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World Social Forum in Tunis 2015
last modified April 26, 2015 by Tord
The initiative to promote peace through a dialogue between civil society in Donbass and Kiev to solve the Ukrainian crisis took a step forward at WSF in Tunis 2015. You find the statement from this dialogue and a report here: Dialog for peace and social justice in Ukraine and other activities in which Prague Spring 2 network was involved on Ukraine, Syria and Greece.
Here you find selected reports and assessment of the WSF process 2015 and quotes and debate on WSF 2015
Below you find
200+ links on WSF 2015
The present state of art regarding WSF 2015 https://fsm2015.org/en reporting. I have been doing this by listing all contributions to the WSF discuss list and add some other comments for different sources by a rather simplistic search on the web.
The result you can find below. It seems that the WSF discuss list is very central for understanding the WSF process and get a wealth of comments from different viewpoints. I cannot find any similar quality on the web. Other places that has been valuable as Europe Solidaire reduced the entries on WSF from 16 in 2013 to 4 in 2015. http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?page=mot&id_mot=227. The German website weltsozialforum had the same small amount of entries both 2013 and 2015 to name a few examples showing the importance of WSF discuss.
The search on the web has been a simple one. I looked for links in a few languages, English, French, Portuguese/Spanish and added some odd languages (Swedish and Russian). I only looked at the first 100+ in English and less entries in the other languages. In general many links today are advertising for specific NGO events at WSF, there seems to be less comments and reports about what actually happened than in earlier days. (I made a complete search through some 6000+ links regarding the European Social Forum 2008 in many languages. My impression is that the balance also in WSF reporting have been more lively and differentiated at earlier WSF.
In spite of this I find WSF 2015 a lot more interesting than all other social forums I have been able to attend or follow via reports. For one thing because of my impressions during my participation but also by reading reports and looking at the outcome. For me personally it was the second WSF, the first was in Belem 2009 were I mainly participated in many activities outside the official program together with Via Campesina and WST during their 25 anniversary celebrations all through Brazil. My experience of other social forums are not very extensive either. I was part of organizing ESF in 2008 as international coordinator and participated in 2010 in Istanbul. I have also been participating in Denmark and Finland social forum and various social forums in Sweden as well as Asia Social Forum in Hyderabad 2003. I continuously follow up on the ESF in 2008 through the all European social forum network Prague Spring 2 against Right wing extremism and populism. So there are many more people with long time experience of WSF. On the other hand I have been participating in the kind of global summits protests and different kind of open space and peoples summits as well as international popular movements campaigns since 1972. My assessment may thus differ from many others. It is mainly focused on the outcome from an action-oriented popular movement perspective.
Below I have sorted the links in different categories in a somewhat less structured manner.
1. Introduction
2a. Texts posted on North African websites seeing what locals want to address as especially important.
2b. Other selected general analysis and reports
3. Popular movements reports. What they say themselves or what they select to present on their websites. This as most of my search is not the result of a systematic search but anyway an attempt at looking into what easily can be found. Here sometimes there is also reports from specific issues addressed at WSF of relevance for popular movements or one could say are forms of emerging popular movements.
4. Reports and comments mainly from an NGO perspective
5. Diverse comments from different countries. Partly they overlap the links above. Here though quite often there are some left wing sources.
6. An odd source on leftwing political parties, actually which MPs from EU were present.
7. a complete list of entries on WSF 2015 on the WSF discuss list. Here one can find some important texts who are yet not available on the net. It is also an indicator of what is causing the greatest concern.
8. Comments on the WSF 2015 made in advance by voices from Marocco, Senegal, Germany, Finland/Italy and Switzerland as well as expectations about Canada 2016.
9. On WSF 2016
10. WSF 2015 Videos
11. WSF 2015 Photos
12. Translation
13. The list of official WSF convergences and the final Assembly of Social Movements declaration.
1. Introduction
- This introduction you can read after you made your own judgement from the links below.
In general what was new for the WSF 2015 goes generally unnoticed. Most commentators found the same kind of practical and political problems with WSF as always. There is the obstacles with translation and other practicalities, less people coming, less spirit compared to 2013. It is by some seen as mainly a regional meeting for North Africa, by others mainly for the Global North. The political outcome and relevance is seen as questionable. Many point at difficulties in both Arab countries and Europe as a cause to these shortages. In short the situation is not good.
I assess the WSF 2015 drastically different. I find a basis for this in some of the reporting. I do this by looking at WSF from a popular movement perspective. This means that building alliances between different movement and acting together is a key to see if WSF is useful in the future. In practice this means if WSF in Tunis is evolving more in the direction of the Peoples summit in Rio 2012 or the US Social forum who both prioritized popular movements and activists before NGOs and experts. And above all if the convergence during WSF 2015 helped movement to act better to change societies and the world more.
On several issues of importance the WSF in Tunis was rather taking a step backward than forward. The struggle against austerity made some steps forward on burning issues as solidarity with Greece but in general I cannot find that there was more vitality to such social issues at this WSF than before, rather I would guess the opposite. On the issue that most observers claims WSF and its regional counterpart European Social Forum have had an political impact is the call for world wide demonstration against the Iraqi war 2003. Nothing compared with the mass mobilization of that kind on peace issues took place in spite of the acute situation with wars with worrisome risk for escalation that now takes place.
The presence of the left had also diminished quite drastically, and so the numerous calls for making WSF into a decision making body of the global left forces and their allies among the so called "broader left". The more well known intellectuals were also not present or not invited. Comments less than normal and news reporting very small.
Yet I claim WSF in Tunis made historical steps forward concerning its weakest spot, the linkage between talking and walking, between discussing and acting. This was done with the help of the open space concept which has disabled the political parties to take control of the convergence of the political outcome. Instead popular movements have now matured and taken the leadership of the convergence during WSF outside the official convergence assemblies building a global multi issue popular movement.
This goes unnoticed by most observers who are used to the perceived efficiency of the market or governmental decision making or the political party as the main political actor. The way the WSF has been presented has often been in contrast to earlier more hierarchical left wing traditions as if there never been open space forum before or parallel development of struggles and alternatives to the WSF process. By claiming WSF as unique and missing to critically compare WSF to other historical or simultaneous processes the WSF observers have been blind to what is going on. Especially the left has been and continuous to be confused of what they see and do not find what they are looking for at WSF and at few other places either.
At the same time as some key popular movements starts a convergence outside and inside WSF the open space formula is showing its strength by providing a platform also for several issues of key importance although not resulting in the great immediate response. WSF is the breeding ground for some emerging popular movements or convergence between old movements. Also the quality of this development seems to be unnoticed by many. This covers such important issues as peace which has been a key issue for international movements and summit protests since at least the 19th century as well as defending the public space on Internet.
Thus in spite of its current weakness in many quantitative terms the WSF 2015 have shown its capacity to renew itself in a time of objective social and ecological problems in many parts of the world. A time were movements and different political forces have hard to renew themselves and find ways to turn the objective circumstances into subjective possibilities for people in common. A time when both another WSF and another movement of movements is necessary.
Tord Björk
2a. North Africa
Reports on North African web sites can be seen as specially important. Here also Tunisian press.
Cihan Tugal: Those who want to build and those who want to fight, The World Social Forum with a North African Twist:
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/21294/those-who-want-to-build-those-who-want-to-fight_th
The abuses of the World Social Forum: Towards the end of the process? Mimoun Rahmani ميمون الرحماني :
Henda Chennaoui, Wordl Social Forum: Where is the Struggle Against Capitalism?:
http://nawaat.org/portail/2015/04/04/world-social-forum-where-is-the-struggle-against-capitalism/
2b. Other selected general reports and analysis
A traditional assessment by Roberto Savio, founder of the important third world news agency IPS:
http://www.other-news.info/2015/04/it-should-be-clear-what-to-expect-from-the-wsf/
Teivo Teivanen, professor of World Politics at Helsinki university, long time observer of WSF:
Benny Kuruvilla is the policy chief of the South Solidarity Initiative, based in New Delhi, India and Susana Barria works at the Global Secretariat of the Peoples Health Movement, based in New Delhi, India, Advancing Global Solidarity in Tunis and Beyond:
Tord Björk: Days in Tunis that changed the world:
3. Popular movements
This growing multiissue convergence between several popular movements have clear limitations. It is able to make alliances with those NGOs that sees their role as supporters of movements and gradually develop a more outspoken clear vision of alternatives. But it is not yet resulting in developing a global campaign apart from the anti corporate rule campaign.
One of the oldest peace movement is Women's International League for Peace and Freedom established 100 years ago in the Hague. WILPF was one of the key organizations behind the Sarajevo Peace Event. WILP did not prioritize WSF in Tunis. But individual members were at least present and found out about each other and made a report. They seem not even to know about the Assembly for peace. The seminars on Ukraine, Syria and other war issues goes unnoticed. Other international peace movements seems to have been even less present. Transcend is another important part of the peace movement. Their only report from Tunis was a general report about the opening.
Совместное заявление участников панельной дискуссии
«Диалог за мир и социальную справедливость в Украине»
Мировой социальный форум, Тунис, 26.03.15
http://www.praguespring2.net/?p=163
Joint Statement of
“Dialog for peace and social justice in Ukraine”
a panel discussion with participants from the Ukraine
at the World Social Forum in Tunis on March 26th, 2015
http://www.praguespring2.net/?p=159
http://www.equaltimes.org/2015-a-key-year-for-world-social?lang=en#.VSyzcpSsVvI
World Social Forum: Clear rejection of the privatisation of public services (02 April 2015) http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/3486
http://www.ciranda.net/FSM-ruma-para-o-Norte-Edicao-2016?lang=pt_br
Finnish report:
http://siemenpuu.org/en/blog/tunis-wsf-2015-viable-systemic-alternatives-making
http://www.weltsozialforum.org/2015/2015.wsf.meldungen.0/2015.wsf.meldungen/news.wsf.2015.30/
http://www.weltsozialforum.org/2015/2015.wsf.presse.0/2015.wsf.presse.texte/news.wsf.2015.32/
UK report:
https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2015/04/520079.html
US reports:
US Social Forum Perspective:
More from Marc Becker on WSF in Tunis, also lots of photos: http://www.yachana.org/reports/wsf2015/
Fear, Guilt and Love: Reflections on the World Social Forum from a US Veteran:
https://ggjalliance.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/maggie-martin/
7. WSF discuss email list
March 2015 Archives by thread
- [WSF-Discuss] Attack in Tunis - WSF news? Patrick Bond
- [WSF-Discuss] Attack in Tunis - WSF news? gustave massiah
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? alaa talbi
- [WSF-Discuss] [social-movements] Fwd: Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? Genevieve Azam
- [WSF-Discuss] [social-movements] Fwd: Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? Salete Valesan
- [WSF-Discuss] [social-movements] Fwd: Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? Boaventura de Sousa Santos
- [WSF-Discuss] [social-movements] Fwd: Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? Toshimaru Ogura
- [WSF-Discuss] [social-movements] Fwd: Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? Roberto Savio
- [WSF-Discuss] [social-movements] Fwd: Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? Francois Houtart
- [WSF-Discuss] [social-movements] Fwd: Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? Azril Bacal
- [WSF-Discuss] [social-movements] Fwd: Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? hamouda soubhi
- [WSF-Discuss] [social-movements] Fwd: Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? Rita Freire
- [WSF-Discuss] [social-movements] Fwd: Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? raffaella chiodo karpinsky
- [WSF-Discuss] [social-movements] Fwd: Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? Raffaella Bolini
- [WSF-Discuss] [social-movements] Fwd: Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? DUPRET Paul-Emile
- [WSF-Discuss] [social-movements] Fwd: Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? Mamadou diouf
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? Ashish Kothari
- [WSF-Discuss] Attack in Tunis - WSF news ? / Attaque à Tunis - nouvelles FSM ? CHERBIB
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: [Alice1] atentado em tunis Boaventura de Sousa Santos
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: FSM Tunis 2015: Communiqué jasper teunissen
- [WSF-Discuss] FSM Tunis 2015: Communiqué hamouda soubhi
- [WSF-Discuss] [Wsfic_fsmci] FSM Tunis 2015: Communiqué Salete Valesan
- [WSF-Discuss] [Wsfic_fsmci] FSM Tunis 2015: Communiqué Cecilia Fernández
- [WSF-Discuss] [Wsfic_fsmci] FSM Tunis 2015: Communiqué Pedro Ivo Batista
- [WSF-Discuss] [Wsfic_fsmci] FSM Tunis 2015: Communiqué gina vargas
- [WSF-Discuss] [Communication commission discussion] FSM Tunis 2015: Communiqué longwe5000 at gmail.com
- [WSF-Discuss] [Communication commission discussion] FSM Tunis 2015: Communiqué LIN Shenjing
- [WSF-Discuss] [Wsfic_fsmci] FSM Tunis 2015: Communiqué antonio pacor
- [WSF-Discuss] [Wsfic_fsmci] FSM Tunis 2015: Communiqué pedrosantana2002 at yahoo.com
- [WSF-Discuss] FSM Tunis 2015: Communiqué Roberto Savio
- [WSF-Discuss] SOLIDAR statement - even more motivated Raffaella Bolini
- [WSF-Discuss] [Wsfic_fsmci] FSM Tunis 2015: Communiqué Salete Valesan
- [WSF-Discuss] [Communication commission discussion] FSM Tunis 2015: Communiqué Francine Mestrum
- [WSF-Discuss] Tunis: Death, Rebirth, Revolution michele maynard
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: Special Announcement by the Preparatory Committee of the World Social Forum : Communiqué FSM 2015 Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Global Movement strategy for a Just Transition Tord Björk
- [WSF-Discuss] war analysis Ariel Salleh
- [WSF-Discuss] war analysis peter waterman
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: La Via Campesina Program at the World Social Forum in Tunis 2015 Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Reframing the World Social Forum March (request to endorse) jasper teunissen
- [WSF-Discuss] Against murder rather than "against terrorism" [was Re: Reframing the World Social Forum March (request to endorse)] Harry Halpin
- [WSF-Discuss] [2011movements-fsm discussion] Reframing the World Social Forum March (request to endorse) Jackie Splain
- [WSF-Discuss] Reframing the World Social Forum March (request to endorse) jasper teunissen
- [WSF-Discuss] WSF site hacked ? Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] WSF site hacked ? antonio pacor
- [Strike at 2nd April Orsan Senalp
- [WSF-Discuss] FSM/WSF 2016 Montreal FSM 2016 Québec WSF
- [WSF-Discuss] soridarity message by People's Plan in Japan Toshimaru Ogura
- [WSF-Discuss] soridarity message by People's Plan in Japan Toshimaru Ogura
- [WSF-Discuss] FW: Solidarity message to the Tunis World Social Forum Toshimaru Ogura
- [WSF-Discuss] Invitation: WSF activities about nuclear issues Toshimaru Ogura
- [WSF-Discuss] FW:not only against terrorism but also against war on terrorism Toshimaru Ogura
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: Advance information sheet Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] WSF on Ukraine conflict Judith Dellheim
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: WSF : A letter to the Tunis Forum on its opening day from Alexis Tsipras Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: WSF 2015 Opening March happening today in Tunis : The final formulation Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: WSF 2015 march- new statement Gacheke Gachihi
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: WSF 2015 march- new statement Mikael Book
- [WSF-Discuss] Another wsf is possible, via another internet that is possible too! Occupy WSF & Occupy Internet together Örsan Şenalp
- [WSF-Discuss] [social-movements] Fwd: WSF 2015 march- new statement Gacheke Gachihi
- [WSF-Discuss] (Fwd) Vinod Raina tribute in Tunis tomorrow Patrick Bond
- [WSF-Discuss] FSM Tunis 2015 Opening rally antonio pacor
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: Solidarity message from Japan Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Tunisia anti-terror march kicks off World Social Forum; Thousands gather for 13th World Social Forum Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] WorldSocialForum-Discuss Digest, Vol 111, Issue 63 David Millar
- [WSF-Discuss] "Antisystemic Movements and the Future of Capitalism", by Immanuel Wallerstein gustave massiah
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: Benny Kuruvilla - Photos from the closing march and various events at Tunis. Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: Declaration of the Assembly of Social Movements / Déclaration de l'assemblée des mouvements sociaux / Declaración de la Asamblea de los Movimientos Sociales Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Live now: International Council Tunis jasper teunissen
- [WSF-Discuss] (Fwd) Samir Amin on the World Social Forum (Democracy Now!) Patrick Bond
- [WSF-Discuss] 2015, a key year for World Social Forum activists US Social Forum
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April 2015 Archives by thread
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: [EUinCrisis] Résolutions Forum Parlementaire Mondial, Tunis, 26 Mars 2015 jasper teunissen
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: [fse-esf] SUPPORT GREECE - report of Convergence Assembly in WSF Tunis 2015 jasper teunissen
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- [WSF-Discuss] Declaration of the Assembly of Social Movements / Déclaration de l'assemblée des mouvements sociaux / Declaración de la Asamblea de los Movimientos Sociales Mimoun Rahmani
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- [WSF-Discuss] The Internet Social Forum and Is There a Global Internet Community? Michael Gurstein
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- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: Tunis Meeting On Climate Mobilizations And Strategies (contact at coalitionclimat21.org) - But… where is Mother Earth ? Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Tunis Meeting On Climate Mobilizations And Strategies (contact at coalitionclimat21.org) - But… where is Mother Earth ? Tom Goldtooth
- [WSF-Discuss] Tunis Meeting On Climate Mobilizations And Strategies (contact at coalitionclimat21.org) - But… where is Mother Earth ? Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- [WSF-Discuss] Tunis Meeting On Climate Mobilizations And Strategies (contact at coalitionclimat21.org) - But… where is Mother Earth ? Tord Björk
- [WSF-Discuss] Tunis Meeting On Climate Mobilizations And Strategies (contact at coalitionclimat21.org) - But… where is Mother Earth ? Tord Björk
- [WSF-Discuss] Tunis Meeting On Climate Mobilizations And Strategies (contact at coalitionclimat21.org) - But… where is Mother Earth ? Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Tunis Meeting On Climate Mobilizations And Strategies (contact at coalitionclimat21.org) - But… where is Mother Earth ? Azril Bacal
- [WSF-Discuss] Tunis Meeting On Climate Mobilizations And Strategies (contact at coalitionclimat21.org) - But… where is Mother Earth ? Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- [WSF-Discuss] Tunis Meeting On Climate Mobilizations And Strategies (contact at coalitionclimat21.org) - But… where is Mother Earth ? Tom Goldtooth
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: La Via Campesina Declaration on Migration and Rural Workers Jai Sen
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- [WSF-Discuss] Fw: World Social Forum: Where is the Struggle Against Capitalism? jasper teunissen
- [WSF-Discuss] Fw: Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 jasper teunissen
- [WSF-Discuss] Fw: Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 Patrick Bond
- [WSF-Discuss] Fw: Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 John J Williams
- [WSF-Discuss] Fw: Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 peter waterman
- [WSF-Discuss] Fw: Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 William Carroll
- [WSF-Discuss] Fw: Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 utopie at ips.org
- [WSF-Discuss] Fw: Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 peter waterman
- [WSF-Discuss] Fw: Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 Örsan Şenalp
- [WSF-Discuss] Fw: Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 Michael Gurstein
- [WSF-Discuss] Fw: Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 utopie at ips.org
- [WSF-Discuss] Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 jasper teunissen
- [WSF-Discuss] Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 : "The traditional North-South distinction today no longer makes sense" Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 : "The traditional North-South distinction today no longer makes sense" Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 : "The traditional North-South distinction today no longer makes sense" Carminda Mac Lorin
- [WSF-Discuss] Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 : "The traditional North-South distinction today no longer makes sense" Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 : "The traditional North-South distinction today no longer makes sense" Carminda Mac Lorin
- [WSF-Discuss] Fw: Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 Michael Gurstein
- [WSF-Discuss] [Debate-List] Re: Fw: Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 Jay Nair
- [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: Declaration of the Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] to discuss utopie at ips.org
- [WSF-Discuss] to discuss Boaventura de Sousa Santos
- [WSF-Discuss] to discuss utopie at ips.org
- [WSF-Discuss] to discuss Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] to discuss utopie at ips.org
- [WSF-Discuss] to discuss Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] Fw: Montreal Will Play Host To the World Social Forum in August 2016 Patrick Bond
- [WSF-Discuss] 228 links on WSF 2015 Jai Sen
- [WSF-Discuss] 228 links on WSF 2015 Mikael Book
- [WSF-Discuss] 228 links on WSF 2015 Ariel Salleh
- [WSF-Discuss] 228 links on WSF 2015 Ariel Salleh
- [WSF-Discuss] 228 links on WSF 2015 antonio pacor
8. Interviews and comments in advance and during WSF 2015
Interview with Mimoun Rahmani, chercheur en économie, membre actif du Forum Social du Maghreb before FSM.
http://cadtm.org/Le-Forum-Social-Mondial-appartient
Rosa Luxemburg expectations
NIGD members expectations:
Swiss expectactions:
http://www.comundo.org/fr/?1378/Vers-le-Forum-social-mondial-de-mars-2015-a-Tunis
Samir Amin during WSF in Tunis:
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/3/27/african_economist_samir_amin_on_the
9. On WSF 2016
In Spanish, Carminda (FSM Montreal Collective) interviewed by Sergio Ferrari:
http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=197462
10. WSF 2015 Videos
13. WSF 2015 Outcomes of convergence assemblies
Nearly thirty convergence assemblies for common action gathered during the World Social Forum in Tunis in 2015. Those published on the official WSF web site: https://fsm2015.org/en/dossier/2015/04/08/outcomes-convergence-assemblies. There are also more material from the convergencies at http://openfsm.net/projects/extensionfsm2015/comex15-assemblees-convergence and a collection of earlier convergencies at http://openfsm.net/projects/convergences/project-home
Here are listed the divers statements made by these assemblies.
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Post-2015 Agenda: what development, for whom and why?
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Convergence Assembly for a Charter for Economic and Social Rights of the Unemployed
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Convergence - In the citadel's shadow - the impact of EU migration policies on third countries
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Agroecology - an ethic of life to preserve mother earth and food sovereignty
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Resisting and Building Alternatives to Free Trade and Corporate Power: People and the Planet Before Profits
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World Assembly of Inhabitants
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The future of WSF process
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Reply finally to economic and social need of the people!
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The Post-Forum for the Tunisian Women Dynamic of the WSF?
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Commons and alternatives, what international networks?
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How to drive (back) finance?
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Convergence Assembly on Union's rights
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Disability and the Sustainable Development Goals in the post-2015 agenda
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The Greek Wind: Time is now, to break together the trap of debt and austerity
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Convergence Assembly of Maghrebian Social Movements
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Palestine is a compass for peoples to reach dignity, justice and humanity
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Convergence assembly on Climate
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Solidarity with the Syrian revolution
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Convergence Assembly for the Right of Communication
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Dialog for the Liberation and the Emancipation between Religions, Cultures and Civilisations
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Against all threats to health and social protection, let's mobilise together!