World Social Forum

Silver Spoon Socialists Flex Muscles In Brazil

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.11.2012

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The Communist Party of Brazil was given the political plum of running the ministry of sports by president Dilma as a reward for staying inside her Worker's Party coalition government during her dramatic move to the political center.

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New Progressive PAC: If You Want Something Done Right...

Maceo Brown | Posted 04.10.2012

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Moving beyond the limitations of the traditional but arbitrary political divisions such as age, race, and socio-economic class has allowed our membership to define itself based on shared beliefs.

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Dancing to End Female Genital Cutting

Julia Lalla-Maharajh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julia Lalla-Maharajh, Davos, Orchid Project, World Social Forum, Human Rights, Africa, Dakar, Communities, Fgc, Gambia, Molly Melching, Female Genital Cutting, Senegal, Tostan, Bill Clinton, Unicef, Cultural Differences, Impact News

Communities are changing, shifting, abandoning. The very people who have perpetuated the practice of female genital cutting for centuries are choosing to change.

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Social Forum Celebrates, Consolidates Change in Latin America

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Fourth Social Forum of the Americas drew an estimated 10,000 participants involved in social movements from around the world to share and strategize at the National Sports Center in Paraguay.

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Fifteen minutes of undeserved fame in Port-au-Prince

Crossover Dreams | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Peter Costantini ~ Seattle A few days ago, while browsing Le Nouvelliste, the venerable French-language paper published in Port-au-Prince, I was...

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Detroit: A Model of Renewal for the U.S. Social Forum?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Detroit was not an accidental choice for the U.S. Social Forum. It is a city in the midst of a rebirth from the bottom up, and the organizers knew this well when they chose Detroit for the second USSF.

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Brazil: Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva Suffers Spike In Blood Pressure

AP | MARCO SIBAJA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was released from the hospital Thursday after suffering an attack of high blood...

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Capitalism's Woes Cheered At World Social Forum

AP | ALAN CLENDENNING | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Leftists in Brazil for a week of protests against capitalism denounced corporate greed on the second day of the World Soc...

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World Social Forum: Financial Crisis Is Opportunity For "Another World"

Inter Press Service | Mario Osava | Posted 05.25.2011

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A World Social Forum (WSF) revitalised by a global crisis that has awakened new interest in the proposition that "another world is possible" - now per...

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In the Week of Economic Circus: Which Way Recovery?

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

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The sense of real world pain is not visible in the backrooms of Congress. As the financial crisis deepens, the locus of change will move from the suites to the streets.

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