Do Turkeys Enjoy Thanksgiving?

Por Compas

Last January thousands of us from across the world gathered in Porto Allegre in Brazil and declared - reiterated - that "Another World is Possible". A few thousand miles north, in Washington, George Bush and his aides were thinking the same thing. Our pr...

All Set For World Social Forum Meet

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Only a city the size of Mumbai could absorb an additional 75,000 people and not fall apart. That is precisely the process that has already begun here as delegates from 130 countries - social activists, trade unionists, feminists, environmentalists, peaceni...

Alternative Worlds – Rainbow Alliances at Social Forum

Por Compas

In the contest of ideas, civil society is the battleground. It is this space that states attempt to capture, political parties seek to influence and business corporations try to control. This is the place of organisations, where alternative ideologies a...

First Video from Indymedia at the WSF in Mumbai India

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Plain Speak About The WSF

Por Compas

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...

Um projeto popular para o Brasil

Por Soraya Misleh

A força da ! massa para mudar o Brasil foi afirmada pelo cientista político César Benjamin, um dos coordenadores do movimento Consulta Popular, na conferência "Superação do neoliberalismo por meio de projetos democráticos, populares, não-sexistas e...

O Brasil racista e Lula

Por Soraya Misleh

Feminista negra, engajada nas lutas anti-racistas e anti-sexistas, Jurema Werneck condenou, durante a conferência "Superação do neoliberalismo por meio de projetos democráticos, populares, não-sexistas e anti-racistas de desenvolvimento sustentável",...

World Social Forum: From Porto Alegre To India

Por Sergio Ferrari, E-Changer

Foto: Marcha Final WSF 2003, Porto Alegre, por Galizia After three consecutive successful meetings in Porto Alegre, the World Social Forum (WSF) will move to India in 2004, and return to Brazil in 2005. A geographical move with implications in terms of me...