http://www.all4all.org de-de http://opencontent.org/opl.shtml 60 http://www.all4all.org/img/logo4034b.gif http://www.all4all.org Open Content License, http://www.opencontent.org 2007-03-11T15:13:07+01:00 http://www.all4all.org/2007/03/2960.shtml working document for discussion <br /> <br />According to the World Social Forum's (WSF) Charter of Principles, 'The WSF is an open meeting place for reflective thinking, democratic debate of ideas, formulation of proposals, [and the] free exchange of experiences and interlinking for effective action' by groups and individuals opposed to neo-liberalism and imperialism. <br /> 2007-03-06T20:35:00+0200 http://www.all4all.org/2007/02/2913.shtml Mehr als 60000 TeilnehmerInnen registrierten sich beim Weltsozialforum (WSF) in Nairobi, Kenia. Zum siebten Mal fand das WSF parallel zum Weltwirtschaftsforum in Davos (WEF) statt. Harsche Kritik aufgrund von Ausgrenzung begleitete das WSF, sogar die Abschlußerklärung der Versammlung sozialer Bewegung ging auf zu hohe Preise für Teilnahmegebühren und Essen ein. Selbst das Trinkwasser wurde in Plastikflaschen zum vierfach erhöhten Preis verkauft. <br /> 2007-02-05T15:46:00+0200 http://www.all4all.org/2007/02/2911.shtml More than 60000 participants were registered at the World Social Forum (WSF) in Nairobi, Kenya. This was the seventh edition of the WSF in parallel to the World Economic Forum in Davos (WEF). There was harsh criticism about exclusion during the WSF, and the Final Call of the Assembly of Social Movements mentioned too high prices for participants' fees and food. Even drinking water was sold at a price that was four times higher than usual. <br /> <br /> 2007-02-01T19:48:00+0200 http://www.all4all.org/2007/01/2908.shtml Networked Politics is the product of a collaborative research process for rethinking political organisation in an age of movements and networks. It examines the role of social movements, progressive parties, political institutions and new ‘techno-political tools’ in achieving transformative change. 2007-01-16T15:28:00+0200 http://www.all4all.org/2006/07/2597.shtml Abstract: The Bamako Appeal is an attempt to move the World Social Forum process from being some kind of agora for discussion of alternatives to neo-liberal globalisation, to providing an anti-capitalist leadership for the global justice and solidarity movement. Sponsored by prominent left activist intellectuals of the 'Thirdworldist' tradition, it has nonetheless adopted much of the language of the new movement. Because of its authors' apparent vanguardism, the BA has proven controversial within and around the leadership of the WSF. Such charters, declarations and manifestos are, however, common within the wider movement, occur within the WSF itself and should be welcomed. But the process by which the BA has appeared and been launched reproduces old movement practices that the new movement has been surpassing. The BA's chapter on labour suggests the possibility and necessity for a meaningfully global and open dialogue on the BA more generally. Whilst the BA is commonly seen as a deviation from or opposition to the WSF process, both of these instances reveal the simultaneous backward-looking and forward-looking nature of emancipatory movements. <br /> 2006-07-05T16:21:00+0200 http://www.all4all.org/2006/04/2484.shtml <br />NIGD News and Notes Issue 04/06 <br /> <br /> 2006-04-30T13:40:00+0200 http://www.all4all.org/2006/03/2388.shtml The purpose of this article is to look at the challenge mass protests against Danish Islamophic government and media and the shortcomings of the NGO campaign to eradicate poverty in 2005 pose to the future of WSF. Both to the mass protesting Pakistan and the NGO advanced Kenya political governmental and civil society development in Denmark is used to ask questions about the coming WSF events in Karachi 2006 and Nairobi 2007. 2006-03-22T23:57:00+0200 http://www.all4all.org/2006/02/2309.shtml The 2006 edition of the World Social Forum was and will be polycentric: it will be held in Africa, Asia and Latin America in the cities of Bamako, Mali (January 19-23); Caracas, Venezuela (January 24-29); and Karachi, Pakistan (March 2006). <br />A European Social Forum (ESF) will take place in Athens in May 2006. <br /> <br />reports, pictures and critique: <br /><img src="/img/extlink.gif" border="0"/>&#160;<a href="http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/wsf/2006/">http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/wsf/2006/</a> <br /> <br />see also: <br />WSF Caracas: <img src="/img/extlink.gif" border="0"/>&#160;<a href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/eventos/24.html">http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/eventos/24.html</a> <br />WSF Bamako: <img src="/img/extlink.gif" border="0"/>&#160;<a href="http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/eventos/25.html">http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/eventos/25.html</a> <br /><img src="/img/extlink.gif" border="0"/>&#160;<a href="http://www.openspaceforum.net">http://www.openspaceforum.net</a> <br /> 2006-02-01T20:39:00+0200 http://www.all4all.org/2005/09/2088.shtml Prishani Naidoo. <br /> <br />Thoughts on the WSF: <img src="/img/extlink.gif" border="0"/>&#160;<a href="http://www.aidc.org.za/?q=book/view/537">http://www.aidc.org.za/?q=book/view/537</a> <br /> <br /> 2005-09-29T16:53:39+0200 http://www.all4all.org/2005/07/2009.shtml <br />The new issue of 'ephemera: theory and politics in organization', which has <br />just been published at <img src="/img/extlink.gif" border="0"/>&#160;<a href="http://www.ephemeraweb.org">http://www.ephemeraweb.org</a>, looks at the organisation and politics of social forums... <br /> 2005-07-12T16:41:00+0200