es ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁rights ▁movement ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁elsewhere ▁in ▁the ▁Amer icas . ▁The ▁award ▁recip ients ▁receive ▁the ▁Let el ier - M off itt ▁Human ▁Rights ▁Award . ▁ ▁The ▁Trans n ational ▁Institute , ▁an ▁international ▁progress ive ▁think ▁tank ▁based ▁in ▁Amsterdam , ▁was ▁originally ▁established ▁as ▁the ▁IP S ' s ▁international ▁program , ▁although ▁it ▁became ▁independent ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁ ▁In ▁its ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁mult in ational ▁corpor ations , ▁it ▁was ▁also ▁an ▁early ▁critic ▁of ▁what ▁has ▁come ▁to ▁be ▁called ▁global ization . ▁Richard ▁Bar net ' s ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁exam ination ▁of ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁mult in ational ▁corpor ations , ▁Global ▁Re ach ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁books ▁on ▁the ▁subject . ▁▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁IP S ▁became ▁heavily ▁involved ▁in ▁supporting ▁the ▁movement ▁against ▁U . S . ▁inter vention ▁in ▁Central ▁America . ▁IP S ▁Director ▁Robert ▁Bor os age ▁and ▁other ▁staff ▁helped ▁draft ▁Ch anging ▁Cour se : ▁Blue print ▁for ▁Peace ▁in ▁Central ▁America ▁and ▁the ▁Car ib bean , ▁which ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁hundreds ▁of ▁schools , ▁labor ▁un ions , ▁churches , ▁and ▁citiz en ▁organizations ▁as ▁a ▁challenge ▁to ▁U . S . ▁policy ▁in ▁the ▁region . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁Fellow ▁Roger ▁Wil kins ▁helped ▁found ▁the ▁Free ▁South ▁Africa