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WHAT IS MISSING FROM THE (PAROCHIAL) PROJECT 2028
The Project 2028 supported by the 50501 People's Movement is excellent as far as it goes, restoring & deepening American democracy, extending the social contract, reining in the plutocracy, and restoring the free press; but it is not as comprehensive, audacious and bold as it needs to be - it falls short of including audacious proposals on two urgent, unavoidable, strategic sets of issues: (1) the international geopolitical & geo-economic questions of peace and just global go

Gonzalo Santos
Jan 23 min read


THE AGGIORNAMENTO OF POPE FRANCIS
When Pope John XXIII launched his epochal Second Vatican Council in 1962, he labelled it an aggiornamento or "updating" of the...

Gonzalo Santos
Apr 26, 2025


Five Readings & Commentaries in Honor of Pope Francis
1) THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: A WORLD-SYSTEM'S PERSPECTIVE April 23, 2025 Most people are unaware that the...

Gonzalo Santos
Apr 23, 2025


WHAT EXPLAINS TRUMP'S RECKLESS TARIFFS & OTHER MADNESS
In a word, the extreme concentration within the financialization phase of global capitalism in the current U.S. post-hegemonic era....

Gonzalo Santos
Apr 17, 2025
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