Hebe Bonafini criticizes WSF
Lena | 03.02.2002 17:17
The leader of the collective "Motheres of Plaza de Mayo" -Hebe Bonafini- has pointed out that there is a reformist detour within the World Social Forum.
She said that the organisers have not invited her to the Forum 2002 because last year she shouted at George Soros during a videoconference between the Economic Forum in Davos and the Social Forum in Porto Alegre.
Hebe Bonafini said that WSF is losing its distinguished qualities because of the "presence of some political leaders. The Organisers of the WSF have invited these leaders but they have not invited activists".
According to Hebe Bonafini "...if the WSF fails to invite people such as the zapatistas, Fidel Castro and the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, it means that the organisers are turning the Social Forum into a reformist organisation".
She said that the organisers have not invited her to the Forum 2002 because last year she shouted at George Soros during a videoconference between the Economic Forum in Davos and the Social Forum in Porto Alegre.
Hebe Bonafini said that WSF is losing its distinguished qualities because of the "presence of some political leaders. The Organisers of the WSF have invited these leaders but they have not invited activists".
According to Hebe Bonafini "...if the WSF fails to invite people such as the zapatistas, Fidel Castro and the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, it means that the organisers are turning the Social Forum into a reformist organisation".
Lena
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