WSF 7 Years
From KLAMediaWiki
Contents |
A seminar (3 parts) organised by the wsf 7 years group on Tuesday 23 January
Alternative Information Center Jeruzalem-Bethelehem, Enda, Ethos, Centre for Civil Society (Durban), Center of Indian Trade Unions (Cetri), Cetri, International Press Service, Kepa, Liberdade Brasil, NIGD, Paolo Freire Institute, Program for Democracy and Global Transformation
WSF 7 Years (1) - the Future of the Movements
- Assessing Global Mobilisation
Have global movements changed their tactics, their ways of mobilizing or pushing for change? If so, why? what happened? Has the phase of mass mobilization passed? If so, why? What has replaced it? In what parts of the world, and around what issues? What kind of tactics are they now pursuing?
- Assessing Democratic objectives and practice
Have protest movements based on mass mobilization turned into ‘global democratization movements’? Have our movements similarly become more democratic? In what ways?
Date : Tuesday, January 23
Time: 11:00 - 13.30
Location: 12 IN lower
Group work and synthesis
Invited participants:
Nicola Bullard
Virginia Vargas
Immanuel Wallerstein
Mohau Pheko
Hilary Wainwright
Demba Dembele
Jan Aart Scholte
Patrick Bond
Christophe Aguiton
Michele De Palma
Michel Warschawski
Edgardo Lander
Moema Miranda
Raffaella Bolini
WSF 7 Years (2) - the Future Movements of the Forum
After 7 years of social fora all around the world, we find ourselves increasingly in a moment of self-reflection, around different questions. How can the Forum be made politically more useful? In how far is the Forum a process tie-ing together the experiences in local and regional process and how should we relate to other initiatives and spaces, as for example the autonomous spaces around the Forum? To what extent is the world social forum reproducing exclusions and practices of the neocolonial capitalist order, and how can these be overcome?
Date: Tuesday, January 23
Time: 14:30 - 17:00
Location: 12 IN lower
Group work followed by public debate; Invited participants:
Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Chico Whitaker
Prabir Purkayastha
Edward Oyugi
Taoufik Ben Abdallah
Amade Suca
Dorothea Haerlin
Sarah Longwe
Annibal Quijano
WSF 7 Years (3) - Relations with Progressive Political Parties and
Governments: Independence or Hypocrisy?
Date: Tuesday January 23
Time: 17:30 - 20:00
Location: 12 IN lower
Whilst political parties are specifically excluded from WSF participation, invited political leaders have contributed to, and arguably on occasion dominated, instances of the WSF. Direct and indirect financial support has also been accepted from local and national governments. Within the wider debate about the politicisation of the WSF itself, this session will focus specifically on balancing relations with “likeminded” players from the government sector.
Dialogue format with two government representatives and civil society actors
Vice Minister Partrizia Sentinelli, Italy
Luis Dulci, Brazil
Invited Respondents:
Kumi Naidoo (South Africa)
Sylvia Borren (Netherlands)
Oded Grajew (Brasil)
Vinod Raina (India)
Rabia Abdelkrim-Chikh (Senegal)
Moussa Demba (Senegal)
Hilary Wainwright (Great Britain)
