The Center for Global Justice
Research/Learning for a Better World & Empowering a Solidarity Economy

That Was the Year That Was

Monday, January 9, 2023 - 1:00pm
CST
Margaret Flowers, Jerry Harris, Ajowa Ifateyo & Arturo Yarish

Yes, 2022 was quite a year. And we have an informed panel to assess what happened and where 2023 might take us. Margaret Flowers is an activist who directs the Popular Resistance website (https://popularresistance.org/). Ajowa Ifateyo is a staunch advocate of cooperatives who produces the Grassroots Economic Organizing newsletter (https://geo.coop/), Jerry Harris heads up the Global Studies Association, and Arturo Yarish is a retired history teacher who lives now in Mexico. They offer a variety of perspectives on the contemporary scene.

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UPCOMING TOURS

June 15, 2025 to June 25, 2025
Visit Cuba with the Center for Global Justice
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
Visit Morelia & Patzcuaro with the Center for Global Justice

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, February 17, 2025 - 1:00pm
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Donald Trump & Manifest Destiny
Joe Belden
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Manifest destiny was the belief that westward expansion of the US from 13 Atlantic colonies to the Pacific was natural, predetermined, and even divinely ordained. But were Indians, Mexicans, and the buffalo just in the way? This lecture will briefly examine and discuss such events as our expulsion and removal of Indian tribes; the US... Read more

Monday, February 17, 2025 - 4:30pm
CST
Where Can We Live in Peace?
Multi-Award-Winning Film Screening
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Location: Hotel Posada de la Aldea, Ancha de San Antonio #15, SMA

ABBA House, founded by Pastor Ignacio Ramirez and located in Celaya, Mexico, is a safe waystation for some of the tens of thousands of migrants who are fleeing violence, crime, climate change, sanctions and corruption in Central America. Now, due to Trump's freezing of USAID's indirect funding, the project is now in crisis and Padre Inacio's... Read more

Monday, March 3, 2025 - 1:00pm
CST
Analyzing Syria's Transition in the Aftermath of the Asad Regime Collapse
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
CST
A Conversation about New International Realities: The Rise of the Global South
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