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  • Leviathan and Its Enemies<center>Leviathan and Its Enemies</center>
    Leviathan and Its Enemies is a book about power: who has it, how they got it, how they keep it, and whether it can be taken from them.

It’s the Economy

  • Politicon October 2018 CoveragePoliticon October 2018 Coverage
    IFSPP covered POLITICON, a wild and raucous SoCal event that features high-profile players in politics from across the ideological spectrum for unconventional discourse, and we’re pleased to bring you video from panel discussions, spotlight events and interviews conducted in Democracy Village.
  • Do We Want to Win Elections? If So, We Must REPENT & REBUILDDo We Want to Win Elections? If So, We Must REPENT & REBUILD
    Arizona Senator John McCain died this week. Progressives and Democrats have been issuing a series of confusing statements talking about what a Great American McCain was. In embracing his distaste for Donald Trump, they seem to have forgotten his lack of support for all American workers, his willingness to bomb any country on Earth into ...
  • Chemical Abortion Abounds But Still Not Freely EnoughChemical Abortion Abounds But Still Not Freely Enough
    My wife, Sally’s sister, Judith Kahrl, the founder of Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights(GRR!!) had her July 29, 2018 letter published in the Portland Press Herald which reported that over 200 million women worldwide lack access to contraception. These sisters’ father, Clarence Gamble, founded Pathfinder International in 1956, which ever since has been most effective in its efforts to reach ...
  • Policy Watch: Congress Locked in Spending BattlesPolicy Watch: Congress Locked in Spending Battles
    As we leave July behind and move forward into August, we approach the end of Congress’ session for the year. This means that members of Congress are more focused on preparing re-election campaigns than voting on bills, but with legislative backlog mounting in the hundreds, there may be more incentive than usual to get bills passed ...
  • Voter Purges Are A Reality, And What You Can DoVoter Purges Are A Reality, And What You Can Do
    A new report by the Brennan Center shows that millions of registered voters were purged from state registries across the nation, leading to renewed accusations of voter suppression and discrimination. The 1965 Voting Rights Act included numerous provisions to prevent voter discrimination in states that, shall we say, had a history of discriminating by race. States would ...

Globalization/Neoliberalism

  • Defend Diplomacy Support Iran Agreement Rally in Los Angeles CaliforniaDefend Diplomacy Support Iran Agreement Rally in Los Angeles California
    On August 26th some 60 people gathered in front of Congressman Ted Lieu’s office to drop off 2,500 petitions from people in his district and urge him to support the Iran nuclear treaty. In this video you will hear speeches from Ed Asner, Marcy Winograd, Lila Garrett, David Clennon,  Rico Ross, and Joe Cicero. IFSPP was ...