The Problems of Partnering with Yemen
Only with a more credible Yemeni government can the West effectively counter al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula.
Ghosts Threaten to Return to Haiti
Development experts are about to give Haiti the same disastrous prescription for reform. But Haitians could still build a very different post-earthquake society.
Genocide in Burma
Mac McClelland, author of the new book ‘For Us Surrender is Out of the Question,’ talks about why the media is missing a major story in Burma.
Human Rights Again?
Washington is once again spouting hypocritical protests over Cuba’s supposed human rights abuses.
The Case for a Union
A majestic region-wide union may well transform the strategic calculus of the sceptics and the spoilers.
Interview with Virgil Suarez
Cuban-American poet Virgil Suarez talks about the literal and literary bridges between Cuba and America.
Sudan’s Divorce Proceedings
The United States is scrambling to make sure that the looming break-up of south and north Sudan in 2011 is as peaceful as possible.
Los Angeles Author Event: Phyllis Bennis on ‘Ending the War in Afghanistan: A Primer’
Middle East expert and author Phyllis Bennis will present her latest book (co-authored with David Wildman), Ending the U.S. War in Afghanistan: A Primer, followed by a Q & A. The evening is cosponsored by CODEPINK: Women for Peace.
Author Event: A Story From Burma’s Never-Ending War
It’s time the world understood what’s going on in Burma. It has more child soldiers than any other country, the CIA waged its first secret war there, and American money helps fund a genocide that’s been successfully hidden from global consciousness.
A Fond Farewell to Dennis Brutus
Throughout his entire life, Dennis Brutus fought systems of exploitation and oppression. In one of his last interviews he discusses his past, the latest attempts of social movements to fight global oppression, and the role of the United States in the world.
In 2010, Let’s Treat our Domestic Workers Better
Here’s a New Year’s resolution to improve human rights in the United States.
Lessons from Sweden for the Immigration Debate
We need to support countries in reducing the pressures that force immigration, and not the corporations that make conditions worse.
Human Rights Abuses: Taking on Chevron
A new powerful international campaign on Chevron presents an exciting new organizing model for corporate campaigners and human rights activists everywhere. The new Chevron Program at Global Exchange links Chevron affected communities across the United States and around the world to expose the true cost of Chevron and reign in the entire oil industry. Learn about the campaign and communities in struggle against Chevron in Nigeria, Burma, Kazakhstan, Ecuador, California, and elsewhere in defense of their human rights.
Kerry Kennedy, acclaimed human rights activist and author, founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights (on Ecuador)
Antonia Juhasz, author, The Tyranny of Oil (on book tour for the paperback release, updated with a new foreword), Director, The Chevron Program, Global Exchange and an Associate Fellow with IPS (The Chevron Program)
Paul Donowitz, Campaign Coordinator, EarthRights International (Burma, Nigeria)
Kate Watters, Executive Director, Crude Accountability (Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan)
Steven Donziger, lead plantiffs attorney, Aquinda v. Chevron (Ecuador)
Legacy of Abuse in Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan government has brushed aside Western criticism of its abusive practices. But that might be about to change.
The Annual Sheridan Circle Memorial Service
Until September 11, 2001, the car bombing on Massachusetts Avenue was the most infamous act of international terrorism ever to take place in our nation’s capital. On September 21, 1976 agents of the Augusto Pinochet regime planted a car bomb at this location which brutally took the lives but not the memory of two IPS colleagues, who fought for equality and justice through reason, not violence.
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt were colleagues at the Institute for Policy Studies, where Letelier had become one of the most outspoken critics of Pinochet. Moffitt was a 25-year-old 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. Every year the human rights community, friends, family, colleagues, and supporters gather in remembrance of these tragic assassinations.This 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. Please bring flowers.
Speakers: Michael Karpen (brother of Ronni Karpen Moffitt); Peter Kornbluh (National Security Archive); Francisco Machado Leiva (Executive President of the Association of Nongovernmental Organizations of Honduras); and a representative of the Chilean Embassy. Emcee: Joy Zarembka (Institute for Policy Studies) Music: Patricio Zamorano, Chilean songwriter, and Mauricio Betanzo, Chilean musician and master in cello.
For directions and more information, see: https://ips-dc.org/events/565 or call Sena Tsikata at IPS: (202) 234-9382×277.
IN CASE OF RAIN: The Chilean Embassy has generously offered to open up the Ambassador’s residence for us if it should be raining on Sunday morning. The Ambassador’s residence is just across the street from Sheridan Circle on the Northwest side, at 2305 Massachusetts Avenue NW.