A Conversation about New International Realities: The Rise of the Global South

Monday, March 17, 2025 - 1:00pm
CST
Harry Targ

Behind the turmoil of the Ukraine and Israeli wars, tensions between the United States and China, African contestation over neo-colonial political, economic, and military influence, and US meddling in the politics of Latin America, there are fundamental forces in play that seek to rearrange and change the architectures of global social relations. Simply put: the world, especially the Global South, has had enough of Western oppressive systems and their imperial thrust.

New institutions and solidarities, beyond the control and wishes of the West, are emerging in the Global South. These involve changing patterns of trade, finance, uses of national currencies in place of the dollar and Euro, and new expansive trade corridors and routes. This conversation will raise the proposition that we are living through a fundamental transformation of international relations, particularly the rise of the Global South. Comments and discussion will address where Mexico fits in this process.

Harry Targ taught foreign policy, US/Latin American relations, international political economy, and topics on labor studies in a Department of Political Science and a program in Peace Studies at Purdue University. He is a member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS), His recent co-authored book, "From Upton Sinclair's 'Goose Step' to the Neoliberal University: Essays in the Transformation of Higher Education," can be ordered at http://stores.lulu.com/changemaker. 

He be reached at targ@purdue.edu

Targ blogs at http://www.heartlandradical.blogspot.com/ 

He has participated in Center for Global Justice activities such as Radical Philosophy Association Cuba trips, the  CGJ conference on globalization, and prior online presentations.

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