Chomsky,
Roy Shred Bush and Co.
Two minds – a North American and a South Asian –
combined to serve an intellectual treat to the thousands of
charged activists who had packed the cavernous Gigantinho stadium
Sunday.
Future
of the WSF - Smaller Is Better
The third edition of the World Social Forum represents an
important moment in the movement's history, whether for the
multitude of participants, the decision to hold the next meeting
on another continent, or for the institutionalisation of the
parallel forums accompanying it.
Futuro
del FSM - Menor
es mejor
La tercera edición del Foro Social Mundial representa
ciertamente un momento importante de su historia, por el alto
número de participantes, por la decisión de
tener la próxima reunión en otro continente,
por la institucionalización de los foros que lo acompañan.
Social
Entrepreneurs
Leaders for the 21st Century
Thirty-three years ago, I founded the World Economic Forum
with the purpose of building a global community of business
leaders that search for joint solutions to challenges at the
macroeconomic and geopolitical level. As the Forum evolved
over the years, we invited political and academic leaders
as well as representatives from the media to contribute to
our discussions and widen our perspectives.
Marina
Silva: A exceção que quer ser regra
A ministra de Meio Ambiente, Marina Silva, reconhece ser uma
exceção. Mas acha que chegou onde está
pelas oportunidades que teve, não apenas pela capacidade.
Imprensa, um poder
decadente.
A imprensa já foi considerada o quarto poder. No entanto,
os grandes grupos de comunicação não
podem mais ser considerados aliados da sociedade, uma vez
que aderiram ao sistema neoliberal. “Não se trata
mais de oferecer informações aos cidadãos,
mas de vender cidadãos aos anunciantes”, disse
o jornalista Ignácio Ramonet aos mais de 500 atentos
espectadores do seminário Observatório Internacional
de Mídia. O interesse sobre o tema foi tão grande
que os organizadores tiveram de mudar o seminário para
um anfiteatro mais amplo.
Globalización
agrícola arruina al tercer mundo
Hay dos modelos que están rivalizando por marcar
el futuro de la agricultura en el mundo. Uno está
basado en la producción industrial a gran escala
que utiliza costosas semillas híbridas modificadas
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Countries Fail
to Make ICC a Priority
Despite the many benefits the International Criminal Court
(ICC) can provide for the development of international law
and the democratisation of relationships between big and small
countries, its application worldwide is being hamstrung because
of US pressure and reluctant governments.
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Greenpeace
declara guerra ao nuclear
A organização ambientalista Greenpeace lançou
ontem em Porto Alegre uma campanha contra a construção
das usinas nucleares de Angra 3 no Brasil e de Atucha
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To
Reform UN, Get Folk Involved
The WSF as the UN’s Second Chamber?
If you want to change the world, start with the United Nations.
And to change the world body, maybe what is needed is a second
chamber of elected representatives from each country.
Annan
Calls for Engagement
When humankind is better equipped than ever to tackle the
plight of the poor, the spread of AIDS, the destruction of
the environment, inequality and barriers to a fair trade,
those issues may “fall victim to short attention spans
or narrow notions of national interest,” United Nations
Secretary General, Kofi Annan said in a message to the Forum
yesterday.
Fernando
Solanas contra los demonios
Pasaron más de diez años desde el estreno
de “Tango, el exilio del Gardel”, un clásico
del nuevo cine latinoaméricano. Pero la película,
del cineasta argentino Fernando Solanas, sigue siendo
poco conocida, aún en América Latina. |
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A ONU sob fogo
cruzado
Se a ONU quer ter algum papel no futuro, não pode aprovar
essa guerra dos Estados Unidos contra o Iraque, advertiu Vittorio
Agnoletto, coordenador do Forum Social da Italia, durante
a última Mesa de Diálogo e Controvérsias
deste III FSM, segunda-feira no Gigantinho.
Point
- Counterpoint
On the Tobin Tax
Michel Ogrizek <========> Bernard Cassen
Feb. 15 is D- (Demonstration)
Day
The Global Resistance Movement has designated Feb. 15 as the
day for another round of worldwide demonstrations against
the war on Iraq.
Creditors Failing
the World’s Poor: Jubilee
Two years after the millennium deadline set by Jubilee 2000,
the campaign founders are accusing creditors of reneging on
their commitment to cancel the debts of the world's poorest
nations.
Nepal's
Dilemma
Nepal is a classic case of neoliberal economic policies playing
havoc with the social fabric of a poor developing country,
says the Nepali delegation to the WSF, arguing that it is
only worsening the vicious circle that is manifest in the
conflict between the government and a Maoist group.
Quote - Unquote
Sebastião Salgado, Roberto Savio, Susan George, Hugo
Chávez, José María Figueres, Ignácio
Saiz, Eveline Hertkens, Ann Pettifor, Martin Khor, Luiz Inácio
da Silva, Percy Schmeiser, Eliezer Pachero, Supachai Panitchpakdi,
Mário Soares, João Pedro Stedile, Sherif Herata,
Open Markets or
Open Plunder?
Once upon a time, empires were built through direct conquest.
Armies plundered their way across continents, claiming lands
and resources for king and country, justifying their acts
as ''bringing the light of civilisation to the savages of
dark continents''.
Davos Club Snubs
Africa
Africa-NEPAD
With only a handful of African officials attending and
no African issues on the agenda, the World Economic Forum
appears to be ignoring 13 percent of the world's population.
Powell,
Saddam, and the Future of the Iraqi People and Oil
Amidst rumours that the Davos Forum is introducing Iraqi opposition
leaders to corporate executives for some kind of secret oil
deal, the US plans for war to go ahead regardless of European
resistance, saying it has contingency plans for a possible
Iraqui humanitarian crisis.
RIGHTING GLOBAL
WRONGS
Complacency is No Virtue
A sigh of relief as this year’s pilgrimage comes to
an end. Full of inspiration and hope many hail the WSF process
as a "victory of the people". But complacency is
no virtue.
Polémica
- El balde de agua fría
Varias mujeres que participan en el Foro Social Mundial cuestionaron
las opiniones de Srilata Swaminathan, feminista india que
habló en el panel sobre “Hombres y mujeres: ¿Cómo
implementar un cambio real?”.
NGOs the UN’s
Sweatshop?
Pat Mooney was blunt in his summation of what ails civil society.
It is a victim of the Stockholm Syndrome, he said.
It’s All
in the Numbers
In spite of the restrictive policies on the accumulation and
storage of data in many countries of the Middle East, more
Arab nations contributed to this year’s Social Summit
report than last year’s.
WSF
Can Nourish ILO Commission
The international community needs to follow the questions
being raised at the WSF to nourish its work, says Aminata
Traore, an author and member of the International Labour Organisation’s
(ILO) World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation.
Será possíver
ter uma idéia do que se discutiu no Forum
Não se desesperem aqueles que querem ter uma visão
geral, ainda que vaga e tardia, das questões debatidas
neste terceiro Forum Social Mundial. Duas iniciativas articuladas
estão mapeando a avalancha de idéias expostas
nos quatro últimos dias em Porto Alegre.
Trabajo
infantil no cabe en el otro mundo
La construcción de otro mundo supone erradicar el trabajo
infantil. Actualmente uno de cada seis niños y adolescentes
de 5 a 17 años trabajan en el mundo, según la
Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT). Son 246
millones, de los cuales 180 millones en condiciones insalubres
y peligrosas.
S
N I P P E T S
Babel
Lost in Porto Alegre?
Red is beautiful
Demonstrations galore
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