Institute for Policy Studies
@ips-dc.org
The Institute for Policy Studies has been the research arm of movements challenging inequality, corporate power, polluters, and militarism since 1963. www.ips-dc.org
NEW: The Guatemalan Xinka People are defending their territory, water and health by demanding the closure of the toxic Escobal mine — but its Canada-based owner is ignoring them.
Show solidarity and send a message to Pan American Silver CEO Michael Steinmann now: act.earthworks.org/page/87881/p...
Show solidarity and send a message to Pan American Silver CEO Michael Steinmann now: act.earthworks.org/page/87881/p...
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
NEW: The Guatemalan Xinka People are defending their territory, water and health by demanding the closure of the toxic Escobal mine — but its Canada-based owner is ignoring them.
Show solidarity and send a message to Pan American Silver CEO Michael Steinmann now: act.earthworks.org/page/87881/p...
Show solidarity and send a message to Pan American Silver CEO Michael Steinmann now: act.earthworks.org/page/87881/p...
NEW: Trump’s new Gaza plan fails to include Palestinian input — or to simply end weapons transfers to Israel.
We’re still in a “very, very dangerous moment,” says IPS scholar Phyllis Bennis in a new @aljazeera.com interview:
We’re still in a “very, very dangerous moment,” says IPS scholar Phyllis Bennis in a new @aljazeera.com interview:
October 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
NEW: Trump’s new Gaza plan fails to include Palestinian input — or to simply end weapons transfers to Israel.
We’re still in a “very, very dangerous moment,” says IPS scholar Phyllis Bennis in a new @aljazeera.com interview:
We’re still in a “very, very dangerous moment,” says IPS scholar Phyllis Bennis in a new @aljazeera.com interview:
NEW: On @aljazeera.com, IPS scholar Phyllis Bennis explains the dangers of Trump’s new Gaza plan and its failure to address crucial elements of Israel’s occupation and genocide.
October 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
NEW: On @aljazeera.com, IPS scholar Phyllis Bennis explains the dangers of Trump’s new Gaza plan and its failure to address crucial elements of Israel’s occupation and genocide.
WATCH: Airport developers are claiming "sustainable aviation fuels" as a solution to private jet pollution. On @wgbh.org, IPS scholar @chuck77.bsky.social exposes the problem: There is no possible way to scale these fuels nationally.
Learn more at spje.org.
Learn more at spje.org.
September 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
WATCH: Airport developers are claiming "sustainable aviation fuels" as a solution to private jet pollution. On @wgbh.org, IPS scholar @chuck77.bsky.social exposes the problem: There is no possible way to scale these fuels nationally.
Learn more at spje.org.
Learn more at spje.org.
This week in 1976, our IPS colleagues Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt were killed by agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet as they drove to work.
We remember them and continue to uplift their mission of human rights for all in the face of repression. 🕊️
We remember them and continue to uplift their mission of human rights for all in the face of repression. 🕊️
September 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This week in 1976, our IPS colleagues Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt were killed by agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet as they drove to work.
We remember them and continue to uplift their mission of human rights for all in the face of repression. 🕊️
We remember them and continue to uplift their mission of human rights for all in the face of repression. 🕊️
🌎 FRIDAY: Climate justice requires climate reparations.
Before the Make Billionaires Pay march on Saturday, join community organizers in NYC to learn how we achieve the U.S. fair share for climate justice: www.eventbrite.com/e/why-make-b...
Before the Make Billionaires Pay march on Saturday, join community organizers in NYC to learn how we achieve the U.S. fair share for climate justice: www.eventbrite.com/e/why-make-b...
September 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🌎 FRIDAY: Climate justice requires climate reparations.
Before the Make Billionaires Pay march on Saturday, join community organizers in NYC to learn how we achieve the U.S. fair share for climate justice: www.eventbrite.com/e/why-make-b...
Before the Make Billionaires Pay march on Saturday, join community organizers in NYC to learn how we achieve the U.S. fair share for climate justice: www.eventbrite.com/e/why-make-b...
✊ SATURDAY: Trump and the billionaires are dismantling our democracy, attacking immigrants, feeding the war profiteers, and fueling the climate crisis.
This moment demands mass mobilization.
Join the march in NYC or one near your community: www.makebillionairespay.us
This moment demands mass mobilization.
Join the march in NYC or one near your community: www.makebillionairespay.us
September 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
✊ SATURDAY: Trump and the billionaires are dismantling our democracy, attacking immigrants, feeding the war profiteers, and fueling the climate crisis.
This moment demands mass mobilization.
Join the march in NYC or one near your community: www.makebillionairespay.us
This moment demands mass mobilization.
Join the march in NYC or one near your community: www.makebillionairespay.us
One year after his death, we demand justice for Honduran environmental defender Juan López.
#JusticiaParaJuanLópez
#JusticiaParaJuanLópez
September 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
One year after his death, we demand justice for Honduran environmental defender Juan López.
#JusticiaParaJuanLópez
#JusticiaParaJuanLópez
#OTD in 1973, the Pinochet regime killed celebrated Chilean teacher, musician, and human rights activist Victor Jara.
Three years later, agents of Pinochet went on to kill our IPS colleagues Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt.
We mourn Victor and all victims of Pinochet.
Three years later, agents of Pinochet went on to kill our IPS colleagues Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt.
We mourn Victor and all victims of Pinochet.
September 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#OTD in 1973, the Pinochet regime killed celebrated Chilean teacher, musician, and human rights activist Victor Jara.
Three years later, agents of Pinochet went on to kill our IPS colleagues Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt.
We mourn Victor and all victims of Pinochet.
Three years later, agents of Pinochet went on to kill our IPS colleagues Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt.
We mourn Victor and all victims of Pinochet.
Even as the BJP party dismantles India's democracy, social movements are resisting. Join experts:
🎙️ @riachia93.bsky.social, @hfhr.bsky.social
🎙️ @asethi.bsky.social, @georgetownlaw.bsky.social
🎙️ Aabha Muralidharan, writer/researcher
🎙️ @basavsen.bsky.social, IPS
Register: ips-dc.org/event/democr...
🎙️ @riachia93.bsky.social, @hfhr.bsky.social
🎙️ @asethi.bsky.social, @georgetownlaw.bsky.social
🎙️ Aabha Muralidharan, writer/researcher
🎙️ @basavsen.bsky.social, IPS
Register: ips-dc.org/event/democr...
September 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Even as the BJP party dismantles India's democracy, social movements are resisting. Join experts:
🎙️ @riachia93.bsky.social, @hfhr.bsky.social
🎙️ @asethi.bsky.social, @georgetownlaw.bsky.social
🎙️ Aabha Muralidharan, writer/researcher
🎙️ @basavsen.bsky.social, IPS
Register: ips-dc.org/event/democr...
🎙️ @riachia93.bsky.social, @hfhr.bsky.social
🎙️ @asethi.bsky.social, @georgetownlaw.bsky.social
🎙️ Aabha Muralidharan, writer/researcher
🎙️ @basavsen.bsky.social, IPS
Register: ips-dc.org/event/democr...
Today, the trial proceeds for the murder of Honduran environmental defender Juan López. IPS demands justice for the killing of this courageous community advocate who received our Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award in 2019.
Statement: #JusticiaParaJuanLópez
Statement: #JusticiaParaJuanLópez
August 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Today, the trial proceeds for the murder of Honduran environmental defender Juan López. IPS demands justice for the killing of this courageous community advocate who received our Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award in 2019.
Statement: #JusticiaParaJuanLópez
Statement: #JusticiaParaJuanLópez
When would-be developers of Hanscom Field’s proposed expansion argued “ferry flight reduction” would balance out an additional 6,000 private jet flights annually (2024 IEc Report), Chuck Collins from @inequality.org at IPS came to @gbhnews.bsky.social with the facts. Learn more at spje.org.
July 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
When would-be developers of Hanscom Field’s proposed expansion argued “ferry flight reduction” would balance out an additional 6,000 private jet flights annually (2024 IEc Report), Chuck Collins from @inequality.org at IPS came to @gbhnews.bsky.social with the facts. Learn more at spje.org.
🔴 Watch the Henry Wallace Symposium LIVE: us02web.zoom.us/j/85433611380
July 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🔴 Watch the Henry Wallace Symposium LIVE: us02web.zoom.us/j/85433611380
“The idea that what you need to run for office are connections and big dollars hinders the diversity of those who can run.
Public financing allows people to run.
Implementing it would help to rebuild trust in government that is sorely lacking right now.”
- Lisa Gilbert, @publiccitizen.bsky.social
Public financing allows people to run.
Implementing it would help to rebuild trust in government that is sorely lacking right now.”
- Lisa Gilbert, @publiccitizen.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“The idea that what you need to run for office are connections and big dollars hinders the diversity of those who can run.
Public financing allows people to run.
Implementing it would help to rebuild trust in government that is sorely lacking right now.”
- Lisa Gilbert, @publiccitizen.bsky.social
Public financing allows people to run.
Implementing it would help to rebuild trust in government that is sorely lacking right now.”
- Lisa Gilbert, @publiccitizen.bsky.social
🔴 Watch the Henry Wallace Symposium LIVE: us02web.zoom.us/j/85433611380
July 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🔴 Watch the Henry Wallace Symposium LIVE: us02web.zoom.us/j/85433611380
“Democracy requires an equal say.
California has the same number of Senate seats as Wyoming. A resident of Wyoming has 67 times the representation in the Senate as a resident of California.
We’re at a point where we can no longer pretend that this doesn’t matter.”
- @ositanwanevu.com
California has the same number of Senate seats as Wyoming. A resident of Wyoming has 67 times the representation in the Senate as a resident of California.
We’re at a point where we can no longer pretend that this doesn’t matter.”
- @ositanwanevu.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“Democracy requires an equal say.
California has the same number of Senate seats as Wyoming. A resident of Wyoming has 67 times the representation in the Senate as a resident of California.
We’re at a point where we can no longer pretend that this doesn’t matter.”
- @ositanwanevu.com
California has the same number of Senate seats as Wyoming. A resident of Wyoming has 67 times the representation in the Senate as a resident of California.
We’re at a point where we can no longer pretend that this doesn’t matter.”
- @ositanwanevu.com
🔴 Watch the Henry Wallace Symposium LIVE: us02web.zoom.us/j/85433611380
July 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
🔴 Watch the Henry Wallace Symposium LIVE: us02web.zoom.us/j/85433611380
“We have ourselves in this nationalized political environment partially because people no longer have the means to understand local issues.
We need to revive state and local journalism. We need to rebuild journalistic infrastructure.”
- @ositanwanevu.com
We need to revive state and local journalism. We need to rebuild journalistic infrastructure.”
- @ositanwanevu.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“We have ourselves in this nationalized political environment partially because people no longer have the means to understand local issues.
We need to revive state and local journalism. We need to rebuild journalistic infrastructure.”
- @ositanwanevu.com
We need to revive state and local journalism. We need to rebuild journalistic infrastructure.”
- @ositanwanevu.com
🔴 Watch the Henry Wallace Symposium LIVE: us02web.zoom.us/j/85433611380
July 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
🔴 Watch the Henry Wallace Symposium LIVE: us02web.zoom.us/j/85433611380
“These are hard times. People feel helpless and powerless — and those are tools of the oppressor.
But we know that strength always emerges in times of deep crisis, when we realize how heavily we are dependent on each other.
There is a new community emerging of collectivism.”
- @jayapal.house.gov
But we know that strength always emerges in times of deep crisis, when we realize how heavily we are dependent on each other.
There is a new community emerging of collectivism.”
- @jayapal.house.gov
July 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“These are hard times. People feel helpless and powerless — and those are tools of the oppressor.
But we know that strength always emerges in times of deep crisis, when we realize how heavily we are dependent on each other.
There is a new community emerging of collectivism.”
- @jayapal.house.gov
But we know that strength always emerges in times of deep crisis, when we realize how heavily we are dependent on each other.
There is a new community emerging of collectivism.”
- @jayapal.house.gov
🔴 Watch the Henry Wallace Symposium LIVE: us02web.zoom.us/j/85433611380
July 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🔴 Watch the Henry Wallace Symposium LIVE: us02web.zoom.us/j/85433611380
“The question of ‘What can I do?’ is on so many people’s minds. We all see the crises unfolding in front of us.
Truth is, democracies fall in a matter of months, not years.
Our opposition has to be multifaceted.
Starting with making sure Democrats are not complicit.”
- Rep. @jayapal.house.gov
Truth is, democracies fall in a matter of months, not years.
Our opposition has to be multifaceted.
Starting with making sure Democrats are not complicit.”
- Rep. @jayapal.house.gov
July 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“The question of ‘What can I do?’ is on so many people’s minds. We all see the crises unfolding in front of us.
Truth is, democracies fall in a matter of months, not years.
Our opposition has to be multifaceted.
Starting with making sure Democrats are not complicit.”
- Rep. @jayapal.house.gov
Truth is, democracies fall in a matter of months, not years.
Our opposition has to be multifaceted.
Starting with making sure Democrats are not complicit.”
- Rep. @jayapal.house.gov
🔴 Watch the Henry Wallace Symposium LIVE: us02web.zoom.us/j/85433611380
July 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🔴 Watch the Henry Wallace Symposium LIVE: us02web.zoom.us/j/85433611380
“I’m not sure any U.S. president has any intention of ‘breaking’ with Israel.
Right now, the gap between the Democratic base and Democratic electeds is greater than the gap between Democrats and Republicans.
The question is not what they would do. It’s what we would do.”
- Phyllis Bennis, IPS
Right now, the gap between the Democratic base and Democratic electeds is greater than the gap between Democrats and Republicans.
The question is not what they would do. It’s what we would do.”
- Phyllis Bennis, IPS
July 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“I’m not sure any U.S. president has any intention of ‘breaking’ with Israel.
Right now, the gap between the Democratic base and Democratic electeds is greater than the gap between Democrats and Republicans.
The question is not what they would do. It’s what we would do.”
- Phyllis Bennis, IPS
Right now, the gap between the Democratic base and Democratic electeds is greater than the gap between Democrats and Republicans.
The question is not what they would do. It’s what we would do.”
- Phyllis Bennis, IPS