Unconventional Wisdom, Dec. 13: All News Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:13:41 -0600 (CST) UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM: ALL NEWS The Latest from the Institute for Policy Studies THURSDAY, December 13, 2007 Dear friends, As the year ends, I thank you for being part of IPS's work and vision for a better world. I invite all of you to IPS's Winter Solstice celebration this Friday, December 14th, from 5 to 8pm. In addition to lifting our spirits by joining us at the party, I also hope that each of you will help us lift ideas into action for peace, justice and the environment in 2008 with a tax-deductible donation.* Donors at the $100 level can receive a free book or video produced by IPS public scholars. Rest assured, however, that we cherish every contribution because it is an expression of solidarity - please give at whatever level you can. As you will see in the sidebar, two IPS colleagues, Daphne Wysham and Janet Redman, offer analysis from the center of the global climate negotiations in our "Bali Blog." And, early next year, we will invite you to a national launch of a short version of our alternative foreign policy framework. Sincerely, John Cavanagh Director I P S I N T H E N E W S G L O B A L / C L I M A T E U.N. Bali Conference, Dec. 12. In The Nation, by SEEN co-director Daphne Wysham says the environmental movement has been Hoodwinked by Carbon Traders and questions a framework that pits rich against poor, exploits indigenous peoples and benefits industries that are the biggest offenders. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071224/wysham Better Agenda, December 3. Tom Athanasiou cites the Bali Call in his Grist blog. http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/12/3/95139/9123 Blame the Iraq War, December 7. In his Foreign Policy In Focus column, Michael Klare explains how money squandered on the Iraq War wasted resources needed to address climate change. http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4800 Broken Framework, December 13. FPIF columnist Walden Bello describes the many competing forces in the Bali's talks, including the emerging climate justice movement in a Foreign Policy In Focus commentary. http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4815 U N I T E D S T A T E S Executive Excess, December 7. Cliff Schecter's Huffington Post Blog cites the Institute's Executive Excess 2007 report. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cliff-schecter/why-we-need-a-war-on-gree_b_7583 0.html December 5. CEO Comp-consultant 'Conflicts' Slammed by Congress cites the Executive Excess 2007 report in Financial Week. http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071205/REG/71205008 /1036 November 29. In Colo., Small Biz is Small Pay cites the Executive Excess 2007 report in the Denver Post. http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_7594678 November 29. CEOs, Hedge-Fund Managers and the Average Worker cites the Executive Excess 2007 report in Chico News & Review. http://www.newsreview.com/chico/Content?oid=602744 Blank Check, December 12. Truthout's article about the omnibus budget bill and Iraq War spending quotes IPS fellow Phyllis Bennis and research fellow Erik Leaver. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121207J.shtml M I D D L E E A S T No Nukes, December 7. Radio Netherlands: Iran Does Not Have Nuclear Weapons features fellow Phyllis Bennis in The Shortwave Report. This is an audio feature. http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/swr_12_07_07.mp3 Occupation Opponents, December 6. Iraq's Civil Resistance quotes Bennis in The Nation. You can also read it on AlterNet. http://www.thenation.com/docprem.mhtml?i=20071224&s=weinberg Settler Harassment, November 15. In Visiting Hani's House, activist artist Ellen O'Grady visits Hebron, the only Palestinian city outside East Jerusalem where Israeli settlers occupy the city center. This is a Foreign Policy In Focus Fiesta! Feature. http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4719 Some Principles, December 3. Bush-Maliki Agreement Defies U.S. Laws quotes Leaver in Truthout. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/113007J.shtml A F R I C A Abstinence Won't Work, November 29. World AIDS Day: Ideology Trumping Health, U.S. Activists Say quotes FPIF co-director Emira Woods in Inter Press Service. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40311 Seats at the Table, December 11. Africans are right to demand permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council, Woods says in this Final Call article. http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_4168.shtml L A T I N A M E R I C A Drugs and War, December 1. Taking a Stand quotes fellow Sanho Tree in this Maine Morning Sentinel profile of Nancy Sanchez, a Letelier Moffitt human rights award winner. http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4520087.html E U R O P E Balkan Diversity, December 13. FPIF co-director John Feffer discusses Kosovo's imminent declaration of independence in this American Prospect article. http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=a_return_to_diversity_in_the_balk ans N E X T I S S U E YEAR-END REVIEW - For the nextnewsletter, we're sending you the hightlights of this year's Unconventional Wisdom. We hope it brightens your holiday. 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