Posted on 07 February 2011 by editor
Marcha de abertura do Fórum Social Mundial em Dacar. Crédito: Abdullah Vawda/IPS TerraViva
Por Thandi Winston e Souleymane Faye*
Dacar, Senegal, 7 feb (IPS/TerraViva) – Dezenas de milhares de pessoas marchavam pelas ruas de Dacar no dia 6, para marcar o inÃcio do Fórum Social Mundial de 2011. Ativistas carregam cartazes coloridos denunciando a grilagem de terras, as leis de imigração restritivas, os subsÃdios da agricultura na Europa e nos Estados Unidos, entre muitas outras questões. Continue Reading
Posted on 07 February 2011 by editor
Manifestantes en la marcha de apertura del Foro Social Mundial en Dakar. Crédito: Abdullah Vawda/IPS TerraViva
Por Thandi Winston y Souleymane Faye*
DAKAR, 7 feb (IPS) – Los temas centrales que se discuten en el Foro Social Mundial (FSM) de Dakar giran en torno a la confiscación de tierras, las leyes migratorias y los subsidios agrÃcolas de Europa y Estados Unidos, entre otros problemas que aquejan a Ãfrica. Continue Reading
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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