19-10-2004 19:38
In the West, whenever an industrial dispute or popular protest erupts, one thing can be counted on – Trotskyist groups will descend to ‘organize’ the struggle. Then, when all is done, the comrades pack up their papers, posters and pamphlets and move on to the next picket line or rally. Disillusioned workers are left behind as groups like Britain’s Socialist Workers Party (SWP), Resistance in Australia and others breeze in on the latest ‘Protest of the Month’.
Read more >>19-10-2004 11:11
Here are five photos from the anti-war rally at the end of the ESF and one of long time campaigner in Parliament square, Brian Haw. The photo of Brian and his display was taken on Saturday 16th October which was day 1,229 of his 24/7 vigil in the square.
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19-10-2004 09:25
This video shows some of the street theatre that was being performed on Oxford Street in London during the ESF.
Read more >>19-10-2004 03:43
Ken Livingstone's GLA Special Advisor on equality and policing, Lee Jasper, has accused the people who occupied the stage where the Mayor was due to speak at the ESF on Saturday, of being... 'white anarchists' who used violence to stop black people discussing how to fight racism and fascism!! He also claims that the intervention, or 'storming of the palace', had nothing to do with how the event was organised, despite problems in the organising process being a key point of many of the speakers who participated.
Below is the letter which has appeared in the Guardian Letters Page (19th October) and a few comments:
Read more >>18-10-2004 20:53
Sunday 17th October, the closing day of the European Social Forum. We marched from Russell Square to Trafalgar Square, listened to speeches and danced to the sambatistas. Here are some photos and a report.
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18-10-2004 17:57
This is a 2,000 word report of the anti-war march and rally in London on Sunday 17th October 2004.
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17-10-2004 10:15
This is a short report of some of the events at the ESF with a look at the lack of mainstream media coverage of the forum.
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17-10-2004 01:33
With a delayed start due to uninvited company, we were left rushing to Speakers Corner - 1 hour late and feeling a bit disorganised, but ready to bring on the carnival spirit, bringing the unexpected, encouraging people to question everything.
Read more >>16-10-2004 02:01
many police around london.
not in the papers esf, why?
we all are precarious...
we want things for all, not for the reach multinationals.
love autonomous spaces :)
let's defend indymedia!!!!
Read more >>15-10-2004 20:48
80 polis and loads of private security watch an entirely peaceful and unhassled gathering happen, with only 20 people present!
HIGH COURT JUDGE PROHIBITS FREE SPEECH/RIGHT TO PROTEST/RIGHT TO STAND UP FOR UNIONISTS AND FELLOW WORKERS
Read more >>15-10-2004 18:03
PowerToThePeople.org.uk, an independant website designed to empower you to hold those in power to account is being launched during the ESF this weekend. Focusing primarily with MP Accountability, it also deals with Corporations and the Corporate Media.
Read more >>15-10-2004 11:10
The US has imposed a set of neo-liberal agricultural policies and laws in Iraq. On the FAO World Food Day on Biodiversity, Iarqi farmers are not happy.
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15-10-2004 09:45
This is a short account of the build up to the European Social Forum in London.
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14-10-2004 09:32
A highly incomplete shortlist (eg. where the hell are the banks?) of London-based companies & institutions profiting nicely from climate chaos and everyday exploitation - by G8 country. (Write to LRT if you might be up for helping turn this into a printed briefing/map in early 2005.)
Read more >>13-10-2004 12:53
1. Call out for an Anticapitalist Block in the international Demonstration at The ESF
2. Interesting workshops and seminars in London.
Read more >>11-10-2004 19:37
“Feed people not profits: challenging corporate control"
World Food Day (16th October) events @ ESF will champion the demands of smallholder farmers organisations and CSOs for international recognition of the right to Food Sovereignty. They will challenge WTO and TNC dominance of the global food system that feeds corporations not people. See www.ukabc.org.
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10-10-2004 22:24
Starbucks is cracking down on those who dare to disagree with their vision of uniform sanitised cities, where creativity simply consists of adding caramel syrup to a decaf skinny latte.
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09-10-2004 15:54
Beyond PGA:
Days & Nights of Communist ideas and action
A short analysis of the socio-political role of the PGA
Our consensus analysis decided that the PGA is incapable of achieving revolutionary change as this is something which can only be acheived by the working class at a global level. We speak for our group and no-one else.
These texts express our position following the workshops at the recent european Conference of Peoples' Global Action at Resnik.
At first we must understand Peoples Global Action (PGA) - and subsequently Peoples Global Action in Europe Process (PGA-e)) - as institutions which parallel the development of capitalist institutions of governance.
Over the last 30 years, capital expanded both horizontally (over the whole planet) and vertically (the commodification of everyday life i.e. leisure). New institutions were created to manage the dynamics of the world markets, such as the World Bank, the Group of 8 (G8), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) etc. The PGA was originally created as an "opposition" to such institutions, and more specifically as an "opposition" to the World Trade Organisation whose 2nd WTO ministerial conference took place in Geneva in May 1998. The PGA-e is the child of the PGA.
Read more >>09-10-2004 00:54
PA news via Scotsman reports that Canary Wharf Group have gone to Hight Court to stop the cleaners solidarity demo next friday during the european social forum:
Read more >>08-10-2004 12:20
local social fora will continue to happen but can we develop a global network with todays continoully growing technology more of the planets people can participate in the global social fora
the ESF happens the week after the ISF and for various reasons* an alternative ESF festival has been created at the same time.
we here in dublin might be participating in these processes without having to travel to london
irish media activists will participate in the (alt) ESF and attempts have been made for those unable to get to london from dublin, or wherever in the world, who still want to be filled in or even participate in the social forum process, to be able to do so
heres whats going on
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