World Social Forum

OCCUPY! CONNECT! CREATE! - Imagining Life Beyond "The Economy" (part two)

Ethan — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:39:04 -0400

by Ethan Miller

Previous: Part One: "This Is Our Moment"...

The Name of the Trap is "The Economy"

A Question in Latin America: What Kind of Solidarity Economy?

michaeljohnson — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:13:57 -0400

Miners in Potosí, Bolivia set off sticks of dynamite as cold winter winds zipped through the city, passing street barricades, protests, hunger strikers and an occupied electrical plant. These actions took place place from late July to mid-August against the perceived neglect of the Evo Morales administration toward the impoverished Potosí region. This showdown in Bolivia is similar to conflicts across Latin America between the promises of left-leaning governments, the needs of the people and the finite resources of Pachamama (Mother Earth).

World Social Forum at a Crossroads: 5th International, Solidarity Economy, or Stand Pat?

Ethan — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:42:59 -0500

If in 2001 the World Social Forum was "the birthplace of global civil society"-namely all social groupings between the public realm of the state and the private realm of the family-what should it be when that society grows up a bit? Many feel that a change is needed. Explaining her absence from the 2006 WSF, Arundhati Roy said "[it] has now become very NGO-ized [non-governmental organizations]...it's just become too comfortable a stage. I think it has played a very important role up to now, but now...I think we have to come up with new strategies."