Talk: 2021 Retrospective : That Was the Year That Was Jeff FauCenter [] Global Justice
Event Category: All Events, Learning/Education, and Presentations/Discussions
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Monday, January 10, 20221:00pm CST – 2:00pm EST
Jeff Faux, Doug Henwood, Cynthia Kaufman & Peter Kuznick
The Center for Global Justice has assembled a panel to assess the year 2021. A historian, two economists and an activist/philosopher will look at the year just passed. Peter Kuznick, Doug Henwood, Jeff Faux and Cynthia Kaufman all agree this has been a year with multiple crises. The pandemic that just won’t let up, growing climate collapse, continuing racism, worsening U.S. relationship with both Russia and China, deep economic problems, massive refugee migrations, widening inequalities both within and between societies, and a dysfunctional political system that is unable to deal with any of the above — all of that has contributed to a mood of despair. Who wants to bring a child into such a world in disarray? Consequently, birth rates are declining. Despair is also reflected in the rising suicide rate and opioid addiction.
We are at one of those rare times in history when the old structures can no longer perform the functions they were designed for and where the new structures have not come into being. If we are in an interregnum, it is not clear what might lie beyond it. Perhaps, this is the end time for humanity.
What we do The Center engages in local community support and outreach to promote and advance initiatives and movements toward social justice, grassroots empowerment and democracy, and environmental sustainability. It is also devoted to critical analysis of the processes and impacts of globalization, both local and international. The Center works to develop alternative socio-economic systems that conserve and share the world’s cultural, economic, and environmental resources for the benefit of humankind.
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