis@cispes.org or call (202) 521-2510 ext. 205
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/the-future-of-water-in-el-salvador/
LOCATION:Oxfam America\, 1101 17th Street\, NW\, Suite 1300\, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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