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Jóvenes al frente de la justicia ambiental
DETROIT, Estados Unidos, 24 jun (IPS) - El compromiso de jóvenes y adolescentes con el movimiento por la justicia ambiental es uno de los elementos nuevos que emerge en el Foro Social de Estados Unidos 2010, que reúne a unos 20.000 activistas en esta ciu...
Mesa de Abertura dos 10 Anos de FSM Provocativa!
A Mesa de Abertura sobre o balanço dos 10 anos do FSM confirmou a avaliação coletiva realizada na semana passada pelos fundadores-as e coordenadores-as dos GTs de Cultura dos FSMs desde 2001: os organizadores-as do FSM ainda não compreendem a relevânc...
El III Foro Social Américas
Los invitamos a que se inscriban e inscriban sus actividades a realizar en el Foro Social Amèricas Guatemala. Es una oportunidad de encontrarnos con compañeros del continente, formar redes, conocer trabajos y articular acciones. El comite de cultura ...
Social Foruns – Challenges and New Perspectives
Photo: WSF 2004 The decision of holding the World Social Forum on exactly the same days as the Davos World Economic Forum was in fact something of a "counter-communications operation:" The global media, which is entirely attuned to what global elites are ...
455 PPM And Counting…
By John Blair 12 October, 2007 Dissident Voice Recent reports from Australia saying that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) final Assessment due out Nov. 7 will show that we have already eclipsed the CO2 concentration of 450 PPM CO2, th...
The Best and Worst of Nairobi
The World Social Forum's greatest achievement in Nairobi was creating this space where over 70,000 people representing social movements from all over the world could gather and reflect on successes and strategize for the future. One key thing that came out...
The Forum at the Crossroads
The WSF was the brainchild of social movements loosely associated with the Workers' Party (PT) in Brazil. Strong support for the idea was given at an early stage by the ATTAC movement in France, key figures of which were connected with the newspaper Le Mon...
Is the WSF movement in crisis?
February 16, 2007 THE 2007 WORLD Social Forum in Nairobi highlighted some of the strengths--but also problems and limitations--of the international conferences. In fact, questions remain over the future of the WSF, with no meetings scheduled for 2008 a...