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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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| Germany
“Die Linke”, a new party between hope and adaptation Left parties merge
As of June 16, 2007 at 16.36h, the Linkspartei.PDS (Left Party. of Democratic Socialism) and the WASG (Electoral Alternative For Jobs and Social Justice) no longer exist. After two years of preparations, they formally merged to create the new party Die Linke (The Left). -> read article... |
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| Review
Empire’s Island in a Sea of Struggle Evil Hour in Colombia, Forrest Hylton, Verso London and New York, 2006
Contemporary Colombia clearly ranks as one of the most difficult settings in which to wage resistance for social justice. At the same time, the abundance of injustice demands such resistance. Evil Hour in Colombia, the new book by Forrest Hylton, demonstrates a deep and penetrating understanding of the sociocultural, economic, and political post-Independence history of Colombia. It is a powerful indictment of the imperial practices of the US state. -> read article... |
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