Talking Points

Iran Elections Resources

2009-06-15T16:20:00.000-07:00

U.S. Government Documents Trend of Severe Human Rights Abuse Against LGBT People"Top Ten" list of countries where the U.S. should do moreFebruary 2009(FROM THE COUNCIL FOR GLOBAL EQUALITY)On February 25, 2009, the State Department released a report to Congress that examines the human rights record of every country around the world. In terms similar

U.S. in Africa: Fanning the Flames or Putting Out the Fire?

2009-02-19T11:29:00.000-08:00

87% of Sub-Saharan Africans make less than $2/day. 30-40% unemployment rates in many countries.The global food crisis has hit Africa hard and is deepening many conflictsPoverty in Africa must be addressed in order to address conflict and security.SudanThe International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on 10 counts including war crimes, crimes

Global Gag Rule Rescinded!

2009-01-23T14:53:00.000-08:00

Below are articles by our featured guests and other web resources for more information on the Global Gag Rule and today's Executive Order signed by President Obama which rescinded the rule. Mexico City Policy WikiPopulation Action International’s Fact Sheet: “How the Global Gag Rule Undermines U.S. Foreign Policy & Harms Women’s Health” “Bush, Our Ex-Boyfriend” (by Cristina Page, 1/18/09,

Between a Rock and a Hard Place in Gaza

2009-01-08T13:08:00.001-08:00

Historical Background of Israel/Palestine and the current Gaza Attacks 1922: After the Ottoman Empire is defeated in Word War I, the League of Nations confirms British mandates over Iraq and Palestine, and a French mandate over Syria and Lebanon. Transjordan is separated from the Palestine Mandate and becomes an autonomous kingdom. 1936: Palestinian Arabs demand a halt to Jewish immigration and

Life, Liberty and Security of Person

2008-12-08T10:57:00.000-08:00

60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights About the Universal Declaration of Human RightsThe Declaration was drafted by Eleanor Roosevelt and others after World War II and was adopted by the United Nations on December 10th, 1948.The Declaration has 30 Articles that spell out human rights, including Article 3 which states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and

Women's Reproductive Health in 2008 Election

2008-10-10T13:12:00.000-07:00

Individual Life Decisions and Reproductive Health Questions about Reproductive Health for candidates: Do you support couples having access to safe and effective birth control options, including emergency contraception?Do you agree that for women to achieve equality, they must have access to family planning services, including birth control and contraception?Do you

Talking Points: Population

2008-09-18T14:29:00.001-07:00

The Numbers: Approximately 350,000 people are born each day and 150,000 die each day, resulting in about 200,000 additional humans on the planet each day. There are currently more than 6.7 billion people on earth, but the United Nations projects that world population will exceed 9.2 billion by 2050. The agency points out that the increase alone is equivalent to the total size of the world

Talking Points: Population

2008-09-18T14:29:00.000-07:00

Fixing Our Broken Energy Policy

2008-08-14T14:58:00.001-07:00

THE PROBLEM Americans are hurting because of the high cost of gas. But drilling for lower gas prices is a fraud. It’s a fake solution, and a scam being sold to the American public desperate for relief. More drilling is the one thing we could do that is guaranteed to keep prices high.

2008-08-14T14:58:00.000-07:00

Talking Points: Olympolitics 2008 - Beijing

2008-08-07T13:23:00.000-07:00

Democracy in China? The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) survived pro-democracy movement in 1989 and has been in power in China for over 50 years. It is the world’s largest political party with more than 70 million members, but that figure represents only 5.5% of the Chinese population. Some feel prospects have never been better for democracy in China. There were 87,000 protests in China

Talking Points: Afghanistan and Pakistan

2008-07-23T12:20:00.000-07:00

AFGHANISTAN Violence is increasing in Afghanistan: - There were 0 suicide bombings in Afghanistan between 1983 and 2001. There were 160 in 2007, a steady increase - There were 1,931 roadside bombings in 2006 and 2,615 in 2007 The Taliban is gaining strength: -

Recapture the Flag!

2008-07-08T15:18:00.000-07:00

Recapture the Flag Talking Points What is this campaign about? This campaign is about restoring public faith in the core values of American democracy – freedom from tyranny, respect for individual liberty and human rights, and government based on the rule of law. “Recapture the Flag” is a forward looking campaign to stake out the principles that expect the next president and Congress to

Talking Points: Lessons From Iraq

2008-07-02T15:47:00.000-07:00

IMPORTANT LESSONS FROM IRAQ: Preventive war. In place of the idea that wars should be started only as a last resort, our current national security doctrine is based on the theory that they should be fought to prevent future enemies from developing. They are the means to create the conditions of peace. Our Iraq experience has been the test case for this theory. We know now how well it has

Drilling Ourselves into a Hole

2008-06-24T11:18:00.000-07:00

TALKING POINTS: Drilling Ourselves into a Hole Oily Lingo: “Peak Oil” - Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum production is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline. If global consumption is not mitigated before the peak, a world energy crisis may develop because the availability of conventional oil will drop and prices will rise,

Talking Points: Iran, Can We Talk?

2008-06-06T14:51:00.000-07:00

EVENTS: Time to Talk to Iran, June 10th, 2008 As rhetoric continues to escalate and tensions mount between the U.S. and Iran, the transpartisan Campaign for a New American Policy on Iran will hold an event on Capitol Hill to underscore the need for new, responsible and effective U.S. policies and leadership to reduce the likelihood of a conflict that would have disastrous consequences.

Talking Points: Turning Off Code Red

2008-05-13T14:46:00.000-07:00

COMPLEX TRANSFORMATION The Department of Energy recently proposed a plan that would dramatically increase the U.S.’s ability to produce new nuclear weapons, called “Complex Transformation” What will be the environmental impacts of resumption of testing nuclear warheads? What will the global security impacts of the U.S. building more nuclear weapons and testing them be?