El Foro Social Mundial, así como el conjunto de foros regionales y temáticos que lo han acompañado a lo largo de los últimos cinco años, constituyen hoy el instrumento más poderoso con el cual cuenta el movimiento de resistencia y de construcción de alternativas al actual modelo hegemónico del imperialismo neoliberal destructivo y militarizado.... Read more
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Report from Asian Consultation on the World Social Forum, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 4-5 June 2005 The WSF Asia consultation meeting held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, between 4-5 June, 2005 was attended by about 150 participants from all over Asia representing organisations from 14 countries. The consultation took two major decisions regarding: (1) the initiation of a co-ordinating mechanism f... Read more
En 2004, el Consejo Internacional (CI) del Foro Social Mundial (FSM), inspirándose especialmente en la organización del FSM Mumbai, adoptó una nueva metodología para organizar el programa del quinto FSM. La idea principal consistía en dejar de establecer el programa de manera centralizada e implicar a las organizaciones participantes en la creación de un marco para las actividades del Foro. ... Read more
In 2004, the International Committee of the WSF, inspired particularly by the organisation of the Mumbai WSF , adopted a new methodology for organising the programme for the fifth WSF. It was based on dissolving a centrally decided programme and involving participating organisations fully in setting the framework of the Forum's activities.... Read more
World Social Forum on TrialHilary Wainwright TNI Website, 16 February 2005 With 155, 000 participants from 33 different countries, the fifth World Social Forum held in a specially constructed site in Porto Alegre's Marinho Park was bigger than ever, and with a wider geographic spread. Yet the future of the WSF was on trial. Was it becoming its caricature: a kind of political Wood... Read more
Less Euphoric, the World Social Forum Returns to BrazilWalden Bello Focus on the Global South, 26 January 2005 Now five years old, the World Social Forum is returning to Porto Alegre, Brazil, after being a big success in Mumbai, India. To be held January 26 to 31, the mood of the thousands of people expected is likely to affected by the tsunami tragedy in South Asia as well as the... Read more
Social Forums: Learning from Each OtherHilary Wainwright TNI Website, 20 January 2005(This article was published in italian translation in il manifesto, January 2005) On the morning after the 25,000 strong European Social Forum in London, the Guardian newspaper described 'the emergence of a genuine new politics of the European Left'. In English `emergence' suggests a smooth trans... Read more
After three European Social Forums (ESF) we need to step back and ask: what next?... Read more
