Mario
Soares
'War may spark a great crisis of capitalism'
The world sits on the edge of the abyss for two reasons: the
war Washington is threatening against Iraq and the economic
recession that is a symptom of the crisis of capitalism, says
Mario Soares, European MP and former Portuguese president.
Mário
Soares
A guerra pode precipitar a grande crise do capitalismo
O mundo está diante do abismo por duas razões,
a guerra que Washington ameaça levar ao Iraque e a
recessão econômica que prenuncia uma crise do
capitalismo, advertiu o eurodeputado e ex-presidente português
Mário Soares.
ICC a Pesky Itch
under US Warhorse's Saddle
Never before has an NGO got so far in influencing international
law. And now, the Coalition for the International Criminal
Court (CICC) is in Porto Alegre to get civil society's support
"so we can go to countries like Japan or the United States"
and put some pressure on them to ratify the Rome Statute,
William Pace, governor at the CICC, told TerraViva.
Unions
Speak
Wanted: Role in Globalisation
The global economy needs enforceable rules and procedures,
because left to its own devices the market is not going to
produce optimal results for its people, says Guy Ryder, general-secretary
of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU).
Chuva e lama no
caminho dos trabalhadores
O portal sindical montado pela CUT (Central Única dos
Trabalhadores) em Porto Alegre, para o Fórum Social
Mundial, mostrou-se um cenário fiel do ambiente enfrentado
por trabalhadores rurais.
Cancun Will Not
be a Party for the Free Traders
Cancun, that resort city on Mexico’s Caribbean coast,
has been put on notice: expect rough times in September, when
the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) ministerial meeting kicks
off.
Chávez:
El FSM es el hecho político más importante del
mundo
Medio día de gloria
Para el presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, ayer fue
"un día maravilloso".
El mismo lo dijo, contento, ante más de dos mil personas
que desbordaron el anfiteatro de la Asamblea Legislativa de
Porto Alegre para verlo en carne y hueso. Al menos por unas
horas quedaron atrás el paro y las movilizaciones de
la oposición, las dificultades con la producción
de petróleo y la economía semiparalizada por
dos meses de boicot de empresarios y algunos sectores sindicales.
Point
- Counterpoint
On Globalisation
Michel Ogrizek <========> Rigoberta
Menchú
Whose Black?
Brazil’s Amazing Skin-Shedding Trick
Being white means not being black right? Not in Brazil.
Here you can be white if you are rich, like soccer icon Pele.
You can be black if you are white and poor. To be more precise,
you can also call yourself a“little bit black or a little
bit white“, depending on how deep your skin is hued.
U.S. Anti-War Movement
– PRESENT!
More Americans became casualties in the Gulf War than in the
Vietnam War or in World War II. True or False?
Mayor Zaragoza
arremete contra la burocracia internacional
El científico español Federico Mayor Zaragoza,
que dirigió la Unesco entre 1987 y 1999, participa
del Foro Social Mundial en su condición de integrante
del consejo internacional, y también como promotor
de una campaña para una reforma profunda del sistema
de instituciones internacionales.
Institucionalización
¿Vertical u horizontal?
Oded Grajew sólo se puso en contacto con siete organizaciones.
En ellas estaban sus amigos, las personas que conocía
y que, de antemano, sabía que eran “capaces de
convivir”.
Igualdad
Los hombres no son el problema
Fue como si hubiera tirado un cubo de agua fría sobre
el auditorio. “Y eso que traté de ser gentil”,
dijo a Terraviva Srilata Swaminathan cuando empezaban los
debates del panel sobre “Hombres y Mujeres: ¿Cómo
implementar un cambio real?”.
Movimientos campesinos
Contra la globalización en la agricultura
Fue un aplauso largo y casi unánime. El nuevo ministro
brasileño para el Desarrollo Agropecuario, Miguel Rossetto,
acababa de terminar su intervención en la clausura
de la Primera Asamblea Mundial Campesina, durante la cual
aseguró ante activistas sociales de todo el mundo que
el gobierno de Lula respetará el mandato popular de
impulsar una reforma agraria democratizadora de la propiedad
y de la vida en el campo, y que lo hará en estrecho
diálogo con el movimiento campesino.
Medios de comunicacion
Una prensa alternativa es posible
La prensa, sometida a un proceso de concentración monopólica
sirve los intereses de la economía liberal y de las
elites privilegiadas, pero los medios alternativos independientes
surgen como una fuerza esperanzadora, se afirmó en
el panel sobre “Los medios de comunicación, cultura
y alternativas a la mercantilización y a la homogeneización”.
Los medios actúan como voceros neoliberales, y constituyen
“el principal vector ideológico del liberalismo”,
definió Bernard Cassen, de ATTAC-Francia, que actuó
como facilitador en el debate.
Powerful without
Power?
The first Porto Alegre in 2001 dealt mainly with analysing
the world situation, the second in 2002 stressed proposals
for changing that situation and the third, right now, is supposed
to be about devising strategies to achieve those changes.
Um mundo melhor
é possível
Os dois últimos anos não foram fáceis
para o mundo. Pouco depois de brindarmos um novo milênio
cheio de esperanças, vimos como o terrorismo, a recessão
econômica e a falta de respeito aos direitos humanos
instalaram temor e incerteza nos corações dos
cidadãos dos países ricos e pobres igualmente.
Os contínuos conflitos, as secas e inundações,
a instabilidade nos mercados e o agravamento da pobreza provocaram
numerosas vítimas, sobretudo na África e América
Latina.
Brazilian President
Urges Davos-Porto Alegre Cooperation
‘Tough Fight’ Ahead - Lula
DAVOS, Switzerland – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio
Lula da Silva talked tough here, but noted there was room
for communication between the guardians of corporate globalisation
and their rivals from the social justice movement.
WEF President
Klaus Schwab
'We are the same'
Economic guru sees semblance of purpose for the economic and
social gatherings but claims the World Economic Forum's model
is more practical.
Uma “dura
luta” pela frente, diz Lula em Davos
DAVOS, Suíça - O presidente brasileiro Luiz
Inácio Lula da Silva falou duro aqui, porém
observou que havia espaço para comunicação
entre os guardiães da globalização corporativa
e seus adversários do movimento pela justiça
social. Lula, que parecia tranqüilo e confiante em sua
primeira visita ao exclusivo Fórum Econômico
Mundial, em Davos, jurou travar uma “dura luta”
contra as barreiras comerciais e políticas protecionistas
das nações ricas e industrializadas.
Recursos naturales
Agua para todos
Una persona puede estar 20 días sin comer, pero puede
deshidratarse hasta morir en poco tiempo.
RIGHTING GLOBAL
WRONGS
No Simple Solutions
Fighting my way through the masses at PUC and Gigantinho
in the scorching heat may be exhausting, but it is nowhere
as overwhelming as the joint struggle ahead for the reform
of the international financial and trade institutions.
A Pandora’s
Box Opens on the Fields
Dorivaldo Pereira de Sa can grow food on just four hectares
of his 51-hectare farm in Mirandiba village in Pernambuco
province in Brazil, and that has everything to do with his
presence at the World Social Forum.
They’re
Some Other Religious Nuts Out There
Christian and Jewish Fundamentalism Also Threaten
Peace, Say Activists
U.S., Israel as Much a Threat to Peace as Islam
The threat from religious fundamentalists is not merely coming
from the Islamic world, it is also emanating from the United
States and Israel. The strongest supporters of the Bush administration
in the United States are Christian fundamentalists who believe
in the biblical prophecy that Jerusalem needs to come completely
under Israeli occupation for the second coming of Christ.
Global Media
"It's Time to Create a Fifth Power"
"Media for a long time was the resource of the citizenry,
known as the fourth power, the power to oppose decisions of
the government that would have harmful effects on people.
The fourth power no longer has this power," says Ignacio
Ramonet, editor of Le Monde Diplomatique and communications
professor at the University of Paris
Lula Sneaks in
the Back Door
Political theatre buffs were served an early afternoon treat
Sunday at the main WSF building at PUC. The matinee came with
drums and flags, bodies on the floor symbolising death, but
then came the main act, the giant face and booming voice of
a man of these times
NEWS
BRIEFS
Conferences Hold
Civil Society Hostage
Greenpeace declara
guerra ao nuclear
Singing the Civil
Society Blues
It’s
All in the Numbers
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