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Political Mobilisation for the World Social Forum 2007
by Mondli Hlatshwayo |
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Reflections on the Southern Africa Social Forum,Malawi 2006
by Mzimasi Mngeni |
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Gender and Women's emancipation at SASF Malawi 2006
by Maria Van Driel |
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Farm Workers' Forum at the WSF,Nairobi 2007
by Ighsaan Schoeder |
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Mobilisation to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa
by Nina Benjamin |
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Southern Cape and Karoo Summer School
by SCLC |
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THE STATE OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ON THE EVE OF NAIROBI |
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Globalisation and Social Movements in Swaziland
by Dumezeni Dlamini |
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Urban evictions and political mobilisation in Angola
by Mondli Hlatshwayo |
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Mobilisation in Mauritius
by Lindsey Collen |
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The State of social movements in South Africa
by Mondli Hlatshwayo |
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The struggle against the Platinum rush and the New Land Dispossessions
by Jubilee South Africa |
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DOCUMENTS
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WSF charter of principles
by WSF Organising Committee |
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Why LALIT Invites you to Join "NO BASES
by Lalit |
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Education for Liberation:Past,Present and Future
by Khanya College |
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JOURNALS
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Contents
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The Road to Nairobi 2007
In January 2007 the first meeting of the World Social Forum on African soil took place in Nairobi, Kenya. The WSF encounter took place in the Kenyan capital from the 20th to the 25th January.As the....Click here to read this article in PDF.
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"People's Struggles!People's Alternatives!-Karibu to WSF Nairobi 2007!
The 7th edition of the World Social Forum brings the world to Africa as activists, social movements, networks, coalitions and other progressive forces from Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, Europe....
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Social Movements Set to Assert Their Presence aat WSF Nairobi 2007
Social movements in Kenya, “want to see the WSF being transformed into a space for organising and mobilising against the nefarious forces of international finance
capital, neo-liberalism and all its local neocolonial
and comprador collaborators,” writes Onyango Oloo
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THE ROAD TO NAIROBI
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The Polycentric world Social Forum 2006 in Bamako,Mali
In this article Nerisha baldevu discusses
the Social Forum in Mali. She argues that
there are pressing issues which the WSF needs to address....
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Venezuela:-A'Bolivarian' World social forum
In this article Mondli hlatshwayo* discusses the World Social Forum in the context of significant changes in Venezuela, and latin
America. In Venezuela, the struggle and memory of Simon bolivar is a constant inspiration for current struggles.From 24 to 29 January 2006, more than...
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The Road to Nairobi:South Africa Social Movements prepares for the WSF 2007
At the beginning of 2006 Khanya College,
together with social movements and
progressive NGos produced this concept paper
on how the social justice movement in South
Africa will approach the WSF in Nairobi. This is
an edited version of the concept paper agreed to by various social movements..
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Political mobilisation for the WSF 2007
In this article Mondli hlatshwayo* reviews the process of WSF preparation by social
movements in South Africa...
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Reflections on the Southern African Social Forum,Malawi 2006
Mzi Mngeni* reviews the recent SASF encounter held in Malawi in october 2006.He argues that the event was politically
successful, and that the key challenges is for
movements in the region to ensure that they build on this success..
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Gender and Women's emancipation at SASF Malawi
Maria van driel* reflects on the discussions
and debates on gender and women’s
emancipation at SASF...
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Farm workers' Forum at the WSF,Nairobi 2007
As part of using the WSF meeting in Nairobi as
a space to build unions and social movements,
the Southern Africa farm-worker network
will be hosting a forum of farm-worker
organisations at the WSF. Ighsaan Schroeder*
looks at the background and the aims of the
forum....
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Mobilising to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa
As part of the preparation for the WSF in
Nairobi, 13 organisations came together in
Johannesburg, South Africa, to exchange
experiences on approaches to mobilisation
against the hIV/AIdS pandemic. Nina benjamin*
reflects on the workshop and on the plans for the WSF..
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Southern Cape and Karoo Summer School
From the 23 – 27 oct 2006 the Southern Cape
land Committee hosted the first Summer
School in George. In this article the SClC*
reflects on the school, the discussions and the
preparation for the WSF in Nairobi....
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The State of the Social Movements on the eve of Nairobi 2007
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Globalisation and social Movements in Swaziland
In this article dumezeni dlamini* reflects on
the impact of globalisation and neoliberalism
on Swaziland and its working people, and
also looks at the processes of organisation
and resistance.....Click here to read this article in PDF.
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Urban evictions and Political mobilisation in Angola
In this article Mondli hlatshwayo* looks
at instances of forced evictions in luanda,
Angola, human rights abuses, and at initiatives
to build movements of resistance in that
country....Click here to read this article in PDF.
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Mobilisation in Mauritius
In this article lindsey Collen* outlines the
popular resistance to growing economic and
social crisis in Mauritius. She argues that
social movements must not shy away from
political organisation...Click here to read this article in PDF.
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The state of Social Movements in south Africa
In this article Mondli hlatshwayo* reflects on
the development of the social movements
in South Africa since the late 1990s, and he
also looks at the challenges facing these
new social justice movements...Click here to read this article in PDF.
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The struggle against the Platinum rush and the New Land Dispossessions
In this article Jubilee South Africa* gives
the background to the campaign against
forced removals in the platinum rich
bushveld complex in limpopo, Northwest
and Mpumalanga. The article also looks
at community resistance to the forced
removals...Click here to read this article in PDF.
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WSF Charter of Principles
The committee of Brazilian organisations
that conceived of, and organised, the first
World Social Forum, held in Porto Alegre
from January 25th to 30th, 2001, after evaluating the
results of that Forum and the expectations it raised,
consider it necessary and legitimate to draw up a
Charter of Principles to guide the continued pursuit..Click here to read this article in PDF.
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Why Lalit Invites You to join "NO BASES"
lalit* argues that support for the
campaign to close military bases in
various parts of the world provides
an anchor for the struggle against the
militarisation of society, and contributes
to building the global anti-war movement...Click here to read this article in PDF.
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Education for Liberation:Past,Present and Future
From 2-6 July 2007 Khanya College will host a
Winter School focused on the theme of popular
education as a tool in building the social justice
movement today. This paper by Khanya College
gives an outline of the context and focus of this
anniversary conference...Click here to read this article in PDF.
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