Posted on 14 February 2011 by editor
Andrea Lunt interviews activist and intellectual BOAVENTURA DE SOUSA SANTOS
NEW YORK, Feb 14, 2011 (IPS) – More than 200 years ago, one of the United States’ founding presidents, Thomas Jefferson, famously remarked: “Every generation needs a new revolution.” Today, his words are more relevant than ever, as young people across the world mark 2011 as a year of change. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 February 2011 by admin
Marcha nas ruas de Dacar. Crédito: Abdullah Vawda/IPS
Dacar, Senegal, 11/2/2011 (IPS/TerraViva) – Começou com uma marcha pelas ruas de Dacar, cresceu com o chamado de uma nova era global e está terminando com o desafio para os ativistas de levar esse clamor além dos corredores do Fórum Social Mundial (FSM). Continue Reading
Posted on 11 February 2011 by admin
By IPS Correspondents
DAKAR, Feb 11 (TerraViva) – It started with a march through the streets of Dakar, grew with calls for a new global era and is ending with a challenge to activists to take the call for global change beyond the World Social Forum into the world. Continue Reading
Ebrima Sillah bids farewell to the 2011 World Social Forum. Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (139)
Posted on 11 February 2011 by admin
By Thandi Winston
DAKAR, Feb 11 (TerraViva) – Delegates attending the WSF in Dakar have affirmed their support and active solidarity with the people of Tunisia, Egypt and the Arab world. Continue Reading
Posted on 10 February 2011 by admin
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
Posted on 08 February 2011 by admin
Andrea Lunt interviews Kenyan activist ONYANGO OLOO
NEW YORK, Feb 8 (IPS/TerraViva) – Behind the headlines of mass social forums and violent protests, fighting oppression and changing the world requires sustained grassroots action, according to Kenyan social justice activist Onyango Oloo. Continue Reading
Posted on 08 February 2011 by admin
By Thandi Winston
Dacar, Senegal, 8/2/2011 (IPS/TerraViva) – A Revolução do Jasmin na Tunísia e o levante popular para derrubar três décadas de governo do presidente egípcio Hosni Mubarak motivaram delegações no Fórum Social Mundial que acontece em Dacar, no Senegal. Continue Reading
Posted on 08 February 2011 by admin
Activists in Dakar are drawing inspiration from the uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere. Crédito: Abdullah Vawda/IPS TerraViva
By Thandi Winston
DAKAR, Feb 7 (TerraViva) – Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution and the popular uprising poised to overthrow three decades of rule by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have galvanised and inspired delegates at the World Social Forum taking place in Dakar, Senegal. Continue Reading
Posted on 07 February 2011 by admin
Na Thandi Winston na Souleymane Faye*
Kutoka kwa: Abdullah Vawda/IPS
DAKAR, Feb 6 (IPS) – Makumi kwa maelfu ya watu waliandamana katika mitaa ya mji mkuu wa Senegal wa Dakar siku ya Jumapili kuashiria mwanzo wa Kongamano la Kijamii la Dunia linalofanyika kila mwaka. Wanaharakati walibeba mabango ya rangi mbalimbali yanayokemea upokonyaji wa ardhi, sheria kali za uhamiaji, ruzuku katika kilimo barani Ulaya na Marekani na masuala mengine mengi. Continue Reading
Posted on 07 February 2011 by admin
By Thandi Winston and Souleymane Faye*
DAKAR, Feb 6 (IPS/TerraViva) – Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Dakar on Sunday to mark the start of the annual World Social Forum. Activists carried colorful banners denouncing land grabs, restrictive immigration laws, agricultural subsidies in Europe and the U.S. and many other issues. Continue Reading
Tens of thousands marching at WSF Opening in Dakar, Ebrima Sillah reports. Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (333)
