UN Panel on Cutting Military Spending and Converting Militarized Economies
IPS Associate Fellow Miriam Pemberton will speak on “Lessons Learned From Conversion Movements” at a panel on “Rethinking Unconstrained Military Spending”.
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United Nations Headquarters 405 East 42nd Street, Conference Room A, New York City, NY, United States
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National Priorities Project’s Fall Party 2019
Smith College Conference Center 49 College Lane, Northampton, MAWe're thrilled to announce the theme of this year's party, "Windmills Not War: How We Win Against Climate Change", featuring guest speaker Varshini Prakash, co-Founder of the Sunrise Movement.
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Beyond Neoliberalism, Toward a Trade Agenda for People and the Planet
Impact Hub Ottawa 123 Slater St 6th Floor, Ottawa, ON, CanadaA workshop on progressive trade policy alternatives organized mainly around small group discussions.
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Book Launch: The United States, Southeast Asia, & Historical Memory
George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street, NW Room 505, Washington, DC, United StatesA book launch of the just-released book, edited by Mark Pavlick with Caroline Luft. that "pays homage", as Richard Falk writes in the introduction, "to the unfinished agenda of the Indochina wars."
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Brown Bag: The Status of US-Cuba Relations Hidden From Headlines
Institute for Policy Studies 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DCAn overview of incredible, yet little known facts about Cuba and the impact of Trump administration changes to US policy toward the island over the last five years.
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Fire Drill – War and the Military
Join Jane Fonda, Phyllis Bennis, Michael Mann, and Ben and Jerry for a talk and then rally about the link between War/Military and Climate.
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Conference: Waging Peace in Vietnam
George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street, NW Room 505, Washington, DC, United StatesA week of activities with 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.
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Author Event: Whose Water Is it Anyway
Wallace Global Fund 2040 S Street, NW, Washington, DCJoin bestselling author and activist Maude Barlow for a talk and book signing of her latest book that explores taking water protection into public hands and how the Blue Communities Project gives people tools they can use to protect water.
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Book Launch for David Kamens’ New American Creed
East City Bookshop 645 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE #100, Washington, DCIPS New Internationalism project and East City Bookshop welcomes local author David Kamens with his new book about "The Eclipse of Citizenship and Rise of Populism."
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The School to Prison Pipeline. What it is, Who it Impacts, How Communities can Work to End it
Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary School 3324 64th Avenue, Cheverly, MDJoin this community discussion about the disturbing national trend where children are being funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
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20th Anniversary of The WTO Protests
Town Hall Seattle 1119 Eighth Avenue, Seattle, WA, United StatesJoin the Washington Fair Trade Coalition, IPS's Manuel Pérez Rocha, and community allies to mark the anniversary of the 1999 Battle in Seattle!
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The Intersection of Climate Change and Security
Institute for Policy Studies 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DCA seminar exploring how the US could seize the initiative on arms control and link it to a global rethinking of security in light of climate change.
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IPS Holiday Party 2019
Institute for Policy Studies 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DCYou’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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Iran on the Brink of War: A Teach-In
The Center for Social Justice 1419 37th Street NW, Suite 130, Poulton Hall, Washington, DCCome for an examination of the events moving the U.S. and Iran closer to conflict and their implications for international law and global peace.
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The Iran crisis and The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy
Institute for Policy Studies 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DCA conversation with IPSers, Michael Klare, Phyllis Bennis, John Feffer, and Negin Owliaei.