*A member of the collective editorship of the Venezuelan publication El Libertario (www.nodo50.org/ellibertario, in Spanish & English) exposes the inconsistencies of the bureaucracy that manipulates the World Social Forum through a reading of their evasive silence with regards to the tragedy that Kenya is experiencing today.

To make another world possible...
REVOLUTION, THE ONLY SOLUTION!

Signatories of this communique are calling all progressive-minded groups and individual to take part in the anti-imperialist and revolutionary contingent within the ending march of the coming Québec Social Forum.

by Judy Rebick, July 9, 2007

The slogan of the USSF was 'Another world is possible, another U.S. is necessary.' It was interpreted both as another U.S. and another 'us,' meaning the left has to reinvent itself.

After spending five weeks in Bolivia this summer, I was convinced that the new paths out of this destructive, hateful morass we call neo-liberalism would come from those most marginalized by its greed and violence. Little did I imagine that one of the strongest signs of this direction would come from the belly of the beast itself.

Follow the link below to read the article (on Rabble.ca)

WSF 2004 Mumbai.

A strange activism. (A journey of realizations)

* In Caracas, Venezuela between the 23rd and 29th of January 2006, 10 local socio-political organizations offered an alternative forum and critique of national politics in response to the World Social Forum. The result was a smaller-scale event but self-directed and reflective of current self-organizing capacity. The alternative forum was independent, self-managed and borne out of years of experience of organizing in the Venezuelan context.

º In this interview with the mexican alternative news group La Rosa Negra (LRN-ci), the CRA from Venezuela explains the importance of the Alternative Social Forum, which will take place in a few days, and comments about their activity as an anarchist group.

* A member of the group promoting the Alternative Social Forum explains why the World Social Forum (WSF), taking place in Caracas during January 2006, is another attempt by the Chavez government to impede the autonomous development of social struggles in the country.

* From Venezuela we extend an invitation to an international event of and for social movements in the struggle, as a more valid option to the bureaucratic spectacle the World Social Forum has become.

Informations about the Hip Hop City project, that will happen in the V Intercontinental Youth Camp, during the V World Social Forum in Brazil.

What do you do to ease racial tensions stemming from a war in which neighbours killed neighbours and friends turned on friends? In Kosovo, a province of Serbia still healing from ethnic bloodshed, non-governmental organizations are using community-based media to bring youth from both sides of the conflict together.

Michael Albert talks about strategies for media activists and reaching mainstream audiences...

MUMBAI - Throughout India, Ganesh - the six-armed, elephant-headed god of luck - adorns walls and places of worship in homes, businesses, restaurants and so on, bringing luck to locations in which he's displayed. Unfortunately, no one thought to bring an image of him here to the World Social Forum...

Mumbai, India (ICFTU Online, 20th January 2004): Representatives of the international trade union movement gathered at the 4th World Social Forum in Mumbai, India to convey a strong message to an audience of trade union members and non-governmental organization delegates that enforcing fundamental workers’ rights and generating decent work for all is the core agenda for injecting justice into the global economy.

Amnesty International is calling on the Swiss federal and cantonal authorities to ensure that international human rights standards are fully observed during policing operations in the run-up to the World Economic Forum (WEF), being held in Davos between 21 and 25 January, and associated demonstrations taking place in Switzerland.

MUMBAI - Throughout India, Ganesh - the six-armed, elephant-headed god of luck - adorns walls and places of worship in homes, businesses, restaurants and so on, bringing luck to locations in which he's displayed. Unfortunately, no one thought to bring an image of him here to the World Social Forum...