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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: More Words than Action
Analysis by Alejandro Kirk*
SANTIAGO - Unlike the massive gatherings of past years, the World Social Forum’s "Global Day of Action" Saturday did not fill avenues around the world, nor did it make headlines in any major progressive media outlet, let alone mainstream ones.
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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Diversity, a Birthright Waiting to Be Recognised
Analysis by Mario Osava
CAMPO GRANDE, Brazil - For many people, the World Social Forum (WSF)’s influence and effect is waning, perhaps because it has outpaced public opinion and the dominant political processes, but not the real needs of the times, which require complex and urgent solutions.
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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Mumbai Marches on Against Globalisation
By Sandhya Srinivasan
MUMBAI - There was grim determination on the faces of the 500-strong crowd that marched through the streets of this western port city for the World Social Forum’s Global Day of Action on Saturday.
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TRADE: Developing Countries Insist On Balance
By Ravi Kanth Devarakonda
DAVOS - Ministers from India, Brazil and South Africa warned at the Davos World Economic Forum Saturday that the success of Doha trade negotiations over the next couple of months will depend on "balanced" commitments between agriculture and opening of markets for industrial products.
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DEVELOPMENT: For the U.S., It Must Be Different
By Ravi Kanth Devarakonda
DAVOS - International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has proposed a global fiscal stimulus to prevent economic contagion from the worsening housing and credit market crisis in the United States.
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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Evictions High on Atlanta Agenda
By Matthew Cardinale
ATLANTA, Georgia - Some 400 activists from Atlanta, Georgia and around the U.S. South gathered for a People's Movement Assembly Saturday, in solidarity with the Global Day of Action organised under the World Social Forum process.
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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Brazilian Youth Raise Their Voices
By Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil, the cradle of the World Social Forum (WSF), is hosting events in 19 cities Saturday for the Global Day of Action. The main participants will be young people, as they have always been at every meeting of the Forum.
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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Palestinians in Lebanon Seek Right of Return
By Rebecca Murray*
TYRE, Lebanon - "We know when we start a campaign we work for an achievable goal," declares Wafa Yassir, the energetic head of Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), which runs programmes for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Post-Socialist Europe Unconcerned
By Zoltán Dujisin*
PRAGUE - As another crucial civil society event approaches, questions are once more raised over the almost non-existent participation of civic actors from post-socialist Europe.
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RIGHTS: WEF Takes On Terrorism, Terribly
By Ravi Kanth Devarakonda
DAVOS - The global political elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos is focusing on terrorism as the major threat to international peace -- but is conspicuously silent on ensuring that counter-terrorism measures do not breach human rights.
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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Italians Awaken to Palestinian Pain
By Sabina Zaccaro
ROME - Several Italian civil society groups will mark the World Social Forum's global day of action Saturday by pledging support for Palestinians.
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Q&A: ‘The WSF Has to Agree On Common Actions Against Common Enemies’
Interview with Joao Pedro Stédile
RIO DE JANEIRO - Joao Pedro Stédile thinks that the World Social Forum (WSF) should remain a debating arena for civil society, because with all its breadth and variety, to attempt to agree on resolutions is "an illusion."
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Q&A: "It Is Upon Us to Pave the Way for Sustainability"
Interview with Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director of the Oakland Institute
NEW YORK - Anuradha Mittal is an internationally renowned expert on trade, development, human rights and agriculture. In 2004, she founded the Oakland Institute, a policy think tank focused on social, economic and environmental issues.
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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.
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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
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Fórum Econômico Mundial: De costas para campos de refugiado
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News in RSSAfter last year's polycentric experience on three continents -- in Caracas, Bamako, Karachi --, the World Social Forum returns to a single venue: Nairobi, capital of Kenya, Jan. 20-25. The big question, as in previous Forums, is: Should the WSF remain a space for civil society to reflect, or transform into an instrument for action? Once again, thousands of activists, academics, labour leaders and experts will tackle the issues surrounding the path of the globalisation process and the predominant forms of citizen participation and social organisation.

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NOTSOGLOBALISATION: THE BUCKS STOP HERE

by Supachai Panitchpakdi

PROMISES ARE NO SUBSTITUTE FOR FOOD

by Anuradha Mittal and Frederic Mousseau

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: NO NEW IDEAS FROM DAVOS, NO ACTION FROM PORTO ALEGRE

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