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Ten Better Uses for Ten Percent of the Pentagon Budget
Military spending is at historically high levels, and increasing under Trump. A ten percent cut is an overdue correction to the bloated Pentagon budget.
A message from John and Kathleen
IPS has pivoted our work to address the pandemic and economic crisis, and to deepen our work in partnership with movements challenging systemic racism.
Americans Overwhelmingly Support Cutting the Pentagon to Support Our Real Needs
To cut 10 percent of the Pentagon budget, let’s end our Middle East wars, reduce reliance on nuclear weapons, and turn off the spigot to arms contractors.
Police and Pentagon Are Bringing Our Wars Home
From Kabul to Atlanta and Baghdad to Minneapolis, we need to end systemic racism and the militarism that makes it even deadlier.
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Americans Overwhelmingly Support Cutting the Pentagon to Support Our Real Needs
Ten Better Uses for Ten Percent of the Pentagon Budget
Hamilton and the Iconoclasts of Tomorrow
A message from John and Kathleen
Why Palestinians Are Mourning George Floyd
Cut the Pentagon 10 Percent, Invest in Public Health
Now Is the Time for Free College
The Simplest Way to Close the Racial Wealth Gap? Direct Cash Payments
Reports and Resources
White Supremacy is the Preexisting Condition: Eight Solutions to Ensure Economic Recovery Reduces the Racial Wealth Divide
Black Immigrant Domestic Workers in the Time of COVID-19
Report: Billionaire Bonanza 2020
Report: No Warming, No War
IPS Webinar Series: Coronavirus Authoritarianism and the Far Right
July 23 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm at Online Zoom EventA webinar on the power grabs by Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, Viktor Orban, and others and how these far right "accelerationists" have mobilized on the street, part of the IPS webinar series, Progressive Politics and the Time of Pandemic.
No Warming, No War: Connecting Militarism with the Climate Crisis
July 27 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm at Online Zoom EventUnpacking the deep global links and exploring the existing paths, current limitations, and future possibilities of global cooperation on climate.
IPS Webinar Series: Why We Need to Save the Postal Service
July 30 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm at Online Zoom EventA session explaining why we need to save the Postal Service from an immediate threat and support innovations like postal banking, part of the IPS webinar series, Progressive Politics and the Time of Pandemic:.
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