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11 March 2009
La déclaration écosocialiste
« Le monde souffre d’une fièvre provoquée par le changement climatique, et la maladie est le modèle capitaliste de développement. » - Evo Morales, président de la Bolivie, septembre 2007 Le choix (...) -
23 February 2009, by
The 9th World Social Forum : new pathways and opportunities for the global alter-world project
The 9th World Social Forum (WSF) took place in Belem, Brazil from January 27th-February 1st, 2009. There were many hopes for the activities of the WSF, including the expectation to re-raise its (...) -
22 February 2009
Urban Movements Building Convergences
The current financial crisis demonstrates the limits of capitalism, the hazards of malign neglect in its insufficient regulation and the rush to posses and consume more. The financial crisis, (...) -
16 February 2009, by
Is Another World Possible?
The recently concluded World Social Forum is a good gauge for assessing the state of the world’s alternative social, economic and political movements. Organized in 2001 as a counterpoint to the (...) -
10 February 2009
Prophetic voice
As the WSF was winding down in Belem in Brazil, Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo spoke with Walden Bello about his thoughts on this year’s meeting. -
8 February 2009, by
THE DANGERS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE GLOBAL CRISIS
The alter-globalist movement has asserted itself as an anti-systemic movement that can provide a brighter future than the neoliberal phase of capitalist globalisation. The beginning of the global (...) -
5 February 2009, by
Resolution and Action
BELEM, Feb 2 (IPS) - The World Social Forum ended its ninth edition Sunday in Belém with its "Assembly of assemblies" adopting dozens of resolutions and proposals to be the subjects of a programme (...) -
4 February 2009
We won’t pay for the crisis. The rich have to pay for it !
Declaration of the Assembly of Social Movements at the World Social Forum 2009, Belem, Brazil. We the social movements from all over the world came together on the occasion of the 8th World (...) -
1 February 2009
’It Is Time to Aim Beyond Capitalism’
BELEM, Brazil, Jan 26 (IPS) - The World Social Forum meeting this week in this city in Brazil’s Amazon jungle region has an urgent and crucial task: coming up with alternative solutions for the (...) -
1 February 2009, by
Challenges
Coping with alter-globalization new guidelines and divisions On January 27, over 100, 000 people will inaugurate the 8th World Social Forum (WSF) in Belem, Brazil. Many things have change in the (...)
