23 January , 2007
World
Social Forum: Small Ways To Solve BigProblems
By Joyce Mulama
The parades of tuktuks and boda bodas reflected
the theme for the seventh annual WSF, "Peoples' struggles, peoples'
alternatives", whereby people address poverty in their own small
ways
29 April , 2006
The
Karachi Social Forum And
Its International Significance
By Rousset Pierre
The forum in Karachi was made possible by this
world expansion of the process; in return it gives it dynamism in a
country and a zone of strategic conflicts. A sole regret: that too few
organisations in Europe and Latin America took this opportunity to acquaint
themselves with the stakes in South Asia
05 April , 2006
Last
Reflections On The World Social Forum, Karachi
By Ingmar Lee
I didn't hear a whole lot of visionary discussion
at the Karachi Forum. There were countless NGO's presenting their efforts,
railing against the powers that be, but other than a sense of solidarity,
no discussion arose by which the global activist community might grow
their movement. I didn't see any "Big Picture" emerging
28 March , 2006
Reflections
On Karachi World Social Forum
By Ingmar Lee
I did get the sense that there are a lot of people
there, who unlike me, have some kind of hope that we can turn the world
around from the very brink of disaster through the existing political
processes, like in the event that the left should prevail against the
right, that Peace and Justice will prevail again
22 March , 2006
WSF Towards
Karachi And Nairobi
By Tord Björk
WSF is built on an intriguing balance to be able
to practically and politically organise the huge events and the process
it carries forward. Whether this cooperation will be able to become
relevant to the masses participating in international protests against
oppression and to politicize the global polarisation between rich and
poor is still an open question
01 January , 2006
Some Hard Questions About World Social Forum
By Jai Sen
This note is to ask some hard questions about the World Social Forum, with the aim of raising some debate on it in the run-up to the world meetings that are coming up later this month
16 February, 2004
Ngo
Factor At Wsf Worries Activists
By Humeira Iqtidar
The anti-globalization movement can only continue
its remarkable progress if the socially progressive participants are
politicized. If it becomes a giant NGO forum, sponsored by rich donors,
it can easily lose its effectiveness
31 January, 2004
The
World Womens Forum
By America Vera-Zavala
Something happened in Mumbai that makes this years
forum deserve to be named the World Womens Forum
27 January, 2004
Autopsy
Of The World Social Forum
By Suhas Chakma
The focus of the next WSF must be equally on national
and multinational capital alike if it is not to turn into a self-censoring
exercise of the apologists from the neo-developed and developing countries
20 January, 2004
Reformers,
Radicals Lock Horns At WSF
By Dionne Bunsha
Reformers and radicals locked horns at the World
Social Forum today while discussing the global economy. This debate
is central to the different strands that make up the WSF
Carnival Of The
Unlettered And Dispossessed
By Aniket Alam
Song and dance, unprecedented participation from
the poor and marginalised communities give Bombay World Social Forum
a carnival atmosphere
19 January, 2004
Do
Turkeys Enjoy Thanksgiving?
By Arundhati Roy
Text of Arundhati Roy's speech at the opening Plenary
of the World Social Forum in Bombay
16 January, 2004
All
Set For World Social Forum Meet
By Kalpana Sharma
The waiting is over. World Social
Forum meet opens in Bombay today
Alternative
Worlds - Rainbow Alliances
at World Social Forum
By Anuradha M Chenoy
In a situation where alternative politics is being
sidelined, the World Social Forum questions globalisation, war and sectarian
politics as part of an ongoing effort to look for a viable alternative
and contest current policies
Plain Speak About
The World Social Forum
By Suhas Chakma
In "an open meeting place", where Hindu
nationalists, the neo-Swadeshis and the left wingers may share the same
view on "capital", the debate on "neo-liberalism and
domination of the world by capital" certainly requires re-thinking
World Social Forum
2004, Will Be Held in Mumbai
Decisions of the India consultation meeting held
at Nagpur, on 21-22 March, 2003
Porto Alegre:
Today's Bandung?
By Michael Hardt
The World Social Forum at Porto Alegre has become
symbolic of the forces beginning to shape a front of common resistance
to the pattern of imperial globalization. Yet its character and composition
remain little understood. Michael Hardt analyses the debates within
it, and their political potential.
Grass-Roots
Globalism
By Tom Mertes
Replying to Michael Hardt with an alternative look
at Porto Alegre, Tom Mertes argues that while the variety of movements
and forces in the WSF is not to be reduced to a single scale, the differences
between them are less to do with organization than strategy
Interview With
Eric Toussaint
A member of the International Council of the WSF,
Director of the Committee for the Cancellation of the Third World Debt,
Toussaint analyses the present and future of WSF movement
Call of the World
Social Movements
Porto Alegre, Brazil - January 27th, 2003
Declaration adopted by the social movements during
the World Social Forum, 2003, in Porto Alegre.
WSF: Where To Now?
By Michael Albert
Michael Albert of the Zmag writes about the importance
of the WSF movement and the future course action the movement should
take