United States Foreign Policy and the 2020 Elections: Anti-Imperialist Struggles in the Years Ahead

Monday, October 19, 2020 - 1:00pm

CDT

Harry Targ

Political Scientist Harry Targ will talk about the continuities in the US imperial agenda and the variations in policy in the Trump years. Of greatest importance will be upping the anti-imperial agenda if Trump is reelected or if we will be embarking on a Biden foreign policy. Either way it will be crucial to build a strong peace movement.

Harry Targ is a Purdue University professor and long time political activist.

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 12:00pm

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César Fierro has just become a free man, and he needs to rebuild his life after being wrongly sentenced to death in Texas. César spent 40 years in prison before being released... Read more

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 1:30pm

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How the West Was Stolen: The U.S.-Mexican War of 1846-48

Joe Belden

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La Biblioteca, Sala Quezal, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende

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