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Social Forums are springing up across the UK

Saddleback | 10.07.2003 13:49 | Social Struggles

Social forums are spaces where we can share and co-ordinate our struggles. They have been widespread across Europe for about two years. Following the anti-war protests similar forums have been created in many UK cities.

This November the European Social Forum (ESF) will meet in Paris. Manchester People's Assembly (social forum) is calling for a seminar at the ESF where people involved in UK forums can meet each other and exchange experiences and deepen our networks. This is also an excellent chance to learn from the experience of Social Forums across Europe. Please contact us if you want to support this seminar, or if you wnat to know more. To date, social forums have been established in Cardiff, Manchester and Durham, with more being organised in Sheffield, Oxford and Bristol. To find out more about UK social forums go to http://samizdat.zapto.org For more background on the European Social Forums look at www.fse-esf.org Peoples' Global Action is another international network, with a strong critique of the ESF: www.agp.org

Saddleback
- e-mail: saddleback@union.org.za
- Homepage: http://www.manchesterstopthewar.org

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  1. . — .
  2. Banning Political Parties is what undemocratic — Kim
  3. eh? — me
  4. We should limit the influence of political parties in social forums — Thomas J
  5. Who are you to say who should or who should not be represented? — Molly
  6. not any but all parties!!! — me again
  7. Hello? — frill
  8. Solving the Party-Social Forum Dilemma — Stuart Hodkinson
  9. Supporting Mr Hodkinson — Darren
  10. usual anti-left crap — AZ
  11. yaaawwwwn! — fad bonanza
  12. What are Social Forums For? — stuart