Moving Beyond Capitalism: Declaring Independence from Wall Street

Jul 6th, 2016 11:00 am

Talk

60 Pesos

Betsy Bowman, Cliff DuRand & Others TBA

Location

Sala Quetzal
La Biblioteca Publica, Rejoj 50A, Centro
San Miguel de Allende, GUA 37700
Mexico

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Moving Beyond Capitalism: Declaring Independence from Wall Street