Issues

Issue Committee

The Issue Committee selects and researches issues and presents the results of their work to the Board of Directors.  An issue may be further developed into a PRT presentation and/or become the topic of a major forum.  Participating in the work of the Issues Committee is an excellent way for individuals new to TMI to become more familiar with the organization and to make a contribution to the development of issues and TMI programs.  The Issues Committee has recently re-grouped and current members include Midge Miller (chair), Paul Beckett, Bonnie Block, Lee Brown, Joe Elder, Gene Farley, Hathaway Hassler, David Slaughterbach, Sheila Spear, Eleyene Steeves, Connie Threinen, Wanda Williamson, and Arthur Woertzel.

Materials from TMI Studies and Events

Issue

Available Materials

Protecting our Democracy

Abuse of Executive Power (Tape and CD of lectures, 2006)

Health Care Financing

The Health Care Financing Issue in America (Articles, 2002)

Privatizing Our Health Care, (Tape of talk, 1999)

Social Security

Keep Pay-As-You-Go Funding (Articles, 2002 and earlier)

Privatizing Social Security (Tape of talk, 1999)

Budget and Tax Policy

Underfunding: A Threat to Our Civil Society (Tape of symposium, 2002)

Tax Reform:  Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire? (Tape of symposium, 1998)

Campaign Finance Reform

A Citizen's Panel for a Clean Elections Option, (Report, 1997)

Sustainable Development

Forging a New Economics (Overview of conference, 1991)

Privatization

Can Private Interests Serve the Public Good? (Tape of symposium talks and summaries, 1999)

Corporate Power

Crony Capitalism - Global and American Style (Tape of talk, 2002)

Corporate Power, Citizen Power:  Striking A Balance (Tapes of forum series, 1998)

U.S. Foreign & Military Policy

Gulliver in Lilliput (Tape and CD of lecture, 2005)

Superpower Syndrome (Tape of lecture, 2004)

Will U.S. Dominance Bring Security? (Tape of two talks, 2003)

Bush's Missile Defense:  Will It Make Us More Secure? (Tape of lectures and summary, 2001)

Masculinity and Other War Zones:  An Analysis of the Dynamics of Terrorism in the Wake of Sept. 11 (Tape of talk, 2001)

Corporate Influence in U.S. Military and Foreign Policy (Tape of talk, 1999)

Progressive Politics

Rewind and Fast Forward (Tape of symposium, 1999)

The Media in a Democratic Society

Alternative Media & Democracy (Tape of talks, 2002

The Media and Democracy (Tape of talk, 2000)

Corporate Power and the Media (Tape of talk, 1998)

Corporate Power and Propaganda (Tape of talk, 1998)