Posted on 31 January 2010 by admin
By Denise Ribeiro*
SALVADOR DA BAHIA, Brazil, Jan 30, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) – “Society and Governments: debates and alternatives for a post-crisis world” is the name of a Thematic World Social Forum meeting being held in the capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia.
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Posted on 31 January 2010 by editor
Por Denise Ribeiro
SALVADOR, Brasil, 31 ene (IPS/TerraViva) Seminarios simultáneos en distintos lugares de Salvador, capital del nororiental estado brasileño de BahÃa, agregaron nuevas visiones sobre la crisis global, en el segundo dÃa del Foro Social Mundial Temático (FSMT). Continue Reading
Posted on 30 January 2010 by editor
Por Mario Osava
SALVADOR, Brasil, 30 ene (IPS/TerraViva) El gran desafÃo de la humanidad es atender clamores sociales, especialmente de los mil millones de personas que están “al margen de la vidaâ€, y conciliarlos con las exigencias ambientales, declaró este sábado Patrus Ananias, ministro de Desarrollo Social brasileño. Continue Reading
Posted on 30 January 2010 by editor
Manifestantes en Porto Alegre. Crédito: Verena Glass
Análisis de Antonio Martins
PORTO ALEGRE, Brasil (IPS/TerraViva) En Porto Alegre resurgió la Asamblea de los Movimientos Sociales, menos conflictiva con la Carta de Principios del Foro Social Mundial (FSM) y con mayor apertura a las distintas formas de construir un “mundo nuevoâ€. Continue Reading
Posted on 29 January 2010 by admin
Credit: IPS/TerraViva
By Mario Osava
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, Jan 28 , 2010 (IPS) – Democratising economics as well as politics is essential for ending irrationality and discrimination as part of the struggle for social and environmental justice, said participants at one of the panels of the seminar assessing the World Social Forum’s (WSF) first 10 years.
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Posted on 28 January 2010 by admin
Credit: Claudia Diez de Medina/IPS
By Mario de Queiroz
LISBON, Jan 23, 2010 (IPS) – Nearly a decade after its inception, and in spite of some reverses, on balance the World Social Forum (WSF) has proved a resounding success as a platform for planet-wide debate, from the point of view of the people most affected by the world’s problems.
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Posted on 28 January 2010 by admin
Dakarayi Matanga (left), with a delegate from the Congress of South African Trade Unions at the Southern African Social Forum. Credit: Stanley Kwenda/IPS
Stanley Kwenda interviews DAKARAYI MATANGA, Southern Africa Social Forum
HARARE, Jan 28, 2010 (IPS) – The same kind of worldwide solidarity that helped bring down apartheid is necessary to free the global South from economic domination.
Posted on 26 January 2010 by admin
Marcio Pochmann. Credit: Elza-Fiúza/ABr
Por Mario Osava
PORTO ALEGRE, Brasil, 26 ene (IPS) – En las sociedades futuras, los jóvenes no trabajarán antes de los 25 años de edad y tendrán educación plena con la graduación universitaria como piso y no como meta final, mientras que las jornadas de trabajo para todos podrán reducirse a 12 horas semanales.
Posted on 26 January 2010 by admin
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Credit: Mithre J. Sandrasagra/IPS
By Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 22, 2010 (IPS) – The birthplace of the World Social Forum (WSF), conceived as an alternative to international meetings pursuing free-market economics, Brazil is on its way to becoming a major economic power, analysts say. The question is, what kind of model will it adopt to avoid the behaviour it has previously criticised?
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Posted on 25 January 2010 by admin
Credit: TV WSF Archive
By Mario Osava
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, Jan 25, 2010 (IPS) – A call issued by social movements to evolve towards a more active role in generating concrete action marked the opening session of a seminar assessing the 10 years of the World Social Forum (WSF) Monday in this southern Brazilian city, the birthplace of the annual global civil society gathering.
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