Articles and Reports
P E A C E
COLUMN
Asia's Hidden Arms Race
FEBRUARY 12 - Six countries talk peace while preparing for war. By John Feffer, published in TomDispatch and Common Dreams.
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
The Big Yam
FEBRUARY 8 - A review of Brand New China: Advertising, Media, and Commercial Culture by Jing Wang. By John Feffer, published in The Nation.
POLICY REPORT

Bush Budget Adds to Military, Cuts Prevention
FEBRUARY 4 - Voters - Republicans and Democrats alike - are telling pollsters they want, not a modest course correction, not a turned page, but a whole new book. By Anita Dancs and Miriam Pemberton, featured in on National Public Radio.
OP-ED
Your Time Is Up, Mr. President - the National Guard Is Coming Home
FEBRUARY 5 - The wisdom from Main Street U.S.A. continues to be vastly better than the By Karen Dolan and Ben Manski, published in AlterNet.
COMMENTARY
Foreign Policy Goes Local
JANUARY 31 - The heart of the municipal foreign policy movement remains the opposition to the Iraq War. By Karen Dolan, published in Foreign Policy In Focus, AlterNet, and Common Dreams.

J U S T I C E

OP-ED
From Negro History Week to Pan-African Historical Context
FEBRUARY 7 - Black History Month must do more than emphasize the inspiring achievements of great individuals. By Netfa Freeman, published in The Black Commentator.
OP-ED
Modern-Day Slavery and the Big Game
FEBRUARY 3 - Most viewers watching the Super Bowl will be oblivious to the abuses of one of its key sponsors. By Emira Woods, published in AlterNet.

IN THE MEDIA

Quotes and Interviews
AUDIO INTERVIEW
Scott Horton interviews John Feffer on Antiwar Radio
FEBRURARY 13 - "Wars grip Iraq, Afghanistan, and large swathes of Africa, but the heart of the global military-industrial complex lies in Northeast Asia. Any attempt to drive a stake through this potentially destabilizing monster must start with the militaries that face one another," says John Feffer.

COLUMN
King's Dream Deferred, One More Victim of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis in the Washington Post
FEBRUARY 10 - "The dream of economic stability and opportunity for everyone living in the U.S., so eloquently described by Martin Luther King Jr., is bound up with homeownership, the most significant source of wealth for most people," says Dedrick Muhammad.
AUDIO INTERVIEW
What Drives Record Spending on Defense? on National Public Radio
FEBRUARY 7 - You know, al-Qaida and the Taliban don't have any fighter jets and are never going get any. So, these big ticket items drive the budget and become de facto our security priorities when they don't in fact enhance our security, says Miriam Pemberton.
ANALYSIS
Chad unrest may be over oil in the United Press International
FEBRUARY 7 - "This is what you get when you do business with a corrupt country, and Chad is one of the most corrupt countries in the world," says Daphne Wysham.
VIDEO INTERVIEW

Obama's Policy on Iran on The Real News
FEBRUARY 4 - "Obama has made clear the links between the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and the rise of Iranian influence," says Phyllis Bennis.

POLICY DEBATE
Is the Bank's carbon markets approach an effective way to address climate change? in the Bretton Woods Project Update.
FEBRUARY 4 - "Nine years and $2 billion later, the (World) Bank is brokering a rapidly expanding carbon trading portfolio that enriches dirty industry and does little to help the 1.6 billion people living in energy poverty," says Janet Redman.

IDEAS INTO ACTION
Stop Firestone - While Bridgestone Firestone banners blanketed the Super Bowl half-time show, the Stop Firestone kicked off a campaign that put the company president Dan Adomitis on the defensive in a public Los Angeles Times opinion debate. An editorial ran in The Charleston Gazette, an article appeared in The Nation, and the Berkeley City Council passed a resolution demanding that Bridgestone Firestone improve working conditions at its Liberian plantations.

Presidential Climate Action Plan - The Institute's Sustainable Energy and Economy Network project took part in drafting, and is now publicizing the bold, comprehensive non-partisan Presidential Climate Action Plan. The plan calls for presidential leadership on climate change, and, rooted in climate science, works to ignite innovation at every level of the American economy. This initiative is setting the stage for 2008 presidential candidates to take positions on specific proposals to address climate, energy and national security.