WORLD SOCIAL FORUM – 2008
January 26 – Global Day of Action
In villages, rural zones, and urban centres around the globe, citizens are mobilising to show that another world is possible. Check out IPS/TerraViva articles, exclusive interviews and opinion columns:
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Q&A: “The WSF Has to Agree On Common Actions Against Common Enemies”
Interview with Joao Pedro Stédile
RIO DE JANEIRO – Joao Pedro Stédile, a leader of the Brazilian landless movement, thinks that the World Social Forum should remain a debating arena for civil society, because with all its breadth and variety, to attempt to agree on resolutions is “an illusion.”
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Post-Socialist Europe Unconcerned
Zoltán Dujisin
PRAGUE – As another crucial civil society event approaches, questions are once more raised over the almost non-existent participation of civic actors from post-socialist Europe.
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Q&A: “It Is Upon Us to Pave the Way for Sustainability”
Interview with Anuradha Mittal, Oakland Institute
NEW YORK, Jan 24 (IPS) Anuradha Mittal is an internationally renowned expert on trade, development, human rights and agriculture. In 2004, she founded the Oakland Institute, a policy think tank focused on social, economic and environmental issues.
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Italians Awaken to Palestinian Pain
Sabina Zaccaro
ROME – Several Italian civil society groups will mark the World Social Forum’s global day of action Saturday by pledging support for Palestinians.
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Palestinians in Lebanon Seek Right of Return – By Rebecca Murray
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WEF Takes On Terrorism, Terribly
Ravi Kanth Devarakonda
DAVOS – The global political elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos is focusing on terrorism as the major threat to international peace — but is conspicuously silent on ensuring that counter-terrorism measures do not breach human rights.
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Q&A: “If the WSF Didn?t Exist, It Would Be Necessary To Create It”
Interview with Aminata Dramane Traoré
BAMAKO – Aminata Dramane Traoré, one of the leaders of the anti-globalisation movement in Mali, reckons that the World Social Forum is a representative movement that is essential to the common struggle of people oppressed by a “violent world economy” which often flouts fundamental rights.
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Q&A: “WSF Is As Much a Cultural Struggle As a Political One”
Interview with Boaventura de Sousa Santos
COIMBRA, Portugal – The movement against capitalism, injustice and oppression requires a strong convergence of social organisations that have fully accepted their differences, said sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos, who predicted serious future difficulties for WSF meetings.
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Q&A: “Everybody Leaves the Forum Happier, Wiser and Stronger”
Interview with Roberto Savio, WSF International Committee
ROME, Jan 9 (IPS) Roberto Savio is probably among the best informed insiders at the World Social Forum. He has been on its international committee since it was created in 2001, and since 2003 he has been coordinator of the ‘media, culture and counter-hegemony’ thematic area.
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TerraViva is an independent publication of IPS. This edition is produced in cooperation with the World Social Forum International Council, the support of Oxfam-Novib and with the invaluable assistance of Amarc (International Association of Community Radios) and Pulsar News Agency.
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