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Public Consultation reorientates the thematic axes of Dakar After several contributions, the 11 proposed thematic axes, which will give structure to the physical space of the World Social Forum, which will take place in Dakar on February 06th-11th 2011, received modifications and also a new axis, the twelfth. From now on, you and/or organization can articulate and propose your activity focusing on one of them. Registration will be open soon. Read more
Social Movements are getting ready for the 2011 WSF On November 5-7, delegates from several social movements will be gathered in Dakar, Senegal, in order to share and debate on the process of articulations done until this moment, aiming to strengthen the Global and African coordination among those who fight against capitalist globalization, give a step forward in the analysis and alternatives to this context, as well to prepare the Social Movements Assembly. The methodology of the Social Movements Seminar will contain guiding issues that will be discussed between them and the creation of a common agenda, as well the formation of a facilitating group of movements for the centralized edition of the Forum in 2011. Check out the program. Read more
Ten Years Later: Challenges and Proposals for Another World Possible II Foro Social de Estados Unidos continúa ganando fuerza (in Spanish only) Social Movements Assembly Declaration from the Americas Social Forum Protagonismo Popular Latinoamericano (in Spanish only) Contribution of Hee-Yeon Cho to the WSF Debate Estamos viviendo una profunda Crisis Civilizatoria (in Spanish only) Send your contribution to fsminfo@forumsocialmundial.org.br. Articles are posted on the 2010 WSF Take Part section, on the Towards Dakar website: http://fsm2011.org/en/strategies-debate. The space is going to be conducted by social movements and citizens who take part on the World Social Forum process.
World Education Forum in Palestina: Follow!
Follow the event that will be held on October 28-30 in four cities, one territory and three countries: Ramallah and Gaza (Palestina), Haifa (Israel), Beirut (Lebanon) and Jerusalem. Live streaming. Official website Ciranda Radio Social Forums WSFTV Virtual Media Center
Pan-Amazon Forum: Registration open until November 7th
Registration of self-organized activities will be open until November 7th. The type of activity will be up to the group/person responsible for organizing it – seminar, lecture, debate, workshop, round dance etc – but they should be part of the thematic axes. The thematic axes are distributed this way: 1) In defense of Mother Earth (Development and Living Well); 2) Power to Pan-Amazon Peoples: autonomy and territory; 3) Human Rights (Dhescas) ; 4) Culture, Communication and Popular Education. Read more Photo: Lucas Lacaz (Ciranda)
Week against the Apartheid Wall
To mark this year’s Week against the Apartheid Wall from 9 – 16 November, Palestinian and international activists will again mobilize in the streets and organize a series of events across the globe. This mobilization on the ground will be complemented by a fast paced 48 hour media marathon on 12 and 13 November. We call on media to join 48 hours non-stop coverage! Stop the Wall Campaign, in cooperation with Ciranda, Foro Social de Radios, WSFTV, shared communication initiatives and alternative media. We call on media to join 48 hours non-stop coverage by broadcasting, airing, streaming or publishing information about the Wall, Israeli Apartheid and Palestinian resistance and global BDS movement. Read more Photo: Divulgation Community Radios, key players for global citizenship The 10th World Conference and Assembly of AMARC will be held in South America for the first time. The host city will be La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 08-13 2010. The meeting will gather over 500 community radio broadcasters from all over the world. Community rádios are experiences of participation, through microphones, of local, interest, territorial or language communities. They are different experiences sharing in common the search for an alternative treatment to themes that shapes a citizen. Read more
Coverage of the Right to Food and Food Sovereignty Forum With the theme “Democracy must feed the citizens”, the Right to Food and Food Sovereignty Forum, which took place on October 16-18 in Niamei (Niger), has gathered more than one thousand participants. Access photos, videos and articles on the event: www.alternativeniger.org.
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Event: World Education Forum Date: October 28-31
Event: Nigeria Social Forum Event: Human Rights Forum in Mauritania Event: 10th Conference and World Assembly of AMARC Event: Week against the Apartheid Wall and Media Marathon
Event: Foro Internacional de Tierras Website: www.coordinadoracampesina-ea.org Event: V Pan-Amazon Social Forum Date: November 25th-29th Event: Thematic World Education Forum on Education, Research and Culture of Peace Location: Santiago de Compostela (Galicia) Event: Forum on Immigration in Brussels 2011 Event: 2011 World Social Forum Website: http://fsm2011.org/ Event: São Paulo Social Forum Contact: fssp2011@gmail.com
a) International Ciranda of Independent Information Ciranda is an initiative taken by participants of the WSF that work together in order to organize shared coverage of events from the standpoint, work and solidarity and collective actions of alternative media. Currently, articles on the coup d’Etat in Honduras are featured on the website. Read more b) Radio Social Forum Learn more on the Radio Social Forum, a space shared by the radio broadcasters participating in the World Social Forum process, which produces free information on radio broadcast format. Read more c) Open FSM Get to know the social network that gathers activists and militants of all around the world identified with the WSF Charter of Principles. This open virtual space allows the exchange of information and the realization of debates between the participants of the Forum process and those who are interested. Read more d) WSF TV The website WSF TV keeps on exhibiting audiovisual productions related to themes of the World Social Forum. This internet portal can be used to host videos recorded by any person or organization identified with the WSF Charter of Principles.Read more e) Virtual Media Center A Virtual Press Room created to contribute to the 2010 World Social Forum Process as one of the references for journalists / means of communication to follow the events happening towards the 2011 WSF in Dakar. In it you will find press kits, news, releases in several languages, clipping, and also material as symbols and other high-resolution images. Read more |
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