Tom Barry

Who is Tom Barry?

Tom Barry is an American political analyst. As of 2007 he is Senior Policy Analyst and Americas Policy Program Fellow at the advocacy group Center for International Policy.

Barry began his career as a political activist and analyst at Georgetown University in the late 1960s. He worked as an investigative journalist for the Navajo Times in New Mexico, and in 1971 founded an investigative newspaper. In 1979 he co-founded the Interhemispheric Resource Center, and joined CIP in 2007. As senior policy analyst, he participates in assigning, writing, and editing pieces, as well as defining strategic objectives of the Americas Policy Program, and directs The TransBorder Project.