[pt_br] Sou Dalit, lembra-se de mim? [en] I’m Dalit. Do you remember me?

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[en]Photo: Dalits from the National Conference of Dalit Organizations (NACDOR) at the World Social Forum, Mumbai 2004, light lamps, demanding dignity The vídeo below is about 160 million people in India that are born outside the four castes of the Varna...

India Social Forum: The second day

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Speaking out for the Muslim women

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A NUMBER OF issues were discussed on the second day of the Indian Social Forum (ISF). Among them was the theme of Land, Resources and Matrimonial Rights of Muslim Women. The NGOs that brought up the issue and took a stand were Consult for Women and Land Ri...

India Social Forum meet opens

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Photo: Rajeev Bhatt. NBA leader Medha Patkar at the inaugural of India Social Forum in New Delhi on Thursday. From celebrating the setback to the Bush regime to the adverse impact of globalisation, a call to end human rights violation in Jammu and Kashmir...

Peoples’ experiments in politics

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Recent years have seen the rise and spread of regional, national, thematic, and global Social Forums (SF), inspired directly and indirectly by the World Social Forums (WSF). Any SF, influenced by the WSF, is conceived as an open space that facilitates the ...

The first day

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Peoples’ experiments in politics

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Recent years have seen the rise and spread of regional, national, thematic, and global Social Forums (SF), inspired directly and indirectly by the World Social Forums (WSF). Any SF, influenced by the WSF, is conceived as an open space that facilitates the ...

The ruling classes and social movements

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As far as organizing the event such as the proposed India Social Forum goes, the Indian organizations involved in the process have already demonstrated their capabilities with the Asian Social Forum 2003 held in Hyderabad and the World Social Forum 2004 he...