We, social movements from across Africa and across the world, have come... Read more
Social forums
Declaration On Debt
1. Campaigns, social movements, non-governmental organisations, community-based organisations, faith-based organisations and activists from all around the world have gathered in Nairobi, Kenya for the 2007 World Social Forum. Together, we the undersigned participants of the World Social Forum are determined to achieve an end to debt domination. It is a scandal that the rich world demands... Read more
Networked Politics
TNI Activities at World Social Forum VII, Nairobi, Kenya, 20-25 January 2007
TNI Activities at World Social Forum VII, Nairobi, Kenya, 20-25 January 2007
1. The role of Europe in the militarization and neoliberal globalizationRound tableDate: 21 JanuaryTime: First Period (8:30 to 11:00 am)Venue: Room 3IN (Upper access gate)... Read more
Athenian Democracy
The fourth European Social Forum, held in Athens in May, outstripped the modest expectations of the Greek organisers. Hilary Wainwright reports on what made the Athens forum special - and what might come next.... Read more
Permanent Peoples' Tribunal on TNCs, 2006
Hearing on Neo-liberal Policies and European Transnational Corporations in Latin America and the CaribbeanVienna May 10-12, 2006President: Salvatore Senese... Read more
The role of the EU in Global Politics
A series of workshops and seminars at the World Social Forum Organised by : Hemispheric Social Alliance - Alianza Social Continental (ASC) Transnational Institute (TNI) Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - Coalition for Comprehensive Democracy in cooperation with NIGD and Attac-Finland The Need for a South-North Engagement Europe is too large an issue to be left to the Europeans alone.... Read more
Europe: bridging the emotional gap
European identity can be built on an emotional engagement with the idea of a democratic and egalitarian Europe, best represented by the European Social Forum and all the spreading networks and campaigns it has generated or reinforced. The social forum process explores news forms of political agency, new subjectivities and new agencies of social transformation. Its internationalism is part of a... Read more
Exception or rule? The case of the London ESF 2004
What went wrong with the European Social Forum in London in 2004? Oscar Reyes conducts a post-mortem.... Read more