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Fragmentation, convergences and strategic goals: some pointers from the ... - International Viewpoint
Fragmentation, convergences and strategic goals: some pointers from the ...
International Viewpoint
This affects not only parties and unions in most part of the world, but also the dynamic of the World Social Forum. There has been a real weakening of the European Social Forum and the Americas Social Forum (for different reasons, but with the dominant ...
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Protect domestic workers, ratify 'C189' - Rappler
Protect domestic workers, ratify 'C189'
Rappler
The ratification of C189 is one of the central issues that will be discussed in November 2012, when the Philippines hosts the 5th World Social Forum on Migration. By the time November comes around, however, workers' rights groups are hoping they would ...
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Waiting for new blood - Financial Express Bangladesh
Waiting for new blood
Financial Express Bangladesh
The Egyptian economist Samir Amin, one of the foremost leaders of the World Social Forum, when analyzing the uprisings in the Arab world, was well aware that it was not really a 'socialist,' pro-people world order that was in the making.
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PH to host global event on migration in November - ABS CBN News
PH to host global event on migration in November
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines – The 5th World Social Forum on Migration (WSFM) is expected to draw hundreds of international delegates to Manila on November 26-30. According to the Migrant Forum in Asia, the technical secretariat of the event, the WSFM will ...
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PHL to host global confab on migration - GMA News
PHL to host global confab on migration
GMA News
Hundreds of international delegates are expected to participate in the World Social Forum on Migration (WSFM) which will be held in Manila from November 26 to 30 this year. According to Migrant Forum in Asia, the technical secretariat of the event, ...
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Scottish govt. helps Israeli company deal with BDS - Alternative Information Center (AIC)
Alternative Information Center (AIC)
Scottish govt. helps Israeli company deal with BDS
Alternative Information Center (AIC)
Internationally, the World Social Forum-Free Palestine in Brazil in October offers an opportunity to develop the case for selecting Eden Springs as a priority target of the BDS campaign Europe-wide. bds_eden.
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Will Picture The Homeless Sue New York Post Over... - Village Voice (blog)
Will Picture The Homeless Sue New York Post Over...
Village Voice (blog)
The Web site for Picture the Homeless boasts a list of accomplishments that includes sending "delegations to the World Social Forum in Brazil." The web headline reads: "City-funded activist group teaches homeless how to invade apartments.
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Picture The Homeless: Was the Group's Funding Frozen Over Squatting Allegations? - Village Voice (blog)
Picture The Homeless: Was the Group's Funding Frozen Over Squatting Allegations?
Village Voice (blog)
The Web site for Picture the Homeless boasts a list of accomplishments that includes sending "delegations to the World Social Forum in Brazil." Oh, and let's not forget the web headline: "City-funded activist group teaches homeless how to invade ...
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Council Members & Community Declare Results of Groundbreaking Participatory ... - ReadMedia (press release)
Council Members & Community Declare Results of Groundbreaking Participatory ...
ReadMedia (press release)
We did everything from learning about participatory budgeting at the World Social Forum years ago to helping design the process at the city-level. We passed out flyers, made calls, worked as budget delegates, and staffed polling sites.
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Professors, students join Global Day of Action for Academic Boycott of Israel ... - Press TV
Press TV
Professors, students join Global Day of Action for Academic Boycott of Israel ...
Press TV
BDS Global Day of Action was first launched at the World Social Forum in 2009 and is held in solidarity with the Palestinians struggle for freedom and justice. The event in Gaza came a day after Land Day which marked the anniversary of Israel's deadly ...
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"We Stand With You": Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Reiterates His Support For ... - CounterCurrents.org
CounterCurrents.org
"We Stand With You": Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Reiterates His Support For ...
CounterCurrents.org
I am honored to have been asked by the Palestinian BDS National Committee, to announce an initiative, to hold the World Social Forum Free Palestine in Porto Alegre, Brazil in November of this year, in cooperation with the Brazilian social movement and ...
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Roger Waters' support for the World Social Forum Free Palestine - Alternative Information Center (AIC)
Roger Waters' support for the World Social Forum Free Palestine
Alternative Information Center (AIC)
Roger Waters issued his support for the World Social Forum Free Palestine during his tour "The Wall Live" in Brazil on Wednesday March 28, 2012. Since visiting Israel and the occupied territories in 2006, I have been part of an international movement ...
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World Social Forum Free Palestine, Brazil Nov. 2012 - Alternative Information Center (AIC)
World Social Forum Free Palestine, Brazil Nov. 2012
Alternative Information Center (AIC)
The World Social Forum Free Palestine is an expression of the human instinct to unite for justice and freedom and an echo of the World Social Forum's opposition to neo-liberal hegemony, colonialism, and racism through struggles for social, ...
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"We stand with you": Pink Floyd's Roger Waters announces Israel boycott forum ... - The Electronic Intifada (blog)
The Electronic Intifada (blog)
"We stand with you": Pink Floyd's Roger Waters announces Israel boycott forum ...
The Electronic Intifada (blog)
I am honored to have been asked by the Palestinian BDS National Committee, to announce an initiative, to hold the World Social Forum Free Palestine in Porto Alegre, Brazil in November of this year, in cooperation with the Brazilian social movement and ...
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The 'other' Jewish conspiracy - DAWN.com
The 'other' Jewish conspiracy
DAWN.com
Several years ago, at the Mumbai World Social Forum, I acquired a largish haunting picture of her, which I now keep framed in my study. Her piercing eyes remind me of the mortality of her beauty, of her gushing wisdom, of her intense selflessness and ...
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Eviction Date Set for "Occupy Porto Alegre" - Inter Press Service
Eviction Date Set for "Occupy Porto Alegre"
Inter Press Service
Occupy Porto Alegre, inspired by the 2011 Arab Spring and Spain's "Indignados" movement, met in January with the representatives of several other Occupy and Indignados movements during the Thematic Social Forum, an outgrowth of the World Social Forum.
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Cindy Sheehan speaks out to free the Cuban Five - Workers World
Workers World
Cindy Sheehan speaks out to free the Cuban Five
Workers World
Their freedom became an issue for anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan at the 2006 Caracas World Social Forum. On March 4, she carried her commitment to campaign to free them to Ireland and Sweden. The fifth of each month has been designated as an ...
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