Mumbai, India, January 2004We the social movements united in Assembly in the city of Mumbai, India, share the struggles of the people of India and all Asians. We reiterate our opposition to the neoliberal system which generates...
Read MoreBy Tom Hayden AlterNet January 20, 2004MUMBAI, INDIA — Natalia Ablova faces a tough challenge in her campaign against the US occupation of Iraq. Ablova, who looks like any friendly middle-American in her plain dress,...
Read MoreBy Arundhati Roy Speech at the Opening of the Mumbai World Social Forum, 16 January 2004 LAST JANUARY thousands of us from across the world gathered in Porto Allegre in Brazil and declared — reiterated — that...
Read MoreBy Chris Harman and Yuri Prasad “STOP PRIVATISATION”. “No war in South Asia”. “Dalit [untouchable] rights”. “Debt domination is human rights violation”. “Power to the...
Read MoreBy Alex Callinicos LONDON, [England], Jan 23 – Returning to London from Bombay was like moving from technicolor to black and white. Bombay’s ferocious but friendly vitality is mind-blowing at the best of times, but...
Read MoreBy Amit Sen Gupta and Probir PurkayasthaThe organisation of the World Social Forum in Mumbai in 2004 is both a challenge and an opportunity for those who are opposed to imperialist globalisation. It is natural, given the unusual...
Read MoreBy Aditya Nigam The time has come to put a certain Marxism alongside other religious eschatologies – forever awaiting their millennium, always in search of the enemy within. Reading through the document produced by the...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello* For the thousands of representatives of global civil society who will be gathering in Mumbai for the World Social Forum on January 16-22, Washington is the world’s no. 1 problem. Yet what a difference a year...
Read MoreNUMBER 96, January 2004 (PDF version click here)THIS year’s World Social Forum – the first to be held in Asia — is important. Four year’s after the first brilliant and inspiring gathering in Porto Alegre, Brazil, we are...
Read MoreEl Foro Social Mundial de este año –el primero a realizarse en Asia- es importante. Cuatro años después del inspirador y destacado primer encuentro en Porto Alegre, Brasil, nos enfrentamos a una situación mundial en la...
Read MoreEl negocio de la reconstrucción en Irak, liderado por EEUU, está fallando porque se trata menos de una reconstrucción que de un gran negocio. Nueve meses después de la invasión, el deterioro de las condiciones de...
Read Morepor Vijay Prashad*El Foro Social Mundial se inició en India hace ya por lo menos un año, cuando comenzaron los debates sobre la naturaleza del FSM en el seno de la izquierda. Marxistas, liberales y otros,...
Read Morepor Walden Bello* Para los miles de representantes de la sociedad civil global que se reunirán en Mumbai para el Foro Social Mundial entre el 16 y el 22 de enero, Washington es el principal problema que tiene el...
Read MoreOleh: Vijay Prashad Forum Sosial Dunia dibuka di India setidaknya setahun lalu. Kala itulah perdebatan di tengah gerakan kiri mengenai watak dari Forum Sosial Dunia dimulai. Kaum Marxis, liberal dan lain-lain mulai...
Read MoreOleh: Walden Bello Bagi ribuan perwakilan masyarakat sipil dunia yang akan hadir di Mumbai untuk Forum Sosial Dunia pada tanggal 16-22 Januari, Washington adalah masalah nomor satu di dunia. Walau demikian, betapa...
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