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First Video from Indymedia at the WSF in Mumbai India
Plain Speak About The WSF
By Suhas Chakma Asian Centre for Human Rights 09 January, 2004 "Until that dark ugly night of January 29, the Thai psyche simply refused to absorb the hard, cold fact that we were considered a new breed of imperialist. We thought they needed our capital...
Being a woman in Senegal
Q Tell us about the situation of Senegalese women? A In my country, they suffer very much from illiteracy, the super exploitation of their labour power in the workplace and deep-rooted cultural prejudices. They represent 52% of the total population of the...
I, too, sing America
É pena que o Jornalismo caminhe tão ao largo da Literatura. Os relatórios vigentes, considerados bons textos, não aguçam, não estimulam, não podem ser comidos com voracidade. Daí é que se chega tarde para cobrir uma conferência, mesmo num hiper-m...
Second Thoughts on The Third World Social Forum:
Abstract If the First World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, 2001, was mostly marked by protest against the World Economic Forum taking place at the same time, and the Second, in 2002, by attempts to specify the meaning of ‘Another World is Possible!', the...
WSF: Where To Now?
Forums Worldwide The forums worldwide include relatively local events for small towns, cities, counties, whole states, and even regions. Examples are forums for Ithaca NY, Brisbane Australia, South Africa, and Asia. There are many instances at each level,...
FSM 2001, o primeiro dia
Call of the World Social Movements
We are meeting in Porto Alegre in the shadow of a global crisis. The belligerent intentions of the United States government in its determination to launch a war on Iraq pose a grave threat to us all, and are a dramatic manifestation of the links between mi...