The Latest

March 29, 2004 -- Destabilizing Investment in the Americas II, co-authored by Nadia Martinez of SEEN, shows that the billions in taxpayer money is being used to support destructive fossil fuel projects throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

March 22, 2004 -- Report from a Rainbow-Covered Rome Phyllis Bennis reports from the March 20 Italian peace march.

March 21, 2004 -- Profiting from the war
by Jim Vallette of SEEN in the Bangor Daily News

March 16, 2004 -- Talking Points: The Iraqi Constitution & Events in Spain by Phyllis Bennis

March 16, 2004 -- Rebirth of a nation by IPS Senior Scholar Norman Birnbaum. In the aftermath of the Madrid bombings, the election in Spain changed the European dynamic in the war on terror. From Salon.com (Non-subscribers can get a free day pass by viewing some advertising.)

March 12, 2004 -- Impeachment and the Imperial President by Marcus Raskin When should a president and officers of his government be impeached? When should Congress move to initiate impeachment proceedings against a sitting president? This question is raised more times than it is answered.

March 5, 2004 -- Toward a Progressive View on Outsourcing by Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh from The Nation

March 1, 2004 -- New Report: Over-Emphasis on Military Spending Short-Changes National Security
Defense/National Security Experts Call for Unified National Security Budget, from Foreign Policy in Focus

February 26, 2004 -- Lessons of European Integration for the Americas by Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh. A new study that compares the EU integration approach with the model of the North American Free Trade Agreement. These alternative ideas are particularly timely, given the deadlock in talks on the Free Trade Area of the Americas and in World Trade Organization negotiations.

February 23, 2004 -- "The Policies and Pathologies of the National Security State" by Marcus G. Raskin and A. Carl LeVan. Chapter 1 of In Democracy's Shadow. A comprehensive collaborative study on the National Security State was conducted by Marcus Raskin over seven years. The volume to emerge from it is edited and written by Raskin and Carl Levan. It will be published in 2005. (PDF file, 563kb)

February 17, 2004 -- Security For Whom? by IPS Senior Scholar Norman Birnbaum

February 2-7, 2004 -- Free Speech TV featured John Cavanagh speaking on Alternatives to Economic Globalization. See envirovideo.com for when you can catch the program on the Dish Network, or to order the video.

January 31, 2004 -- Cities for Peace presents Shape the Debate, Detroit:

• People's Platform Template
• Detroit's People's Agenda, Working Draft For "Shape The Debate" Workshops, Jan 31, 2004
• Detroit Metro Times coverage

January 29, 2004 -- Talking Points: The U.S. Begs for UN Backing in Iraq by Phyllis Bennis

January 21, 2004 -- IPS State of the Union responses:

• Phyllis Bennis New Internationalism project
• Karen Dolan Cities for Peace
• Stephen Zunes Foreign Policy in Focus
  

January 9, 2004 -- FPIF's special "The Progressive Response" e-zine on Petropolitics

January 6, 2004 -- C-Span coverage of the National Summit on PetroPolitics. Participants discuss "Big Oil's Role in the Political Process" and "Domestic Subsidies and the Energy Bill."

January 6, 2004 -- PetroPolitics conference report is now available online

January 6, 2004 -- Terry Lynn Carl answered questions on the ways in which our nation's dependence on oil impacts the economy, foreign policy, human rights and the environments in a WashingtonPost.com web discussion.

January 5, 2004 -- Steve Kretzmann was the guest on a WashingtonPost.com web discussion about the PetroPolitics Summit.

• PetroPolitics National Summit
  

December 18, 2003 -- Factsheet on the NAFTA Record: A 10th Anniversary Assessment By Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh

December 15, 2003 -- Saddam's Arrest Raises Troubling Questions By Stephen Zunes for Foreign Policy in Focus The capture of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein by U.S. occupation forces is likely to result in one of the world's most brutal tyrants of recent decades finally facing judgment for his crimes against humanity. Unfortunately, Saddam's capture will not likely improve the situation for U.S. occupation forces or for those seeking justice against war criminals.

December 10, 2003 -- Critique of the Geneva Accords by Phyllis Bennis for the U.S. Campaign to End Israeli Occupation

December 1, 2003 -- Solemn Commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People Trusteeship Council Chamber, United Nations, New York, Remarks by Phyllis Bennis

Conference -- El caso Pinochet: Lecciones de 30 años de una lucha transnacional contra la impunidad. 14 de noviembre 2003, Santiago, Chile: Papers and program; Pictures

IPS's Iraq index

Upcoming Events

March 31, 6:00-8:00 pm -- Columbus Shapes the Debate: Cities for Peace Townhall Forum for the People's Platform 2004 at the Columbus Metropolitan Main Library. See Columbus Fact Sheets on Housing and Health.

New Publications

Liberalism: The Genius of American Ideals By Marcus G. Raskin

"Martin Luther King said, 'The curve of history bends towards justice.' In Liberalism Marcus Raskin gives us a long glance down that road. He too has a dream, for which he offers a hopeful, yet realistic roadmap. . . Liberalism is a rare combination of deep insight, apt anecdote, and genuine concern for others--a wonderful book."—Congressman John Conyers, Jr., (D-Mich.) (Read more reviews)

THE PRE-EMPTIVE EMPIRE: A Guide to Bush's Kingdom by Saul Landau. From Pluto Press.

Saul Landau covers everything from terrorism and US foreign policy to Bush's wondrous election victory; from Enron, Chile and Pinochet to Cuba, the Middle East, the IMF, the environment and sexual and cultural politics, with wit and gravitas, and makes a ringing call for citizens to participate in making their own history .

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Power Trip: U.S. Unilateralism and Global Strategy After September 11.

In Power Trip, editor and Foreign Policy In Focus advisory committee member John Feffer collects the work of leading legal, geopolitical and cultural analysts in one comprehensive volume. Power Trip charts the new terrain of foreign policy after September 11 and is one of the first book-length critiques of this fundamental shift in U.S. foreign policy to consolidate and extend U.S. global control. The result is an unerring appraisal of this tumultuous moment.

Read excerpts: An Alternative to Empire By John Feffer and Miriam Pemberton on Alternet. Also Racism, Exploitation and Neglect: Bush and Africa By Martha Honey.

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Video -- "Stand Up Rise Up: February 15th 2003 The United for Peace and Justice Rally" -- For information on how to order this video, go to: www.empowermentproject.org/order.html

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