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The Bamako Appeal is a statement issued by a meeting held in Bamako, Mali, on January 18 2006, an initiative taken by the WFA – the World Forum for Alternatives, headed by eminent Egyptian economist Samir Amin and eminent Belgian historian François Houtart that makes a major call for (and puts (…)
, by BENSAÏD Daniel
Resistance Books and the IIRE are appealing for donations to publish an English translation of Per una storia della IV internazionale. La testimonia di un comunista controcorrente by the Italian socialist Livio Maitan (1923 - 2004) .
Livio Maitan
We have almost reached our goal of 5,000 (…)
, by SHARMA Mukul, WSF India
Please find appended below a brief summary of the meeting of WSF Asia Interim Council held on 16th December in Hong Kong. In solidarity, Mukul Sharma for WSF India.
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WSF 2006 event in Karachi is now likely to be scheduled on 23-28 March 2006 at Karachi.
WSF 2006 event in South (…)
, by AEPF
Background
AEPF emerged in the mid 1990s from a common desire and need among people’s organisations and networks across Asia and Europe to open up new venues of dialogue, cooperation and solidarity. A first convergence of these networks came together in the Asia-Europe Conference which was (…)
, by FERRARI Sergio, TOUSSAINT Éric
The next World Social Forum is to be... polycentric. It will take place in 2006, in a « decentralised » fashion, in Caracas (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela), Bamako (Mali) and Karachi (Pakistan).
To grasp the potential of the World Social Forum (WSF) you first need to evaluate the present (…)
, by Movements (international)
Trade unions and NGOs are concerned that the WTO negotiations, to be pursued at the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference in December, will have a massive impact on employment in the agricultural, industrial, fisheries, forestry and services sectors.
Please read the statement below and, if your (…)
Dear friends A joint meeting of National Steering Committee (NSC) of Pakistan Social Forum and Organizing Committee (OC) of WSF 2006 Karachi was held on November 19, 2005 in Lahore. The meeting was attended by more than 100 members of both NSC and OC. The meeting took a comprehensive stock of (…)
, by CHEW Aimee
Iraqi author and dissident Haifa Zangana, formerly imprisoned under Saddam Hussein’s regime but adamantly opposed to US occupation, writes, “in the aftermath of the 1958 revolution ending the British-imposed monarchy [in Iraq]... women’s organizations achieved within two years what over 30 years (…)
, by WLUML
Self-presentation of WLUML
, by POST Charles
The emergence and growth of bureaucracy, the non-propertied officialdom of various organizations, over the last two hundred years has been the subject of considerable discussion among social scientists. Conventional, bourgeois sociology argues that bureau¬cratic hierarchies are an unavoidable (…)
, by ACHCAR Gilbert
Ernest Mandel died on the 20th of July 1995, in the middle of the last decade of the 20th century. This was a time of ebb for the world Marxist movement: the neoliberal offensive of global capitalism was so pervasive that, even though they owed their election to a backlash against its effects, (…)
, by CURRIE Pam
Pam Currie came into politics through the vigil for a Scottish Parliament, which was maintained for several years in Edinburgh. She was an active member of Scottish Militant Labour, the Scottish Socialist Alliance and subsequently the Scotish Socialist Party (SSP). Here she gives a socialist and (…)
, by PESC-KSP
The Second Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 2) was held in London on 3-4 April 1998. It was attended by Heads of State and Government from ten Asian and fifteen European nations. The leaders were accompanied by their Foreign Ministers, members of the European Commission and other Ministers.
Before (…)
, by ROUSSET Pierre
Some elements of reflection, looking back at the Porto Alegre, January 31, 2005 meeting and looking forward the coming year.
Dear friends and comrades,
This is both to give information on the 2nd International Meeting of Radical Parties to the organisations which were unable to attend, and (…)
, by Radical Parties International Network
Documents from the second international meeting of radical parties
Globalize Struugles, Globalize Hope!
We the social movements united in Assembly in the city of Mumbai, India, share the struggles of the people of India and all Asians. We reiterate our opposition to the neoliberal system which generates economic, social and environmental crises and produces war. Our mobilisation against war and (…)
, by ROUSSET Pierre
To : Radpart Network January 18, 2005 Preparation of Porto Alegre
Dear friends and comrades,
We have not been able to do a number of things we were hoping, to prepare the Porto Alegre Radical Parties Meeting. For my part, I was planning to write something a bit substantial on the (possible) (…)
, by World Social Forum
The Charter of Principles was prepared by the Brazil Organizing Committee, WSF and later developed by WSF India, the following, however, constitutes the revised text as prepared by the WSF Pakistan Organizing Committee.
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1) The World Social Forum is an open meeting place for (…)
, by WMW
Preamble
We women have been marching a long time to denounce and demand an end to the oppression of women and end the domination, exploitation, egotism and unbridled quest for profit breeding injustice, war, conquest and violence.
Our feminist struggles and those of our foremothers on every (…)
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