PEOPLE POWER

How “we the people” decide what we want, and how we get it.

Interview with Victoria Rodriguez

by Sarah van Gelder

posted Jun 27, 2007

Interview with Victoria Rodriguez from Southwest Organizing Project, while on the Freedom Caravan to the USSF, June 2007.

Interview with Susan Gleason

by Diane Horn

posted Jun 27, 2007

Susan Gleason talks about the US Social Forum in this 30-minute interview with Diane Horn, producer and host of the Sustainability Segment of KEXP.

Forging Connections at the U.S. Social Forum

by Justine Simon, Andy Davey

posted Jun 27, 2007

Over ten thousand social activists gathered in Atlanta, Georgia from June 27 to July 1, 2007 for five days of spirited dialogue and collaboration.

Future Hope

by Ted Glick

posted Jun 27, 2007

Ted Glick's Call to Action: A popular, grassroots movement is necessary to pressure governments into a justice-based, clean energy revolution. The U.S Social Forum in Atlanta provides a perfect platform for such a movement.

The Change Makers

posted Jun 14, 2007

Inspiring stories in their own words from community members who are co-operating to effect social change in the Americas.

Baptists and Popular Education in Cuba: an interview with Joel Suárez

by Sarah van Gelder, Justine Simon

posted Jun 12, 2007

An interview with Joel Suárez, the general coordinator of the Martin Luther King Center in Havana, Cuba. He discusses the three founding pillars of the movement, as well as the lead up to the 1992 changes in Cuba's constitution that ratified the state's secular nature.

U.S. Role Turned Upside Down

by Sarah Anderson, Jeremy Orhan Simer, Eva Golinger

posted May 11, 2007

Latin American countries are uniting in solidarity to combat U.S intervention in their politics, economies and militaries.

Horizontalidad: Where Everyone Leads

by Marina Sitrin

posted May 11, 2007

Horizontalidad: bringing direct democracy to Argentina's citizens while reducing unemployment and stimulating worker involvement.

Sex and Power in Chile

by Marcelo Mendoza

posted May 11, 2007

The dynamics of sex and politics in Chile are slowly changing with the election of Michelle Bachelet, South America's first female President. However, tensions persist between the conservative Catholic Church, the male-oriented political elite, and women who are becoming increasingly economically empowered.

Evo Morales: Indigenous Power

by Jubenal Quispe

posted May 11, 2007

Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president, is forwarding a socially just agenda that promotes the country's sovereignty and multiculturalism.

Democracy Rising

by Nadia Martinez

posted May 11, 2007

Latin America's marginalized are mobilizing and changing the face of their nations' politics. From increasing national oil profits to rethinking regional trade plans, they are empowering themselves and lessening their dependence on the U.S.

In Their Own Words

posted May 11, 2007

In their own words, Cuban doctors share stories of outreach work in foreign communities. We also hear from co-operative community members in other parts of the world.

Affect Change: Go to the US Social Forum

posted May 08, 2007

People explain why they are going to the US Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27-July 1, 2007.

Commentary: US Social Forum - What Another U.S. Might Look Like

by Michael Leon Guerrero

posted May 07, 2007

Will the first US Social Forum be an "aha" moment in the global movement for change.

The Defenders :: Sister Helen Prejean

posted Mar 25, 2007

A selection from Eddie Adams' celebrated photographs of the lives of an extraordinary group of courageous individuals worldwide: the 'defenders' of human rights.