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In addition to the World Social Forum  there are regional, national, local and other social forums.  The social forum is the combination of numerous local, national, regional developments, which together form a ''global social forum process''.
In addition to the World Social Forum  there are regional, national, local and other social forums.  The social forum is the combination of numerous local, national, regional developments, which together form a ''global social forum process''.
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* [http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/main.php?id_menu=19&cd_language=2 What the WSF is (from the website of the WSF)]
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* The official website of the WSF, in Portuguese, French and English, used to be found at www.forumsocialmundial.org.br . That site ceased to function at the beginning of 2014.
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* [http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/main.php?id_menu=3&cd_language=2 Who organizes it? (from the website of the WSF)]
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* [http://wsf2007.org/info/faq Frequently Asked Questions about the World Social Forum 2007 (from the website of WSF 2007)].  
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* [http://www.africansocialforum.org/ The African Social Forum]
* [http://www.africansocialforum.org/ The African Social Forum]
* [http://www.fse-esf.org/ The European Social Forum]
* [http://www.fse-esf.org/ The European Social Forum]
* [http://www.wsfindia.org/ The Indian Social Forum]
* [http://www.wsfindia.org/ The Indian Social Forum]
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* WSF 2009 in Belem
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* [http://www.fsm2009amazonia.org.br/ WSF 2009 in Belem]
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* [http://openfsm.net/  OpenFSM] OpenFSM is a platform for social activism provided by the World Social Forum
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* [http://www.wsftv.net/ WSF TV]
== The Charter of Principles of the World Social Forum ==
== The Charter of Principles of the World Social Forum ==
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The committee of Brazilian organisations that conceived of and organised the first World Social Forum, held in Porto Alegre from January 25th to 30th, 2001, after evaluating the results of that Forum and the expectations it raised, considered it necessary and legitimate to draw up a Charter of Principles to guide the continued pursuit of that initiative.
The committee of Brazilian organisations that conceived of and organised the first World Social Forum, held in Porto Alegre from January 25th to 30th, 2001, after evaluating the results of that Forum and the expectations it raised, considered it necessary and legitimate to draw up a Charter of Principles to guide the continued pursuit of that initiative.
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[http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/main.php?id_menu=4&cd_language=2 The WSF Charter of Principles (via the official site of the WSF)]
 
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[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Charter_of_Principles_%28World_Social_Forum%29  The WSF Charter of Principles (wikisource) ]
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* [http://www.choike.org/documentos/wsf_s111_wsfcharter.pdf The WSF Charter of Principles] via [http://www.choike.org/ Choike], a project of the Third World Institute
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* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Charter_of_Principles_%28World_Social_Forum%29  The WSF Charter of Principles] via Wikisource (but this has been deleted for copyright reasons!)
== The International Council of the World Social Forum ==
== The International Council of the World Social Forum ==
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The International Council of the WSF ([[WSF-IC]]) is composed of representatives of a number of organisations which participate in the WSF as organisers of activities (conferences, meetings etc.) during the WSF events and/or as funders of the WSF events.
The International Council of the WSF ([[WSF-IC]]) is composed of representatives of a number of organisations which participate in the WSF as organisers of activities (conferences, meetings etc.) during the WSF events and/or as funders of the WSF events.
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* [http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/main.php?id_menu=3_2_1&cd_language=2 Composition of the WSF-IC (from the site of the WSF)]
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* [http://wsflibrary.org/images/7/70/Composition_of_the_wsf_ic_august2006.pdf Composition of the WSF-IC (August 2006)] This is the earliest version of the list of WSF-IC member organisation that I have found in the Internet Archive. The list was originally made availablke via the now defunct website of the WSF http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br
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* [http://wsflibrary.org/images/a/ab/Composition_of_the_wsf_ic_january2014.pdf Composition of the WSF-IC (January 2014)] This is the most current version of the list of member organisations that used to be available via forumsocialmundial.org.br, as saved by the Internet Archive in January 2014.
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* Brief report of the World Social Forum International Council meeting at Stadia Guest House (Kasarani) in Nairobi, Kenya, 26-27 January, 2007[[Image:WSF-IC-01-2007.pdf]]
* Brief report of the World Social Forum International Council meeting at Stadia Guest House (Kasarani) in Nairobi, Kenya, 26-27 January, 2007[[Image:WSF-IC-01-2007.pdf]]
* The WSF-IC  met in Abuja, Nigeria between 30 March and 3 April 2008.[http://www.wsflibrary.org/index.php/Image:2008-04-Abuja_IC_meeting_report_EN_FINAL_DRAFT.pdf Official Report]. Other reports: [http://www.nigd.org/nan/nan-doc-store/03-04-2008/wsf-ic-abuja-2008 Link to reports at the site of the NIGD].
* The WSF-IC  met in Abuja, Nigeria between 30 March and 3 April 2008.[http://www.wsflibrary.org/index.php/Image:2008-04-Abuja_IC_meeting_report_EN_FINAL_DRAFT.pdf Official Report]. Other reports: [http://www.nigd.org/nan/nan-doc-store/03-04-2008/wsf-ic-abuja-2008 Link to reports at the site of the NIGD].
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* [[WSF_IC_Copenhagen_Sept_2008|Report on WSF International Council meeting Copenhagen - Denmark September 22nd- September 24th]]
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* [[WSF_IC_Copenhagen_Sept_2008|Report on WSF International Council meeting Copenhagen - Denmark September 22nd- September 24th 2008]]
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* WSF IC Meeting in Mexico City 5-7 May, 2010.  [http://www.wsflibrary.org/images/8/8b/Caruso_WSF-IC_Mexico_City_May2010.pdf Report by Giuseppe Caruso]
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*  After the IC-meeting in Monastir, July 2012: [http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfic_fsmci/wsfic-icfuture-home Contributions to the discussion on the future of the IC collected at OpenFSM.net]
== The Finances of the WSF ==
== The Finances of the WSF ==
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: " [...] the World Social Forum process is NOT the latest attempt to create a monolithic "world revolutionary vanguard movement" nor is it a reincarnation of an international "united front" seeking to overthrow, one by one, governments around the world. Such a notion would be a complete negation of the very essence and concept of the World Social Forum as outlined in its Charter of Principles. [...]
: " [...] the World Social Forum process is NOT the latest attempt to create a monolithic "world revolutionary vanguard movement" nor is it a reincarnation of an international "united front" seeking to overthrow, one by one, governments around the world. Such a notion would be a complete negation of the very essence and concept of the World Social Forum as outlined in its Charter of Principles. [...]
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: Rather, the World Social Forum is, to use a Kiswahili word, a global Jukwaa, in other words, an international PLATFORM, to quote from the Porto Alegre Charter "an open meeting place where groups and movements of civil society opposed to neo-liberalism and a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism, but engaged in building a planetary society centred on the human person, come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, formulate proposals, share their experiences freely and network for effective action." (Quoted from http://wsf2007.org/)  
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: Rather, the World Social Forum is, to use a Kiswahili word, a global Jukwaa, in other words, an international PLATFORM, to quote from the Porto Alegre Charter "an open meeting place where groups and movements of civil society opposed to neo-liberalism and a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism, but engaged in building a planetary society centred on the human person, come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, formulate proposals, share their experiences freely and network for effective action." (Quoted from an [http://web.archive.org/web/20070202024855/http://wsf2007.org/|an archived version] of the official website of the WSF in Nairobi 2007.)
=== In English ===
=== In English ===
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==== New Publications 2009-2011====
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Pleyers, Geoffrey: Alter-Globalization. Becoming Actors in the Global Age. Foreword by Alain Touraine. Polity Press 2010.
==== New Publications 2008====
==== New Publications 2008====
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*Comment: A concise booklet which entails reflections by participants in the two first WSF events at Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2001 and 2002, plus the text of the "World Social Forum Charter of Principles".  
*Comment: A concise booklet which entails reflections by participants in the two first WSF events at Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2001 and 2002, plus the text of the "World Social Forum Charter of Principles".  
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'''Whitaker, Chico''': The challenge of the World Social Forum  
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'''Whitaker Fereira, Chico''': Towards a New Politics. What Future for the World Social Forum?
*Published: 2006
*Published: 2006
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*Publisher: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, Delhi.
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*ISBN 81-89654-31-4
*A book on the WSF by one of its founders.
*A book on the WSF by one of its founders.
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'''Larmer, Miles:''' "whose Forum, which Africa?"
'''Larmer, Miles:''' "whose Forum, which Africa?"
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=== In French ===
=== In French ===
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'''Cardon, Dominique et Haeringer, Nicolas:''' "Formes politiques et coop�ration digitale. Les usages d'Internet par les Forums sociaux"
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'''Cardon, Dominique et Haeringer, Nicolas:''' "Formes politiques et coopération digitale. Les usages d'Internet par les Forums sociaux"
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*Relation: Centre d’�tudes des mouvements sociaux –�EHESS; Centre d’�tude et de Recherche en *Sociologie des Organisations - Université Paris-Dauphine
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*Relation: Centre d'études des mouvements sociaux- EHESS; Centre d'étude et de Recherche en *Sociologie des Organisations - Université Paris-Dauphine
*Published / Accessed: Forthcoming (December 2006)
*Published / Accessed: Forthcoming (December 2006)

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Contents

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the Social Forum

In addition to the World Social Forum there are regional, national, local and other social forums. The social forum is the combination of numerous local, national, regional developments, which together form a global social forum process.

The Charter of Principles of the World Social Forum

The committee of Brazilian organisations that conceived of and organised the first World Social Forum, held in Porto Alegre from January 25th to 30th, 2001, after evaluating the results of that Forum and the expectations it raised, considered it necessary and legitimate to draw up a Charter of Principles to guide the continued pursuit of that initiative.


The International Council of the World Social Forum

The International Council of the WSF (WSF-IC) is composed of representatives of a number of organisations which participate in the WSF as organisers of activities (conferences, meetings etc.) during the WSF events and/or as funders of the WSF events.

The Finances of the WSF

Readings about the World Social Forum

" [...] the World Social Forum process is NOT the latest attempt to create a monolithic "world revolutionary vanguard movement" nor is it a reincarnation of an international "united front" seeking to overthrow, one by one, governments around the world. Such a notion would be a complete negation of the very essence and concept of the World Social Forum as outlined in its Charter of Principles. [...]
Rather, the World Social Forum is, to use a Kiswahili word, a global Jukwaa, in other words, an international PLATFORM, to quote from the Porto Alegre Charter "an open meeting place where groups and movements of civil society opposed to neo-liberalism and a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism, but engaged in building a planetary society centred on the human person, come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, formulate proposals, share their experiences freely and network for effective action." (Quoted from an archived version of the official website of the WSF in Nairobi 2007.)

In English

New Publications 2009-2011

Pleyers, Geoffrey: Alter-Globalization. Becoming Actors in the Global Age. Foreword by Alain Touraine. Polity Press 2010.

New Publications 2008

Verso, 2007

Publications -2007

Nisula, Laura and Sehm Patomaki, Katarina (Eds.): We, the Peoples of the World Social Forum...

Whitaker Fereira, Chico: Towards a New Politics. What Future for the World Social Forum?

Larmer, Miles: "whose Forum, which Africa?"

Glasius, Marlies: "Deliberation or Struggle? Civil Society Traditions Behind the Social Forums"

Marin, Gustavo: "Methodological Contribution to the WSF 2005 Activity-aggregation Process. Attempting to See the Trees and the Forest at the Same Time .."

Reyes, Oscar: "World and European Social Forums: A Bibliography"

Böök, Mikael: "Librarians and World Social Forum, Unite!"


Information for Social Change Number 24: Special Issue on Libraries and Information in World Social Forum Context edited by Mikael Böök and Shiraz Durrani


Jai Sen, Anita Anand, Arturo Escobar, Peter Waterman (Eds.): World Social Forum Challenging Empires

George, Susan: Another world is possible if...

Evaluation of Social Forums

See WSF 2007 evaluation.

Ongoing Research on the Social Forum

In English

In French

Cardon, Dominique et Haeringer, Nicolas: "Formes politiques et coopération digitale. Les usages d'Internet par les Forums sociaux"

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