Carlos Henrique Àrabe Foro Social Mundial 2009 Resumo: Este artículo es parte del dossier sobre altermundialismo publicado en la revista “Contexto Latinoamericano”, No 7, Enero-Marzo, 2008, de Ocean Sur, Ciudad de México.
Almahady Cissé Aminata Dramane Traoré: "If WSF didn’t exist, it would need be created" (interview to IPS) Resumo: Aminata Dramane Traoré, one of the leaders of the anti-globalisation movement in Mali, reckons that the World Social Forum (WSF) is a representative movement that is essential to the common struggle of people oppressed by a "violent world economy" which often flouts fundamental rights.
Traoré -- a writer and former minister of Culture in Mali -- spoke with the IPS correspondent Almahady Cissé about international economic relationships and the future of the WSF.
There is still much to be done to shed light on the relationship "between the destructive nature of neoliberalism and armed conflicts," Traoré said.
Ramonet Ignacio La crisis política del FSM - Entrevista a Ignacio Ramonet, director de Le Monde Diplomatique Resumo: Ignacio Ramonet es desde 1991 redactor jefe del mensual Le Monde Diplomatique. En 1997 dio pie con su artículo ”Quitad el poder a los mercados“ a la fundación del movimiento internacional Attac. Fue uno de los iniciadores en 2001 del primer Foro Social Mundial en Por Alegre, co-firmando en 2005 el Manifiesto de Porto Alegre. El pasado 12 de enero participó el Simposio Rosa Luxemburgo en Berlín con una conferencia sobre el fracaso del “cuarto poder”, exigiendo mayores esfuerzos para la construcción de medios de comunicación resistentes para el movimiento anticapitalista. Marie Dominique Vernhes y Peter Strotmann le entrevistaron para el semanario alemán de izquierda Freitag.
Stedile João Pedro João Pedro Stedile: ‘The WSF has to agree on common actions against common enemies’ Resumo: Joao Pedro Stédile thinks that the World Social Forum (WSF) should remain a debating arena for civil society, because with all its breadth and variety, to attempt to agree on resolutions is "an illusion."
The Brazilian landless movement activist is also in favour of holding the WSF every three years, instead of annually, he said in an interview with IPS correspondent Mario Osava.
A member of the group that founded the WSF in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre in 2001, Stédile is regarded as one of the main theorists of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST), and he belongs to the local chapter of Vía Campesina, an international non-governmental organisation (NGO).
The 54-year-old economist is a national coordinator for the MST, and a staunch defender of food sovereignty and the right of farmers to produce their own seeds. Conversely, he is a radical opponent of genetically modified crops and of monoculture forestry, especially of eucalyptus.
Marcos Terena El mundo indígena y el Foro Resumo: Para los pueblos indígenas, las reuniones plenarias del Foro son plataformas de conocimientos tradicionales y diversidades características de cada región, que claman por justicia y derechos, escribe Marcos Terena, del pueblo Xané, presidente del Comité Intertribal (ITC, Brasil).
Marcos Terena Native Peoples and the World Social Forum Resumo: For the indigenous peoples, the Forum provide a platform for the traditional knowledge and diverse characteristics of each region, as people raise their voices in support of justice and rights, writes T. Marcos Terena (Brazil),member of the Xané indigenous group and president of the ITC Inter-tribal Committee.
atualizado em 21/05/2013
