English, Top Story, WSF 2010
SOUTH AFRICA: Community Fears World Cup Will Cause Homelessness
The women were notified by the municipality that their homes will be bulldozed to make way for an extended parking lot for Cape Town's Athlone Training Stadium.
English, Top Story, WSF 2010
RIGHTS: Women More Educated, Not More Equal
When it comes to female education rates, progress has been made around the world, nevertheless advances have yet to translate into equity.
English, Top Story, WSF 2010
INDIA: Indigenous Groups Step Up Protests Over Mining Project
5,000 indigenous Dongria Kondhs trekked Sunday to Niyam Dongar hill stepping up their resistance to a controversial alumina refinery and bauxite mine project here.
Español, Top Story, WSF 2010
Lo que cambió y lo que falta cambiar
En el Foro Social Mundial de este año adquieren protagonismo los sindicatos y las cosmovisiones no occidentales, dice en esta entrevista el sociólogo portugués Boaventura de Sousa Santos.
English, Top Story, WSF 2010
SRI LANKA: Protests Grip Restive Nation after General’s Arrest
Sri Lanka is caught up in protests that threaten to spiral into public agitation across the country.
English, WSF 2010
U.S.: ACLU Ad Challenges Military Commissions
Posted on 08 March 2010
Civil libertarians hit back hard at reports indicating that the Obama administration is about to cave in to pressure from Congress and local groups in New York City to transfer the cases of suspected terrorists to the military commission system. Continue Reading
English, WSF 2010
Resistance Casts Pall over 2010 Olympic Festivities
Posted on 15 February 2010
The 2010 Winter Olympics opened with the largest protest convergence in the history of the Games. Continue Reading
Columns, English, WSF 2010
WORLD AT A CROSSROADS
Posted on 14 February 2010
As the new Executive Director of Greenpeace International I am often asked what changes I plan to make for the organisation. Continue Reading
English, WSF 2010
Rural Thailand Simmers with Anti-gov’t Rage
Posted on 08 February 2010
Meal by meal, a political feast is being laid out under the night sky to nourish a wave of anti-government protests rapidly spreading across this rural heartland. Continue Reading
English, WSF 2010
HAITI: U.S. Lawmakers, NGOs Call for Debt Cancellation
Posted on 05 February 2010
Nearly 100 U.S. lawmakers joined with key civil society groups here to urge the G7 leading western nations to commit to cancelling all of Haiti's multilateral debt. Continue Reading
English, WSF 2010
CHILE: Activists Fear Setbacks Under Rightwing Government
Posted on 04 February 2010
Trade unions and non-governmental organisations in Chile are worried that rightwing billionaire Sebastián Piñera's election as president will mean setbacks in terms of social policy. Continue Reading
English, WSF 2010
WSF: “Machista” but Valued by Feminists Nonetheless
Posted on 03 February 2010
The World Social Forum (WSF) "changed our lives," although it continues to be "machista," with men significantly outnumbering women in its organisation and almost all discussion panels. Continue Reading
English, WSF 2010
WSF: Reconciling Social and Environmental Needs
Posted on 01 February 2010
One of the greatest challenges facing the world today is to attend to the urgent social needs of the planet’s population. Continue Reading
Español, WSF 2010
Izquierda busca caminos
Posted on 31 January 2010
BahÃa, el estado más africano de Brasil, quiere ser sede del encuentro central del Foro Social Mundial (FSM) en 2013, después de haber promovido un foro temático concluido este domingo con una discusión sobre la izquierda y una marcha de miles de personas entre dos playas centrales de la ciudad capital. Continue Reading
Español, WSF 2010
Nordeste brasileño en la vidriera
Posted on 31 January 2010
La cuestión del Nordeste, una de las regiones menos desarrolladas de Brasil, emergió como problema en el último dÃa de debates del Foro Social Mundial Temático (FSMT). Continue Reading
English, WSF 2010
WSF: Global South’s Growing Role in Post-Crisis World
Posted on 31 January 2010
The most heavily attended meeting on Friday morning, "South-South cooperation as an alternative", offered a detailed view of emerging countries' growing leadership in geopolitics and the world economy. Continue Reading
Español, WSF 2010
Crisis recrudecerá y abrirá nuevas oportunidades
Posted on 31 January 2010
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
Español, WSF 2010
Conciliar exigencias sociales y ambientales
Posted on 30 January 2010
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
English, WSF 2010
WSF: Sierra Leone Sees Opportunity to Rise Up
Posted on 30 January 2010
The World Social Forum held in Nairobi in 2007 inspired Sierra Leonean activists to organise themselves to demand things like housing, health care and greater accountability from their government. Continue Reading
Español, WSF 2010
El chavismo en su cortocircuito
Posted on 30 January 2010
La “esquizofrenia†del proceso bolivariano está en el origen de las turbulencias que vive Venezuela, según el sociólogo Edgardo Lander, que analiza para TerraViva las causas de la nueva crisis que vive ese paÃs sudamericano. Continue Reading
Español, WSF 2010
El transformismo de Davos
Posted on 30 January 2010
Por Gustavo Capdevila GINEBRA (IPS/TerraViva) – El Foro Económico Mundial, que se realiza como cada año en la localidad suiza de Davos, se apropió del lenguaje del Foro Social Mundial, nacido en 2001 precisamente como la contraparte de la sociedad civil. Continue Reading
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