Where Do We Go From Here?

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 - 6:00pm

Betsy Bowman, Cliff DuRand & Steve Gloss

The liberal political order is collapsing worldwide. Discredited neoliberal economics is resurgent. Inequality widens as a matter of public policy. Nuclear boat diplomacy threatens us all. Climate catastrophe looms. There is great anxiety as the US enters the second year of the Trump presidency. Anxiety … and outrage. Our panel discusses the present conjuncture and the possibilities that it contains. Is this the worst of times? Or might it open the way to the best of times?

Available texts:

Betsy Bowman - The Current Historical Conjuncture: Socialism or Barbarism?

Steve Gloss - Our Journey

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 3, 2025 - 1:00pm

CST

Mexico's 4th Transformation

José Alfredo Gutiérrez Falcón

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While much of the world is shifting to the right, Mexico is moving in a progressive direction. In 2018, the electoral victory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA party) initiated "The Fourth Transformation" which is working, against entrenched opposition,... Read more

Monday, February 17, 2025 - 1:00pm

CST

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