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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: 'Stateless Peoples' Defend Diversity
By Mario Osava
BELÉM, Brazil - The immense diversity of peoples was apparent at the World Social Forum (WSF), which ended Sunday in Belém, the capital of the state of Pará in the Brazilian Amazon region.
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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Resolution and a Plan of Action
By Alejandro Kirk
BELEM - The World Social Forum ended its ninth edition Sunday in Belém with its "Assembly of assemblies" adopting dozens of resolutions and proposals to be the subjects of a programme of mobilisations around the world in 2009.
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Q&A: Crisis Could Lead to 'Revolutionary Change'
Gustavo Capdevila interviews academic ALAIN BIHR
ZURICH, Switzerland - As the economic crisis bites deeper, a revolutionary outcome may be possible, in the view of French academic Alain Bihr. Everything depends on citizens' capacity for struggle, he told IPS in an interview during events at The Other Davos, in this Swiss city.
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ECONOMY-JAPAN: Meltdown Prompts ODA Boost To Asia
By Catherine Makino
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso told the World Economic Forum (WEF) at the Swiss mountain resort of Davos on Saturday that Japan will provide 17 billion US dollars worth of aid to stimulate Asia’s economies.
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INDIA: WSF Must Address Terrorism Says Mumbai
By Sandhya Srinivasan
MUMBAI - Civil society in this port city, victim of the Nov. 26-29 terrorist attacks and host to the 2004 World Social Forum, has one question to ask - will the movement seriously address terrorism?
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WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: Davos Under Fire
By Gustavo Capdevila
DAVOS, Switzerland - One of the few indicators on the rise at this time of economic and financial crisis is the level of repudiation expressed about those responsible for the disaster, and about the institutions sponsoring them.
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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Presidents for Feminist Socialism
By Mario Osava
BELÉM, Brazil - "True socialism is feminist," and is already being built, said Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, standing next to three other South American presidents, all of them men, at a dialogue that took place Thursday at the World Social Forum (WSF).
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Q&A: World Social Forum is Not a Static Platform
Terna Gyuse interviews ONYANGO OLOO, activist
CAPE TOWN - Onyango Oloo was the national coordinator of the Kenyan Social Forum in 2007 when the last global World Social Forum (WSF)took place in Nairobi. As another gathering of activists from around the world unfolds in Belém, Brazil, IPS asked Oloo for his views on the Forum's past and future.
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Q&A: 'NGOs Are Part of the Problem With WSF-Pakistan'
Zofeen Ebrahim interviews Irfan Mufti, GCAP Chief
KARACHI - As the ninth edition of the World Social Forum (WSF) opened in Belem, capital of the north Brazilian state of Para, half way around the globe in Pakistan the movement seems to have run out of steam.
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WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: Makers and Shakers of the Post-Crisis World
By Gustavo Capdevila
GENEVA - Of all the questions raised by the global economic crisis, one that is by no means insignificant may be answered this week: How will the pressure groups that influenced the policies that led to the present chaos adapt to the new world situation?
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ECONOMY-US: Poverty Safety Nets Fraying Nationwide
By Adrianne Appel
BOSTON - The global economy is barely showing a pulse, and the world's poor are especially at risk, the International Monetary Fund declared Wednesday.
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ECONOMY: 'Privatise Profits, Socialise Losses'
By Ravi Kanth Devarakonda
GENEVA - The Davos delegate seems short of faith this year about anyone's ability to save the world from the financial tsunami that the bosses have unleashed.
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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: "Wake Up, World!" - SOS from the Amazon
By Mario Osava
BELÉM, Brazil - A human banner made up of more than 1,000 people, seen and photographed from the air, sent the message "SOS Amazon" to the world, in the first action taken by indigenous people hours before the opening in northern Brazil on Tuesday of the 2009 World Social Forum (WSF).
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Usawa: Sauti za wanawake zilikuwa na uzito
	Vuguvugu la wanawake lilikuwa na sauti nzito wakati wa mkutano wa 2007 wa Nairobi kuliko ilivyokuwa kwenye kongamano nyingine ambazo zimekuwa zikifanya juhudi kuhusisha maswala yake na mambo mengine. Amesema jana Fatma Aloo ambaye pia ni mwanachama wa kamati ya Kongamano linaloangazia aswala ya kijamii.

Tahariri - Mario Lubetkin: Changamoto za mkutano wa Nairobi

NGUZU ZA WATU: Kutumia Michoro

NGUZU ZA WATU: Kutoka majengo ya mabanda hadi ulimwengu mwingine

FORUM SOCIAL MONDIAL : Le Forum du Kenya pour débattre de la démocratie
	Au cours du Forum social mondial (FSM) tenu au Kenya en janvier 2007, l'une des nombreuses présentations portait sur la démocratie et les élections générales qui devaient se tenir dans le pays plus tard en décembre.

ECONOMIE-AFRIQUE : Des propositions controversées attendues au Forum de Davos

Q&R : ''Si le Forum social mondial n'existait pas, il aurait fallu le créer...''

DEVELOPPEMENT : Le Forum des pauvres demande la suppression du FMI et de la Banque mondiale

Fórum Social Mundial: Manifesto pela reforma internacional
	No Fórum Social Mundial foram feitos novos apelos por reformas nas instituições internacionais a favor da “governabilidade democrática da globalização” e da “promoção de um desenvolvimento mais equitativo e do respeito à diversidade cultural, natural e de gênero”.

Fórum Social Mundial: Outro mundo invisível

Fórum Social Mundial: Cara a cara com a pobreza

Fórum Econômico Mundial: De costas para campos de refugiado