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Augmenting the Left


May 27, 2017


The election of Donald Trump is only the most recent example of a discernible global turn to the Right. This victory follows by mere months a Right-oriented vote for Brexit in the UK and is simultaneous with the growing popularity of the Far Right throughout Western Europe. These - when set against the continued rule of Modi in India, the rise of Duarte in the Philippines, and Putin's consolidation of power in Russia - portend, at the very least, a reconfiguration of the social forces and political coalitions linked to an increasingly xenophobic and nationalistic politics of what some consider a post-globalization era. This turn comes at a particularly problematic time, as people around the world face deepening environmental, economic, and social crises - with the turn itself perhaps being part of a crisis of political legitimacy currently affecting long established liberal democraticinstitutions, (such as the media and regional and global organizations) and norms anchored in human rights (such as those bearing on sexuality or migrant status).

Time: 9:15AM - 6:00PM
Venue: OCAD University, Rm 190
Location: 100 McCaul Street Toronto, ON
Website: http://criticaltransformation.blog.yorku.ca
For information contact: Robert Latham - rlatham1@yorku.ca
Categories: Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

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