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| World Social Forum
The WSF at the crossroads Report by Hubert to the Fourth International’s International Committee
Created in 2001, after two consecutive years of big mobilisations against the institutions symbolising neoliberal globalisation, the WSF began modestly (15,000 participants) at the first WSF in late January 2001 in Porto Alegre. The process then consolidated itself very rapidly, first in Latin America and in Europe (1st ESF in November 2002 in Florence) and reached South Asia in 2003 (1st Asian Social Forum in 2003 in Hyderabad). -> read article... |
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| Globalisation
What Happened to the Global Justice Movement? Fighting Neoliberalism - The view from Scotland
Former SSP MSP Frances Curran was one of the organisers of the G8 Alternatives demonstration at Gleneagles in 2005. In this article she looks at the state of the movement today and asks where it goes from here. -> read article... |
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| China
The China Advantage Great Leap Forward for Capitalism, Big Step Backward for Labour
Well known global justice activist Au Loong-Yu explains the reasons for China’s spectacular economic growth - and some of its deadly consequences for Chinese workers. -> read article... |
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