Varieties of Socialism

Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - 11:00am

Cliff DuRand & Joan Roelofs

Young people (and others) today are not afraid of the ‘S’ word. But what does it mean? Is it the New Deal? Or public ownership of the means of production or just an activist government promoting the common welfare? Is it publicly owned facilities? Or is it cooperatives or even communal living? Whatever it is, the billionaire class is afraid of it.

Political scientist Joan Roelofs talks about socialist traditions in Europe and the US. Social philosopher Cliff DuRand discusses 21st century socialism in Latin America.

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Organized by Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Miguel de Allende

Moral Implications of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Days that Will Live in Infamy

Gar Alperovitz

The world was thrust into the nuclear age when the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 killing 135,000 people instantly and another 100,000 later from radiation. Three days later it dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki, extinguishing another 80,000 Japanese lives. At the time it was explained as necessary to... Read more

Monday, August 9, 2021 - 1:00pm

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The First Atomic Bombs: The End of WWII or the Start of the Cold War ?

Gar Alperovitz

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Following on his August 8 talk at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on the moral aspects of the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 76 years ago, Gar Alperovitz will look at the geopolitical implications of that fateful decision. Was it the opening shot in the Cold War, designed to send a message to the Soviet Union?... Read more

Monday, August 16, 2021 - 1:00pm

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FILM & DISCUSSION

Tolantongo Cooperative: A documentary about a successful Eco-resort cooperative in Mexico

directed by Atahualpa Caldera Sosa

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Mexico is living in crisis. The country is exhausted by the corruption and impunity which reaches every corner of society. It is tired of the inequality, the violence, the injustice, and the dispossession. In a small town in the semidesert of Hidalgo, a group of men and women of Ñañú origin are setting an example of rural community development... Read more

Monday, August 30, 2021 - 1:00pm

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Public Banking: Democratizing Finance

Ellen Brown & Walt McRee

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So much of our economic life is controlled by banks -- private banks. When we need money we go to them for loans. And they charge us high interest. When our local governments collect taxes, they deposit the money in private banks, who then use it for loans or even speculate with it for their profit. But what if we the people controlled the... Read more

Monday, September 13, 2021 - 1:00pm

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20th Anniversary of 9/11

Medea Benjamin & Vijay Prashad

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On September 11, 2001 the world changed with the attack on the World Trade Center towers. Now on the 20th anniversary of that fateful day, Vijay Prashad and Medea Benjamin discuss the international and domestic consequences of that fateful day. It immediately led to the War on Terror and the further militarization of the imperial role of the... Read more

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Monday, September 20, 2021 - 1:00pm

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Militarism & the US Role in a Transformed World

Andrew Bacevich

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As the U.S. completes its military withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years, we would do well to remember that our country has not won a war since 1945, even though we have been fighting somewhere or another almost every year since. Except for a couple small excursions, every conflict has ended in stalemate or defeat. This is in spite of... Read more

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