Social Forums

The seventh annual World Social Forum (WSF) ended in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday with thousands of delegates marching from the city’s Korogocho slums to Uhuru Park. This year’s Forum drew together an estimated 60,000 participants from all over the world and was said to be the ’most international’ of the forums, partly because African delegates were able to attend in large numbers because of this year’s location. Article by Kathambi Kinoti. (continue)

This paper summarises a study of developing country and civil society participation and influence in WSIS that was commissioned by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). As well as analysing participation, the study looked at the impact of WSIS on international ICT decision-making in general and makes recommendations to all main actors about how future decision-making might become more inclusive of developing countries, nongovernmental actors and their concerns. (continue)

NGO representatives have criticized the negligible results of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World-Bank, held in Singapore from 19 - 20 September 2006, which they said were grossly inadequate to deal with the massive problems of financial instability, debt, poverty and economic imbalances plaguing the world today. (continue)

Even if European countries have different living conditions, the situation of women in it is similar. This is why the joint actions of the women’s movements all around Europe is so necessary. (continue)

In May 2006, thousands of activists from all around Europe will meet in Athens in order to discuss about the perspectives of "the movement of the movements", exchange their experiences from their struggle and organize coordination and solidarity networks. (continue)

The victory of the NO vote in France is that of the Left, pro-European, alternative-globalist, feminist and democratic NO, against neo-liberalism and war. (continue)