//Sarah van Gelder
US Social Forum Kicks Off
The first day of the US Social Forum saw the arrival in Detroit of thousands of people set on attending the forum. Some, like a percussion marching band from Greensboro, North Carolina, drove through the night. Others, like the People's Freedom Caravan of ...
Detroit’s renewal: Can it inspire the social forum?
Detroit was not an accidental choice for the U.S. Social Forum (USSF). Take a look at the decaying Packard Plant or at boarded-up homes and small businesses, and you'd say this city is dying. Less well known is that it is a city in the midst of a rebirth f...
Can Cochabamba Pick Up Where Copenhagen Failed?
By Sarah van Gelder 14 April, 2010 Yes Magazine President Barack Obama's offshore drilling announcement is bad news for efforts to stop runaway climate change, especially following December's failed climate talks in Copenhagen. But there is hope — and...
El día a día en Atlanta
La magnitud del foro social estadounidense es difícil de comprender, incluso estando aquí. Imagina mas de 1500 talleres en los tres días, desarrollados alrededor del centro de Atlanta: sesiones plenarias por la tarde, carpas organizadas alrededor de tem...