Nnimmo Bassey, the executive director of Friends of the Earth, hopes that this year’s World Social Forum will prove more than a talk shop.
“A great space for people to meet, for people to share ideas. Now we have to leave here with concrete ideas to take the struggle to the grassroots and amplify them. And globalise them,” he says.
“The harder we struggle, the quicker we’ll get the solution. We don’t have time to waste.”
Nnimmo Bassey, the executive director of Friends of the Earth, hopes that this year’s WSF was more than a talk-shopPlay Now | Play in Popup | Download (122)
Ebrima Sillah interviews KWASI ADU-AMANKWAH, secretary general of the International Trade Union Confederation for Africa
The trade unionist says the continent’s workers faced serious problems long before the current world financial crisis and it is time for the continent to focus squarely on job creation.
Trade unionist Kwasi Adu-Amankwah speaks with Ebrima Sillah about African labour in the global economy.Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (125)
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DAKAR, 11 fév (IPS) – Les mouvements paysans africains préfèrent le modèle traditionnel de production agricole, sans pesticides, ainsi que le système de petites exploitations familiales.Continue Reading
Halifa Sallah. Credit: courtesy of Freedom Newspaper.
Ebrima Sillah interviews HALIFA SALLAH, researcher and sociologist
DAKAR, Feb 11 (TerraViva) – The final two days of the World Social Forum are devoted to working out shared positions on a range of issues. Academics taking part in a parallel forum organised by the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, have been discussing the nature of social movements, liberation and how to achieve “the sovereignty of the people”.Continue Reading
DACAR, Senegal, 10/2/2011 (IPS/TerraViva) – Uma das líderes feministas e filha da África, a estudiosa nigeriana Amina Mama disse que o militarismo está à espreita, principalmente em países como Serra Leoa e Libéria. Ela diz que a guerra e os conflitos estão afetando especialmente as mulheres e as crianças, que são vulneráveis.Continue Reading
DAKAR, Feb 10 (TerraViva) – The road to the large green tent is dusty and rather confusing, but once you get there you are immersed in a babel of women’s voices. The tent, hidden away in the wind and dust, some distance from the main World Social Forum events, has become the unofficial women’s tent at the WSF. Continue Reading
DAKAR, 10 fév (IPS) – Si le Forum social mondial (FSM) de Dakar est d’abord l’affaire des altermondialistes qui réfléchissent aux différentes questions de développement des pays pauvres, il y a également des prostituées de la capitale sénégalaise qui se sont programmées pour y participer à leur manière afin de se faire de l’argent.Continue Reading
DAKAR, Feb 10 (TerraViva) – Siku ya kwanza ya mikutano na mijadala katika Kongamano la Jamii la Dunia imeandamwa na vurugu za kutafuta kumbi za mikutano. Continue Reading
Andrea Lunt anamhoji Mwanaharakati wa Kenya ONYANGO OLOO
NEW YORK, Feb 10 (IPS/TerraViva) – Nyuma ya vichwa vya habari vya makongamano ya kijamii na maandamano ya kutumia nguvu, kupambana na ukandamizaji na kubadili dunia kunahitaji hatua endelevu zinazojikita katika jamii ya chini, kulingana na mwanaharakati wa haki ya kijamii wa Kenya.Continue Reading
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