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World Social Forum
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World Social Forum 2008
Imagine a gathering of people from all walks of life, coming together by the thousands on all kinds of issues, to forge a movement big enough for all of us.
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by Lilja Otto
“This time, you don’t go to the World Social Forum, you bring the forum to your city, to your community—you create a World Social Forum,” says Alessandra Ceregatti from São Paulo, Brazil. |
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by Sarah van Gelder
What difference did the US Social Forum make? What is possible now that was not possible before?
“The time is right,” said Jerome Scott of Project South. |
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Experience the US Social Forum through the eyes of Florida photographer Barb Howe |
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by Alice Lovelace
"We came to get some rest. / To get back in the swing. / 'Cause the price was right. / Looking for opportunities. / Looking for some place we might fit in." |
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by Sarah van Gelder
Sarah joined a group of activists on the road to the USSF. Listen to:
Malik Rahmin
Victoria Rodriguez
Bineshi Albert and Bruce McClackey |
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by Diane Horn of KEXP
Susan shares her personal experiences of this historic event, background on the Social Forum process, and insights about its portent for the future of movement-building in the U.S.
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by Justine Simon and Andy Davey
From public healthcare workers to local farmers to Iraq war veterans, they converged in Atlanta to vocalize and to strategize, drawing out the principles on which a just America must be based. |
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by Tanya Dawkins
This is a time when a US Social Forum could be a vehicle for moving a social, environmental and economic justice agenda to center stage.
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by Fran Korten
In mid-January 2004, more than 80,000 global activists, scholars, Nobel laureates, poets, musicians, indigenous peoples, and community organizers gathered to declare once again, "Another world is possible!". |
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These guidelines define the Social Forum as an open meeting place to exchange ideas, formulate proposals, and connect for effective action.
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lotto. (2009, July 10). World Social Forum. Retrieved November 21, 2009, from YES! Magazine Web site: http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/social-forums/world-social-forum.
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