Hello everyone

About Tomorrow 15th december  meeting consultation for nepal social 
forum early march
Like in september  there could be live streaming and inclusion of remote 
participants
http://openfsm.net/projects/nepal-and-wsf/nepalandwsf-act437-nepalsfconsultation-meeting-kathmandu-december
JOIN IN whatsapp room about nepal SF 437  
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http://openfsm.net/projects/nepal-and-wsf/nepalandwsf-act397-south-asia-wsf-preparatory-meeting-september 
(thanks to Indra)

Also join the whatsapp room  "Nepal and Dynex1WSF" for day to day 
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see the context here  http://openfsm.net/projects/nepal-and-wsf

Aslo you can find some news in english about wsf in brasil in march
http://openfsm.net/projects/prepa-fsm2018-intl/prepafsm2018intlindex

Also some of you have join the CIPS WSF group here :
http://openfsm.net/projects/gips-fsm/gips-invitation-oct17/#EN

Dynex1WSF support team
Pierre


On 2017-12-14 17:02, Uddhab Pyakurel wrote:
> Dear Comrades
> 
> I hope you have received an invitation from Nepal Social Forum
> Secretariat for the consultation to be held tomorrow (December 15,
> 2017) at Union House, Anamnagar at 3.00pm.
> 
> Let us discuss about:
> 1. the main theme of the proposed Nepal Social Forum: Deepening
> Democracy in Nepal: an Endeavour to Ensure Dignity, Diversity, Justice
> and Equality ???
> 
> 2. Date of the event:  March 1 to 3????
> 3.  Sub themes:
> 
>> i.                     Social Justice and harmony
>> 
>> ii.                   Environment Justice: Land and forest
>> 
>> iii.                  Corruption and Good Governance
>> 
>> iv.                 Electoral system: fair and actual
>> representations
>> 
>> v.                   Cast based discrimination and untouchability
>> 
>> vi.                  Feudal labor practices and informal employment
>> system
>> 
>> vii.                Human Rights and fundamental privileges
>> 
>> viii.              Media and right to information
>> 
>> ix.                 Participatory democracy and constitution making
>> 
>> x.                   Transitional Justice
>> 
>> xi.                 Gender justice and gender based violence
>> 
>> xii.                Minorities and social inclusion
>> 
>> xiii.              Rights of differently able people
>> 
>> xiv.              Rights to movement and migration
>> 
>> xv.               Children, adolescents and old aged people
>> 
>> xvi.              Culture and arts
>> 
>> xvii.            Economic solidarity and entrepreneurship
> 
>                               xviii        Tax justice & Evasion.
> 
>> xviv        Right to Information to Promote Good Governance
> 
>> ????? ???
>> 
>> 4. Stall and event Charge:   Stall charge has been fixed as NRs
>> 5000/- (five thousand rupees only) for an institution, NRs 3000/-
>> (three thousand rupees only) for event organizer for the hall with
>> the capacity of 25 people and NRs 5000/- (five thousand rupees only)
>> for the hall with the capacity of 50 persons for an event, and NRs
>> 6000/- (six thousand rupees only) for food counter per day. ???
> 
> 5. Organising Committee/Committees: ????????????
> 
> Regards
> 
> Uddhab
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Bhola Bhattarai
> <nafannepal8@...> wrote:
> 
>> Dear Sir/Madam,
>> Thank you for invitation. I will be there at 3 pm.
>> 
>> Bhola Bhattarai
>> 
>> On 13/12/2017, World Social Forum Nepal <wsfnepal2013@...>
>> wrote:
>>> Dear Comrades
>>> 
>>> As Dr. Uddhab Pyakurel wrote last month, Nepal WSF Secretariat
>> has been
>>> busy in conducting bi-lateral and multi-lateral consultation of
>> various
>>> stakeholders to explore the possibility to revive Nepal Social
>> Forum
>>> process. As there were proposals for Nepal Social Forum to be
>> organised in
>>> Kathmandu in the first week of March 2018, we wish to invite you
>> for the
>>> consultation on the December 15, 2017 at Union House, Anamnagar at
>> 3.00pm
>>> so that we start preparatory work to make the proposal a success.
>>> 
>>> Also we would like to request you to please share contact emails
>> of other
>>> like-minded institutions so that we can inform them about the
>> meeting.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sincerely Yours,
>>> 
>>> *Nepal WSF Secretariat, **SADED-Nepal Office*
>>> 
>>> *Sanepa, Lalitpur, **Nepal*
>>> 
>>> *Email - wsfnepal2013@... <wsfnepal2013@...>*
>>> 
>>> *Telephone - 977-1- 5535628 [1]*
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Uddhab Pyakurel
>> <upyakurel@...>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Dear Comrades
>>>> 
>>>> I find a very good write-up to understand what is Social Forum
>> and where
>>>> is it heading today. Please feel free to read and share your
>> thoughts.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> Uddhab
>>>> [image: Home] <https://www.opendemocracy.net/ [2]>
>>>> 
>>>> - openDemocracy <https://www.opendemocracy.net/ [2]>
>>>> - oD UK <https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk [3]>
>>>> - oDR <https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia [4]>
>>>> - oD 50.50 <https://www.opendemocracy.net/5050 [5]>
>>>> - democraciaAdddbierta
>>>> - TranDeesformation
>>>> - ourBeeb <https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourbeeb [6]>
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>>>> 
>>>> Reinventing the World Social Forum: how powerful an idea can be
>>>> FRANCINE MESTRUM
>> <https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/francine-mestrum [8]>
>>>> 18
>>>> November 2017
>>>> 
>>>> The collective in Salvador has succeeded in bringing together
>> thousands
>>>> of
>>>> organisations for preparing the Forum: the slogan is ‘to resist
>> is to
>>>> create, to resist is to transform’.
>>>> 
>>>> [image: open Movements] <https://opendemocracy.net/openmovements
>> [9]>
>>>> *The openMovements <https://opendemocracy.net/openmovements [9]>
>> series
>>>> invites leading social scientists to share their research results
>> and
>>>> perspectives on contemporary social struggles.*
>>>> 
>>>> *
>>>> 
>> 
> <https://cdn.opendemocracy.net/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/500209/corebranco-783x274.png
>> [10]>*It
>> 
>>>> was in 2001. Almost a generation ago now! The first World Social
>> Forum
>>>> (WSF) was organised in Porto Alegre, Brazil, the city of the
>> Workers’
>>>> Party
>>>> of future president Lula da Silva and the city of the
>> participatory
>>>> budget.
>>>> There was hope, much hope, and a belief that ‘another world’
>> was possible
>>>> and that we could shape it. This became the slogan of all future
>> WSFs.
>>>> 
>>>> There were not that many people at this first meeting, though the
>> fact
>>>> that almost 15,000 people from all over the world gathered at
>> short
>>>> notice
>>>> was a real surprise. Those who had taken the initiative included
>> people
>>>> from the Brazilian Workers’ Party (PT), intellectuals from
>> Latin America,
>>>> Africa, Europe and Asia, such as François Houtart, people from
>> the French
>>>> monthly Le Monde Diplomatique… It was a real success and one
>> year later
>>>> there were 50,000 making the trip to Brazil, with more than 1000
>>>> journalists! The World Social Forum was the reply to the World
>> Economic
>>>> Forum in Davos and wanted to propose an alternative to neoliberal
>>>> globalisation.
>>>> 
>>>> An ‘International Council’ was created in order to strengthen
>> the process
>>>> and a ‘Charter of Principles’ was written containing the main
>> rules for
>>>> the
>>>> events.
>>>> Not in the name of the Forum
>>>> 
>>>> One of the most important of these principles is that no one can
>> ever
>>>> speak ‘in the name of’ the Forum. Participants can speak for
>> their
>>>> organisations, possibly together with others, but not ‘as
>> Forum’.
>>>> Organisations involved in the armed struggle are not welcome. The
>> Forum
>>>> wants to be an ‘open space’, something that can be
>> interpreted in
>>>> different
>>>> ways and at the same time needs to be seen as a guarantee for
>>>> ‘horizontality’ – no hierarchies, self-management and the
>> democratic
>>>> participation of all.
>>>> 
>>>> [image: lead]
>>>> 
>> 
> <https://cdn.opendemocracy.net/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/500209/773806570_c9d2c0e39d_z.jpg
>> [11]>Opening
>>>> march of the World Social Forum in Caracas, Venezuela in January
>> 2006.
>>>> Flickr/Brooke Anderson. Some rights reserved.Initially, the
>> international
>>>> council was a closed gathering of intellectuals who jealously
>> guarded
>>>> their
>>>> privilege, tried to control the Forum process and discussed world
>>>> political
>>>> matters.[i]
>>>> 
>> 
> <https://www.opendemocracy.net/francine-mestrum/reinventing-world-social-forum-how-powerful-idea-can-be#_edn1
>> [12]>
>>>> 
>>>> *Big crowds*
>> 
>>>> 
>>>> After three very successful forums in Brazil, the event left for
>> Mumbai,
>>>> India, with as much success. Nevertheless, the first small cracks
>> came to
>>>> light when the anti-capitalists, refusing to envisage even the
>> slightest
>>>> compromise, organised their own anti-imperialist forum, parallel
>> to the
>>>> official WSF.
>>>> 
>>>> Afterwards, we had a ‘polycentric’ Forum in Caracas,
>> Venezuela, Bamako,
>>>> Mali and Karachi, Pakistan. One year later we moved to Nairobi,
>> Kenya,
>>>> which was not a success because of failing organisation and a
>> lack of
>>>> resources. We went back to Brazil with a gigantic Forum (150,000
>> people!)
>>>> in Belem and the focus on the Amazon region and its indigenous
>> people. We
>>>> tried Africa once more but again the organisation was below zero.
>>>> 
>>>> The rules which were set up to guarantee democracy and
>> horizontality were
>>>> not as solid as expected. At each meeting of the international
>> council –
>>>> twice a year – a new commission, a new working-party or another
>> liaison
>>>> committee was necessary to mend the cracks.
>>>> 
>>>> But the cracks kept emerging and the global left appeared to be
>> as weak
>>>> as
>>>> its national counterparts: bickering egos, divergent philosophies
>> … the
>>>> European forums did not survive the endless squabbling.
>>>> 
>>>> The belief in ‘another world’ came under threat after the
>> events of 11
>>>> September 2001, and almost disappeared with the financial crisis
>> of
>>>> 2007-2008. The WSF continued to gather, but became less dynamic.
>>>> 
>>>> The Arab spring gave new hope and we organised an excellent Forum
>> in
>>>> Tunis
>>>> in 2013 and another one in 2015.
>>>> 
>>>> The Canadians proposed a new formula for the WSF and organised
>> one in
>>>> Montreal in the summer of 2016. It was fine, but there were
>> hardly any
>>>> organisations involved. As is the case for many young people
>> today, its
>>>> philosophy was focused on individuals, with little vision of the
>> global
>>>> world.
>>>> 
>>>> *Bursting cracks*
>>>> 
>>>> The Brazilians were fed up. They were no longer keen to organise
>>>> international council meetings and had doubts on future world
>> social
>>>> forums. A couple of times, there were real clashes at meetings
>> and one
>>>> had
>>>> to be an expert with lots of empathy to understand what was being
>> said
>>>> during the debates. What was meant was hidden under several
>> layers of
>>>> newspeak and empty concepts.[ii]
>>>> 
>> 
> <https://www.opendemocracy.net/francine-mestrum/reinventing-world-social-forum-how-powerful-idea-can-be#_edn2
>> [13]>
>>>> 
>>>> It has often been said that the main problem of the WSF is the
>> opposition
>>>> between NGOs and social movements. NGOs are said to be reformist
>> with
>>>> little or no contact with their social base, whereas social
>> movements are
>>>> supposed to be revolutionary and very popular. I do not believe
>> this.
>>>> Some
>>>> NGOs are very revolutionary and some social movements know
>> perfectly well
>>>> how to keep their members in line.
>>>> 
>>>> *So what’s up?*
>>>> 
>>>> A first real problem is the failing and vague definition of the
>> ‘open
>>>> space’, including its intrinsic ‘horizontality’. These are
>> attractive
>>>> principles but they do need a concrete meaning. In any place
>> where people
>>>> are gathering, in small or less small groups, power relations
>> will exist
>>>> and these have to be monitored in a democratic way.
>>>> 
>>>> If the ‘horizontality’ means that the really existing
>> hierarchy remains
>>>> hidden behind a non-defined principle, problems with
>> accountability and
>>>> transparency will necessarily arise. If structures are so complex
>> that no
>>>> one knows who has to do what, misunderstandings are inevitable. A
>> small
>>>> group within the international council continued to request a
>> light
>>>> structure with clear responsibilities and transparency, to no
>> avail.
>>>> Those
>>>> who have power, especially if it remains invisible, will not
>> accept any
>>>> changes.In Europe as well as in Latin America, Asia and Africa,
>> democracy
>>>> is threatened. The differences are often smaller than they seem
>> to be at
>>>> first sight.
>>>> 
>>>> A second problem is that some of the Brazilian ‘fathers’ of
>> the Forum
>>>> fear
>>>> political positions.[iii]
>>>> 
>> 
> <https://www.opendemocracy.net/francine-mestrum/reinventing-world-social-forum-how-powerful-idea-can-be#_edn3
>> [14]>
>>>> Even
>>>> if the first Forum was organised just before the elections that
>> made Lula
>>>> president of the country – and promoting his candidacy –
>> today, there is
>>>> a
>>>> tremendous fear of touching anything political. This obviously is
>> very
>>>> absurd when one wants to shape ‘another world’, but it does
>> lead to a
>>>> permanent struggle between a small club of ‘fathers’ and the
>> many dynamic
>>>> and younger members of the international council. The former do
>> not want
>>>> to
>>>> organise general forums any more and instead focus on thematic
>> forums,
>>>> such
>>>> as on water, migration or nuclear matters. They keep focusing on
>>>> diversity
>>>> and the idea of ‘convergence’ makes them shiver.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
> <https://cdn.opendemocracy.net/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/500209/Opening_walk_of_2002_World_Social_Forum.jpg
>> [15]>Opening
>> 
>>>> walk of the World Social Forum, 2002. Wikicommons/Passeata de
>> Abertura.
>>>> Some rights reserved.The third problem, finally, is purely
>> material: a
>>>> lack of resources. A meeting of the international council will
>> easily
>>>> cost
>>>> around 100,000 euros, except if all pay their own ticket. The
>> budget for
>>>> the forum in Salvador is around 2.5 million Euro, a very modest
>> amount
>>>> compared to previous forums. The fact that the international
>> council paid
>>>> tickets for many of its members made it very easy to make
>> alliances. Now
>>>> that this has stopped, it is only the more autonomous members who
>> remain
>>>> and can put the ‘old guard’ in a minority position.
>>>> 
>>>> Financial constraints, all over the world, make it very difficult
>> for
>>>> many
>>>> movements to make long trips. It explains why the last forums may
>> have
>>>> been
>>>> a success but were not really ‘global’ forums any more. The
>> participation
>>>> of Africa has dwindled, Asian participation has almost
>> disappeared.
>>>> A new beginning
>>>> 
>>>> The international council meeting in Porto Alegre in January 2017
>> was a
>>>> real turning point. Two and a half days long, discussions were
>> serious
>>>> and
>>>> calm, everyone fearing to repeat the clash of Montreal, where
>> even in
>>>> spite
>>>> of a consensus, it was not possible to condemn the ‘coup’ in
>> Brazil. But
>>>> the last half day, the old guard flatly refused to envisage a
>> next Forum
>>>> in
>>>> Salvador in spring 2018. They were defeated …
>>>> 
>>>> Now, in October 2017, another meeting of the international
>> council took
>>>> place in Salvador in order to concretely prepare the Forum. It
>> was a very
>>>> positive and constructive meeting, without any conflicts. The
>> movements
>>>> in
>>>> Salvador are very dynamic, all are very optimistic about the
>> chances for
>>>> the next Forum.We have to act as adults, forget all egocentricity
>> and
>>>> learn to search for what we have in common.
>>>> 
>>>> A very interesting cooperation with the Federal University of
>> Bahia, a
>>>> public establishment with more than 200,000 students, is very
>> promising.
>>>> After the international council meeting, we had an international
>>>> conference
>>>> with activists and academics, with very good results. For the
>> rector of
>>>> the
>>>> University, this is a unique opportunity for reaching out to
>> society. The
>>>> opening ceremony was particularly moving, with, obviously, many
>>>> discourses,
>>>> but also lots of music, theatre and poetry, and lots, lots of
>> politics.
>>>> 
>>>> These are politically difficult times for Brazil, the memory of
>> the
>>>> military dictatorship remains vivid and moreover, in the same way
>> as in
>>>> other parts of the world, a struggle needs to be organised
>> against
>>>> budgetary cuts in education and research.
>>>> 
>>>> The collective in Salvador has succeeded in bringing together
>> thousands
>>>> of
>>>> organisations for preparing the Forum, trade unions will be
>> massively
>>>> participating, the slogan is ‘to resist is to create, to resist
>> is to
>>>> transform’. In the same way as in the past, the Forums offered
>> an
>>>> opportunity to directly listen to Chavez, Lula, Correa and
>> Morales, the
>>>> proposal now is to invite Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders.
>>>> 
>>>> All are very optimistic about the chances of the next Forum. The
>>>> movements
>>>> are very dynamic and the international council can also take a
>> new start.
>>>> From the one hundred and fifty movements on the list, fifty have
>>>> confirmed
>>>> they believe in its future.
>>>> A global transversal gathering
>>>> 
>>>> The WSF is not the only global Forum. Thanks to the many
>> initiatives that
>>>> were taken from the 1990s onwards, many thematic networks have
>> been
>>>> created
>>>> and they continue their very useful work. But the WSF is the only
>> global
>>>> transversal gathering where different groups can discuss their
>>>> objectives,
>>>> their strategies and their campaigns. There is now a general
>>>> understanding
>>>> that climate justice is not possible without social justice, that
>> peace
>>>> is
>>>> not possible without climate and social justice and that media
>> play a
>>>> very
>>>> important role in all these sectors. It therefore is urgent to
>> sit and
>>>> plan
>>>> together. In Mexico, a major Forum on migration will be organised
>> in
>>>> November 2018 and we all know that labour law, climate change and
>> peace
>>>> will have to be discussed there.In Mexico, a major Forum on
>> migration
>>>> will be organised in November 2018 and we all know that labour
>> law,
>>>> climate
>>>> change and peace will have to be discussed there.
>>>> 
>>>> Too many movements have now withdrawn to the local level and have
>>>> forgotten that local and global levels are not opposed or
>> hierarchical.
>>>> They need to go hand in hand. Moreover, in Europe a new tendency
>> to put
>>>> up
>>>> more barriers is growing, whereas we need the opposite. The WSF
>> can make
>>>> an
>>>> important contribution to this.
>>>> 
>>>> This Forum can be a new start. The old guard of the opponents has
>>>> certainly not disappeared and one may expect it will make itself
>> heard
>>>> once
>>>> again after March 2018. That is why major mobilisations in Latin
>> America,
>>>> Europe, Africa and Asia are very important, because yes, another
>> world is
>>>> possible. Does anyone believe the world today is in a better
>> shape than
>>>> fifteen years ago? That the demands of the alter-globalist
>> movement are
>>>> now
>>>> irrelevant? We should not be afraid of politics, on the contrary.
>> But we
>>>> have to act as adults, forget all egocentricity and learn to
>> search for
>>>> what we have in common.
>>>> 
>>>> Today, some global initiatives are worth defending, such as the
>> social
>>>> protection ‘floors’ of the ILO, or the Sustainable
>> Development Goals of
>>>> the
>>>> United Nations. But these certainly deserve a boost from social
>> movements
>>>> in order to make them really transformative. We have to act as
>> adults,
>>>> forget all egocentricity and learn to search for what we have in
>> common.
>>>> 
>>>> Hopefully, many movements and people will participate in the
>> Forum,
>>>> directly, in Salvador, or at a distance, thanks to the new
>> technologies.
>>>> The very interesting local initiatives, in Europe, Africa or Asia
>> can
>>>> learn
>>>> from what is happening in Latin America, and vice versa. Working
>>>> together,
>>>> movements are strengthened and better able to tackle the dominant
>> system.
>>>> If the World Social Forum succeeds in giving a voice to many
>> different
>>>> voices, in helping movements search for their commonalities,
>> respecting
>>>> their diversity, this Forum can play a major role.
>>>> 
>>>> In Europe as well as in Latin America, Asia and Africa, democracy
>> is
>>>> threatened. The differences are often smaller than they seem to
>> be at
>>>> first
>>>> sight. By working together, we are stronger and have more chances
>> to win.
>>>> We do not need new borders but have to build new bridges.
>>>> 
>>>> The fathers of the World Social Forum have created a very
>> powerful idea
>>>> <http://fsm2018.org/en/>!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> [i]
>>>> 
>> 
> <https://www.opendemocracy.net/francine-mestrum/reinventing-world-social-forum-how-powerful-idea-can-be#_ednref1
>> [16]>
>>>> An
>>>> extensive literature now exists on the World Social Forum. Here
>> are
>>>> mentioned some of the first and most important books : Fisher,
>> W.F. &
>>>> Poniah, T., *Another World is Possible, *London, Zed Books, 2003;
>> Polet,
>>>> F. (ed.), *Globalizing Resistance, *London, Pluto Press, 2004;
>> Pleyers,
>>>> G., *Alter-Globalization. Becoming Actors in the Global Age,
>> *Cambridge,
>>>> Polity Press, 2010.
>>>> 
>>>> [ii]
>>>> 
>> 
> <https://www.opendemocracy.net/francine-mestrum/reinventing-world-social-forum-how-powerful-idea-can-be#_ednref2
>> [17]>
>>>> For
>>>> a kind of overview, see Boaventura de Sousa Santos,
>> ‘Indispensável
>>>> Reinvençao’ in *Carta Capital, *18 Outubro de 2017, p. 40.
>>>> 
>>>> [iii]
>>>> 
>> 
> <https://www.opendemocracy.net/francine-mestrum/reinventing-world-social-forum-how-powerful-idea-can-be#_ednref3
>> [18]>
>>>> To
>>>> better understand the origins of the WSF, read Milcíades Pena,
>> A. &
>>>> Davies,
>>>> T.R., ‘Globalisation from Above? Corporate Social
>> Responsibility, the
>>>> Workers’ Party and the Origins of the World Social Forum’ in
>> *New
>>>> Political Economy, *2013.
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Uddhab Pyakurel
>> <upyakurel@...>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Dear WSF comrades
>>>>> 
>>>>> I wish to inform you about the bi-lateral/multi-lateral
>> consultation to
>>>>> revive Nepal WSF process. Some of our friends are for the
>> national level
>>>>> Social Forum to be organised in Kathmandu in the first week of
>> March
>>>>> 2018.
>>>>> If we feel like we can do it, we need to sit together and
>> finalise the
>>>>> themes, registration process and deadline, etc.
>>>>> 
>>>>> We expect your constructive suggestions shortly so that we can
>> move
>>>>> ahead....
>>>>> 
>>>>> regards
>>>>> Uddhab
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
> 
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