The late IPS co-founder consistently connected the dots between America’s military adventures overseas and economic and racial injustice at home.
RIP Marc Raskin, Who Connected the Dots Between Inequality and War
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Marcus Raskin: Nuclear Watchdog
One of the few arms-control voices in the Kennedy administration, Marcus Raskin viewed civil defense as provocative to the Soviet Union.
How the Institute for Policy Studies Helped Release the Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers, top secret Defense Department documents that were leaked during the Vietnam War, are finally declassified. The documents shocked the U.S. public at the time of their release 40 years ago, and helped end the Vietnam War. Just like today’s WikiLeaks revelations, the Pentagon Papers helped to wake people up to the falsehoods and atrocities of our overseas wars. This is the story of how Marcus Raskin, co-founder of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), and others played a key role in the release of the Pentagon Papers.