AMLO's Fourth Transformation of Mexico

Monday, March 27, 2023 - 1:00pm
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John Ackerman

John M. Ackerman is the Director of the Research Program on Democracy, Justice and Society at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is a Professor at the Institute for Legal Research of the UNAM and has published numerous books and scholarly articles in English and Spanish on the Mexican political system. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Mexican Law Review, Vice-President of the International Association of Administrative Law and has served as a Visiting Scholar at American University in Washington, D.C and at Sorbonne (Paris III) and Sciences Po in Paris, France.  He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz as well as a Ph.D. in Law from UNAM and a B.A. in Philosophy from Swarthmore College. He hosts the weekly news analysis shows “Democratic dialogues” on TV UNAM and writes frequently on Latin American politics for the international press, including Los Angeles Times, Le Monde Diplomatique, Suddeutsche Zeitung, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, The Nation, RT and The Atlantic.

Upcoming Tours

Jan 26, 2025
- Feb 2, 2025
Visit Cuba with the Center for Global Justice We would like to invite you to join us in an exciting visit to Cuba--a country committed to building socialism. Learn about Cuba’s public goods such as free health care and education, how Cuba dealt with the pandemic, its collective production in agricultural and urban cooperatives and much more... Read more

Upcoming Forums & Films

Monday, July 29, 2024 - 1:00pm
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Arturo Santamaria Gómez
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Everyday life in the San Miguel "bubble" is worlds away from that in Sinaloa, where cartel activity is a normal presence in the every fiber of politics, commerce and everyday life. Its perception within Sinaloa comes at least as much from ambient backdrop as through efforts in the media to pierce the curtain. Not many writers take on  that... Read more

Monday, August 5, 2024 - 1:00pm
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Book Party
Cynthia Yoder
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Cynthia Yoder's memoir tells her story of working in a new university in Palestine during a time of political strife and upheaval. She describes the joys of life in Palestine against the backdrop of military occupation and the second intifada, which began soon after she arrived in 2000. Rather than give political analysis, the book... Read more

Monday, August 12, 2024 - 1:00pm
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Vijay Prashad
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Each year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) releases its World Migration Report.  In 2000, it wrote that “it is estimated that there are more migrants in the world than ever before.” Between 1985 and 1990, the IOM calculated, that the rate... Read more