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John,
This year, the pandemic exposed underlying crises of racism, inequality, and militarism not only in the U.S., but all over the world. At IPS, we convened scores of experts and movements to push for a “pandemic pivot” away from this status quo and toward a more resilient, sustainable, and equitable future.
Here are just a few of the areas where we have continued our work with our movement allies from across the globe.
We appreciate your support in shaping this work for the challenges of 2021. [[link removed]]
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Pandemic Pivot
This summer, John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy In Focus , convened 68 leading thinkers and activists into eight conversations about the impact of COVID-19 on international policy and how we can best advocate for a progressive agenda coming out of this pandemic experience.
Those conversations are now part of a new book, The Pandemic Pivot [[link removed]] , coming out on paperback in January.
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Cutting Military Spending
For the first time in years, there was a vote in Congress to cut the Pentagon budget by 10 percent, effectively undoing Trump's military budget increases.
The National Priorities Project worked with the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center to create "Ten Better Uses for 10 Percent of the Pentagon Budget." [[link removed]] While we didn't win, we went from 28 votes in the House to 93 and got the backing of 23 senators, including Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer [[link removed]] .
We are now planning with movement allies and partners on Capitol Hill to relaunch the effort with increased support in 2021.
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Replacing Militarism
When Trump opened 2020 by assassinating an Iranian general, the New Internationalism Project briefed our movement allies and engaged the media.
When COVID-19 exploded in the U.S., we brought our critique of militarism into the conversation. We analyzed how wars and sanctions make the pandemic worse [[link removed]] and joined the Rev. William J. Barber II to co-author to argue in Newsweek about the need to redirect resources from the military to health care [[link removed]] .
As Black-led uprisings against racism exploded, we worked with the Movement For Black Lives to challenge militarism in the BREATHE Act and wrote an op-ed in the New York Daily News connecting the dots [[link removed]] between racist policing in the U.S. and Israel.
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Making Trade Fair
Our Trade and Mining project has expanded its work supporting communities struggling to keep their territories free of destructive mining.
In collaboration with the Peaceful Resistance La Puya, we published a critical analysis [[link removed]] to debunk a U.S. mining company’s $400 million claim against Guatemala. This work has helped strengthen local struggles and global campaigns against an unjust system allowing corporations to sue countries for profits they have never made, particularly in times of COVID-19 [[link removed]] , and to put forward a trade agenda that works for people and the planet [[link removed]] .
We also helped coordinate a global statement and accompanying research report, Voices from the Ground [[link removed]] , about mining pandemic profiteers.
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Combating the Drug War
While voters in the U.S. states voted again and again to end cannabis prohibition, Drug Policy Project director Sanho Tree went on a speaking tour of the Philippines, where up to 30,000 have been extrajudicially killed over the past four years due to President Duterte's drug war.
Sanho also presented a revolutionary webinar about the intersection of drugs, modernity, and erosion of traditional lifeways. The project has used Twitter [[link removed]] during the pandemic to conduct public education and generated close to 15 million unique impressions over the year.
You make it all possible
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Onward,
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John Cavanagh
Director

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