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 Events

Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 3:00pm

CST

Viva Palestina 2025

Location:

1º de Mayo #58, Colonia Aurora, San Miguel de Allende

In October 2024, we had our first artistic and cultural project to continue speaking about Palestine and to raise our voices in favor of the liberation of the Palestinian people and against the genocide being committed in Palestine.

Monday, October 13, 2025 - 1:30pm

CST

Film Screening

Sound Track to a Coup d' Etat

Followed by discussion with Brad Rockwell

Location:

La Biblioteca, Teatro Santa Ana, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende

2025 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary

Remarkable largely unknown footage of a dramatic turning point in world history covering events over three continents concerning a tragic coup in the Congo. Featuring: Maya Angelou, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy... Read more

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 12:00pm

CST

Organized by The Reentry Resource Program

"The Freedom of Fierro" Documentary Discussion

You are invited to join a discussion with filmmaker Santiago Esteinou and Cesar Fierro about the new documentaryThe Freedom of Fierro.

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

CST

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

Joe Belden

Location:

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

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This mostly forgotten war led to Mexico losing over half its territory and the United States expanding to the Pacific. The lecture examines the political and economic background of the conflict, what led to it, and the roles of such factors as Texas annexation in 1845, slavery, racism, the Democratic and Whig parties, and Manifest... Read more