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Peace

Commentary
Infantalizing North Korea
May 10 - It's time for us to grow up in our assessments of North Korea. By John Feffer

Column
Our Stake in Guatemala's Genocide Trial
May 8 - Thirty years after Ríos Montt's atrocities, U.S. military policy in Latin America remains a human rights disaster. By William A. Collins and Emily Schwartz Greco

Letter to the Ed
Trade-Offs Needed to Enhance U.S. Soft Power
May 8 - The U.S. government needs to develop a unified national security budget that allows the president and the Congress to make trade-offs like these. By Lawrence Korb and Miriam Pemberton

Commentary
Syria's Chemical Weapons...Iraq Redux?
May 3 - Phyllis Bennis discusses Guantanamo, Syria, Afghanistan, and her thoughts on the renewed Palestine-Israel talks. By Phyllis Bennis

Media
Video: Phyllis Bennis discusses chemical weapons Syria
May 1 - The UN should have a broad mandate to investigate any use of chemical weapons on either side. By Phyllis Bennis

Justice

Report
Mining for Profits in International Tribunals - Updated
May 9 - How transnational corporations use trade and investment treaties as powerful tools in disputes over oil, mining, and gas. / Como las empresas mineras transnacionales utilizan las reglas de los acuerdos de inversión y de comercio como poderosos instrumentos a su favor en las disputas por el petróleo, la minería y el gas. By Sarah Anderson and Manuel Perez-Rocha

Column
How We Pay for CEO "Performance"
May 7 - A gaping tax loophole pads executive pay and the federal debt. By Sam Pizzigati

Op-Ed
Pro-Austerity CEOs Rake in Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay
May 2 - Ordinary Americans who rely on government retirement benefits are actually subsidizing runaway CEO pay. By Sarah Anderson, published in The Kansas City Star and The Bradenton (FL) Herald and The Merced (CA) Sun-Star

Report
"Fix the Debt" CEOs Enjoy Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay
May 2 - A new report by IPS and Campaign for America's Future shows that America’s top CEOs are pocketing massive taxpayer subsidies at the same time they’re pushing austerity cutbacks in government programs that benefit ordinary citizens. By Sarah Anderson, Scott Klinger, Javier Rojo, published in Common Dreams and AFL-CIO and Daily Kos and Think Progress and Dow Jones and The Hill and The Huffington Post and Salon.com and Fox Business News and Marketwatch and Business Insider

Column
Austerity Will Leave Us Crying '96 Tears'
May 1 - But America's wealthy don't seem to mind. By Sam Pizzigati

Environment

Blog
An Inside View on the Tricky World of Wall Street-Driven Climate Markets
April 18 - A new website, climatemarkets.org, offers a range of materials that could help climate activists and advocates understand climate solutions: Wall Street approaches, private investment, and more. By Janet Redman and Oscar Reyes

Blog
Robin Hood Tax, Not Corporate Greed, Should be Focus of Climate Finance Meetings, Say Activists
April 11 - Chanting, "Human need, not corporate greed! Robin Hood Tax now!" protesters dressed as polar bears, farmers, and bankers engaged with officials entering the meeting to urge them to support a Robin Hood Tax. By Lacy MacAuley and Janet Redman

Blog
Wall Street's Climate Finance Bonanza
April 10 - Government officials from an elite group of developed countries meeting in Washington DC appear to be on the brink of instigating yet another big bank giveaway, this time in the name of fighting climate change. By Janet Redman and Antonio Tricarico

Commentary
Wall Street's Climate Finance Bonanza
April 10 - An elite group of developed countries appears to be on the brink of instigating yet another corporate handout and big bank giveaway--this time in the name of fighting climate change. By Janet Redman and Antonio Tricarico, published in The Indypendent and Truthout

Open Letter
Civil Society and Entrepreneurs Call on World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending
April 3 - Over 55 development, faith, human rights, community, and environmental groups from more than 20 countries teamed up today to ask World Bank President Jim Kim to end Bank support for all fossil fuel projects unless the projects are solely focused on directly increasing energy access for the poor.

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