The World Forum for Alternatives is an international network aimed at supporting the international convergence of social movements and other actors of the Civil Society from below.
It creates spaces for reflection and coordination, providing social movements and ONGs, with tools for information and analysis on the globalization of resistances, and contributing to broadcast information about the existing international struggles.
Venezuela Celebrates 11 Years of “Bolivarian Revol... Kiraz Janicke | Venezuelanalysis.com Venezuela celebrated eleven years since President Hugo Chavez was first elected in 1998 on the back of a wave of popular rebellion against neo-liberalism in the Latin American country, signifying for many the beginning of what is referred to as the “Bolivarian Revolution”, a radical social process named after Latin American independence hero, Simón Bolivar...
World Social Forum, ten years on Esther Vivas | CADTM Since the World Social Forum was launched in June 2000, at the Alternative Social Summit in Geneva, coinciding with the United Nations Assembly on Social Development, ten years have passed...
Slavoj Zizek’s failed encounter with Leninism: ‘Th... Paul Kellogg | Links The Slovenian cultural theorist Slavoj žižek – most centrally in his Revolution At The Gates – has made it his business to reintroduce the Russian Marxist Vladimir Lenin to a new generation of activists...
Is Iran heading towards another revolution? Ahmad Alehossein | cetri.be Iran’s history contains three millennia of despotism, but also three revolutions in the past century alone. The current unrest may suggest that another is on its way...
Beyond `feminine’ and `masculine’ Anna Ochkina | Links I live in a world constructed by men. I realise I have to put up with this, though sometimes it’s difficult and even painful...
Venezuela: Alberto Muller Rojas on the danger of b... Alberto Muller Rojas interviewed by Vladimir Villegas | Venezuelanalysis.com This interview was first published at Indymedia Venezuela on November 24, 2009. Vladamir Villegas is the former president of the state-owned Corporación Venezolana de Televisión (Venezuelan Television Corporation, VTV) network based in Caracas, and ex-Venezuelan ambassador to Mexico. Alberto Muller Rojas is the vice-president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).
Haiti: The corporate vultures circle Regan Boychuk | Link Haitians’ incredible plight has always been difficult to fully appreciate. Then the earthquake struck: hundreds of thousands dead, hundreds of thousands more hurt, a million homeless and two million in need of food. It defies imagination...
Haiti: Number of Deaths Confirms Tragedy Magnitude Fany Rodríguez | Prensa Latina The high number of dead people, more than 200 000, confirms the impressive magnitude of the tragedy taking place in Haiti due to the earthquake that devastated its capital on January 12...
People are not pollution: Population limits are no... Simon Butler & Ian Angus | Green Left Immigrants to the developed world have frequently been blamed for unemployment, crime and other social ills. Attempts to reduce or block immigration have been justified as necessary measures to protect “our way of life” from alien influences...
Ten steps for a safe climate Susan Austin, Hobart | Green Left On January 12, community group Climate Action Hobart launched its document Ten Steps for a Safe Climate — Tasmania’s contribution to preventing dangerous climate change, which was developed over the previous year with input from industry experts, scientists, climate activists and the general community...
Workplace solidarity for Haiti Marg Gleeson | Green Left The slow initial response from Australian aid agencies to the horrific Haiti earthquake prompted me to organise some on-the-job fundraising for the victims. The not-for-profit organisation I work for deals with homelessness I thought the people I work with would identify with the plight of the Haitians...
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