Dear CCI Friends,

Here is a recent interview with Tulsi Gabbard which we find thought provoking. Please give us your thoughts/opinions on her position.

Center for Citizen Initiatives

Dear CCI friends,

One of our new CCI Board Members, Krishen Mehta, has written an amazing analysis of the rise of the “Global South.” It is rapidly shifting our planet’s power politics. A Multipolar world is replacing the former Unipolar hemisphere in which we in the United States have been the sole lead nation. How will this affect us? Your thoughts will be greatly appreciated by our new CCI Board.

Sharon Tennison
Paula Day
Sylvia Demarest
Pamela Tetarenko
Krishen Mehta

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Dear CCI Friends and Colleagues,

We are bombarded with shocking news from all directions these days. Processing it all is critical. We hope you find the following article by Craig Murray helpful and thought provoking.

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

As we exit this difficult and stressful year we must look ahead with hope for a brighter future. Fortunately, we have many brilliant hearts and minds focused on how we make such a future possible for our world.

The late William Polk had a full and illustrious career studying and helping to steer a wise and just foreign policy for the United States  – including serving on JFK’s three-man crisis management team during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Speaking to graduating students at Bennington College almost fifteen years ago, he articulated an analysis of where we stand in the world that is as precisely accurate today as it was then. (When he speaks of “neoconservatives,” add “neoliberals,” and when he references Afghanistan and Iraq, add Ukraine, and the speech could have been written for 2023 graduates.)

Most importantly, he gave his audience members hope and assurance that they held the power to move our country toward a better future in their hands.

We hope you can take a little time to consider this wise man’s appraisal of our country. And it is our hope for all of us that we can truly take to heart his empowering notion that the future is ours to create.

Happy New Year to You All!

Center for Citizen Initiatives

William Polk: Talk at Bennington College students and faculty on September 15, 2008

Dear CCI Friends,

Please watch this amazing interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrmWpI_s7rc

Jeffrey Sachs and Amy Goodman at Democracy Now! discuss stopping the war in Ukraine. Biden is on saying he is open to negotiating if conditions are reasonable. Please witness this amazing discussion.

Sharon Tennison
Center for Citizen Initiatives