Moving Beyond Capitalism: Declaring Independence from Wall Street

Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 11:00am
Cliff DuRand, Betsy Bowman

This panel looks at concrete ways we can and actually are Moving Beyond Capitalism. With the long decline in US manufacturing and the 2008 financial crisis, millions have been thrown out of work and many lost their homes. On this, the 240th anniversary of independence from England, is it time to now declare independence from Wall Street banks and greedy corporations? The revolt against the political establishment this campaign season suggests many USians are looking for new ways forward.

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Monday, August 11, 2025 - 1:30pm
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Vijay Prashad
Location:
La Biblioteca, Sala Quezal

We surely live in interesting times--from the deepening of U.S.-led militarism to existential ecological and economic crises to shifts in the world order ranging from a significant decline of the Global North along with the rise of the East and Global South. Vijay Prashad, executive director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social... Read more