Globalization & Its Discontents

Thursday, January 19, 2017 - 11:00am
Gregory Diamant, Cliff DuRand & Joan Roelofs

Four decades of corporate-led neoliberal globalization facilitated by Democratic and Republican elites alike that have undermined the American Dream for so many working people, finally blew back on them in last year’s presidential election. An anger with the political establishment that had been building for years finally found a voice in a demagogue that focused it against immigrants and refugees rather than the 1% who had caused their pain. Indeed, a worldwide “populist” revolt against neoliberalism is building.

Cliff DuRand, a founder of the Center for Global Justice, activist Gregory Diamant and political scientist Joan Roelofs examine this political earthquake and the challenges we now face as a result. What is neoliberalism and how have its policies impacted ordinary people? Why is there so little trust in the institutions of society? Why do so many feel disempowered in what claims to be a democratic society? And what can we, the people, do about all this? We live in challenging times. Are we the people up to this challenge?

You can read the presentation by Cliff DuRand here, Joan Roelofs here, and Gregory Diamant here.

UPCOMING TOURS

June 15, 2025 to June 25, 2025
Join us in an exciting visit to Cuba--a country committed to building socialism. We will learn about Cuba’s stunning accomplishments such as free health care and education, its collective production in agricultural and urban cooperatives, We will dialogue with leading thinkers about their visions... Read more
March 3, 2025 to March 7, 2025

We will depart from San Miguel early in the morning to Patzcuaro, where we will spend three days. We will visit the most important buildings and churches in Patzcuaro and also visit a number of nearby indigenous villages:

Upcoming Forums & Films

Monday, March 3, 2025 - 1:00pm
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Omar S. Dahi
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Omar S. Dahi is Professor of Economics at Hampshire College and Founding Director of Security in Context, a research network on peace, conflict, and global affairs. He was born and raised in Syria and currently lives with his wife and two children in Amherst. Dahi has served as a lead expert on the United Nations Economic and Social... Read more

Monday, March 17, 2025 - 1:00pm
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Harry Targ
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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... Read more