WCC addresses mining and extraction issues at World Social Forum

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These concerns emerged in a World Council of Churches (WCC) workshop at the World Social Forum held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 26 to 30 March. The workshop titled “From eco-debt to eco-justice: mining, reparations and defending the global commons” engage...

Celebrating Multilinguism at the World Social Forum

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Would you deem yourself able to understand – even partially – the general meaning of a text written in a language you know nothing about (except maybe its existence) such as Basque, Estonian, Hungarian or Turkish? Of course you can! This was the inten...

A Saharawi resource watch group established

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The new group said in a statement 9 April 2013 that its aim is to monitor, observe, report and act against the illegal exploitation by the Moroccan authorities and international actors of the natural resources of Western Sahara." "SNRW is mature as an ini...

Movimentos Sociais aprovam Declaração em assembleia

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Declaração da Assembleia dos Movimentos Sociais – Fórum Social Mundial 2013 – Tunísia – 29 de março Nós, reunidas e reunidos na Assembleia de Movimentos Sociais, realizada em Túnis durante o Fórum Social Mundial 2013, afirmamos o contributo...

Communiqué Sortir du Colonialisme

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François Hollande chez Son ami le Roi Le Président de la République en venant au Maroc prend une fois de plus position au nom de la France en faveur de la politique coloniale du Maroc exercée à l’encontre du peuple sahraoui. L’Association Sort...

World Social Forum Highlights Both Unity and Dissent Within Global Movements

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“Sex worker rights, white anti-racist organizing, prison abolition, and abortion were among the subjects that could not be found here.” An estimated 50,000 people from 5,000 organizations in 127 countries spanning five continents participated in the W...

Pela libertação de Yilmaz Orkan, Refugiado político curdo na Europa

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Nós, as seguintes organizações participantes do Fórum Social Mundial 2013 (WSF) em Tunes, CONDENAMOS a prisão de Yilmaz Orkan, ocorrida no Aeroporto Internacional de Bruxelas no último domingo, dia 24 de março de 2013. Ela estava a caminho do FSM. ...

Release Kurdish political refugee in Europe Yilmaz Orkan

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We, following organizations participating in the World Social Forum (WSF) in Tunis 2013, CONDEMN the arrestation of YILMAZ ORKAN happened in the international airport of Brussels last Sunday 24th March 2013. He was on the way to come to the WSF. YILMAZ OR...