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I went, I saw, I loved. And so might you, too.
Mesopotamia Social Forum: Amed, Kurdistan
The Mesopotamia Social Forum in Kurdistan: A Report and Photo Gallery
The forum's message was “Freedom Will Prevail” and its program contained around 80 activities that gathered 2,000 participants from 170 organizations. (According to the local organizing committee). The opening march was met with strong state police presence, although the local governments were supportive of the forum. Also, a march against violence on women, highlighting that Kurdistan is a place where honor crimes are a reality, was also faced with control and confrontations by riot police. Both confrontations with the Turkish state enforcements were without incident. And these confrontations highlight the tension between the local Kurdish government, who were supportive of the forum events, and the Turkish state government, which regarded the forum with suspicion.
World Social Forum on Community Bridge Radio
Don't miss this week's Community Bridge radio show with Christopher Renner this Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 5:00 pm.
http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/
I'll be talking about the World Social Forum from Dakar in February 2011 as well as what's happening next. Another World Is Possible!
Photography Exhibit: The World Social Forum 2011 in Dakar, Senegal
Opening Event
March 26, 2010 from 5 - 7 pm CDT
Main Street Cafe, St. Francis
event runs through May 1st
Organizers from Africa Indymedia and World Social Forum Begin Cooperation
Members of the Communications Commission of the World Social Forum met with the Africa Indypendent Media Center participants at the convergence space this evening, February 5, 2011.
US ACTIVISTS HELP ORGANIZE GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
(26 April, 2010) Cochabamba, Bolivia - Movement activists in the United States continue to build alternatives to crisis through global collaborations such as at last week's Climate Change conference in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Alfredo Lopez of May First/People Link writes, "The converging crises in the major capitalist economies, the precarious state of the world environment, the political crisis in government in so many of the world's countries and the usurpation of government authority by international banks and committees have brought humanity to a point of urgency and the Internet, a commun
Dinner with El Presidente
CMPCC SUCCESS! DINNER WITH PRESIDENT EVO MORALES
The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, is a hero not only to his Indigenous brothers and sisters around the world, but to the progressive movement. Long before he was elected in 2005, he was a community activist, advocating for the rights of all citizens of Bolivia. He has many, well-known contributions to the movement, including organizing the NGO, Via Campesina, known as one of the most powerful peasant movements in the world. Morales himself came from the peasant class in Bolivia.
Cochabamba :: New York :: Chicago :: Boston
On April 20, 2010, at 7:00 pm Eastern time people in various cities of the United States will gather for a direct interaction via the Internet with participants in the Conferencia Mundial de los Pueblos sobre Cambio Climático y Derechos de la Madre Tierra. This multi-city event will be one of the first fully interactive convergences of its type, moving our Hemispheric movement forward a step.
Spring Equinox: Fasting/Cleansing Workshop
This is a workshop for people on fasting/cleansing around this coming Spring Equinox as many raw foodists and other holistic healing patients have been requesting this in the New York City area.
The 2-part workshop allows for more depth and discussion, as well as more guidance into how one can go about their eating practices moving forward.
Part 1: Wednesday @ 7 pm, March 17
Part 2: Sunday @ 5 pm, March 21
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March on the House of Dimon!
Jamie Dimon, CEO JP Morgan Chase
Monday, March 15, 4-6pm Gather at 115 Street @ Madison March to 94th and Park AvenuePicture the Homeless is calling on all concerned NYC residents to come out and protest the tyranny of the bankers! March with us to the home of Jamie Dimon, the $20 million dollar man and darling of Wall Street.
The Road to Detroit is the West Side Highway
Thursday, March 4, 2010
7:00pm - 9:30pm
The Brecht Forum
451 West Street (Between Bank and Bethune)
New York, NY
Join Left Turn magazine, US Social Forum organizers from Detroit and Philadelphia, and New York City community-based organizations for information sharing and dialogue about the second USSF taking place in Detroit on June 22-26th, 2010.
New York-based community organizers will share their experiences and learnings from USSF 2007 and what their organizations and movements are planning for 2010 in Detroit.
Women Who Tech
Coming: May 2010 www.womenwhotech.com
Why? WOMEN ARE UNDERREPRESENTED
Some of the most gifted folks in technology are women yet they are rarely quoted as experts by the mainstream media and blogs. Furthermore women are significantly underrepresented on panels at major technology conferences.
Get ready for the 2010 Women Who Tech TeleSummit happening in May 2010.
USSF + NYC =
Local activists and organizers are invited to participate in a five-part series to sustainably build towards the second United States Social Forum. In June 2010, national and international organizations will be gathering in Detroit, Michigan to network and campaign in the spirit of "Another World is Possible. Another US is Necessary!" Grassroots groups are challenged to organize and strategize in their communities in the months leading up to Detroit in order to build lasting alliances in the larger struggle against globalization.
Full Moon Vocalise
Sunday February 28 at 6:30pm
Please join us on Sunday Feb 28 at 6:30pm for a benefit performance of Full Moon Vocalise bringing the Lakota Flute tradition to all New Yorkers in a celebration of the Ant Project by artist Xavier Roux at The Invisible Dog Art Center in downtown Brooklyn.
In this simple and profound ritual, called Vocalise, our voices inspired by the Lakota flute, join together and awaken us to all that is.
UPDATE: US Social Forum Launches Registration
USSF 2010 - Detroit - June 22 - 26
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