Oxford European Social Forum Newswire Archive

First-time film makers make video promo for RampArts radical radio station in a single afternoon! Read more >>

Indymedia Center at the E.F.C.R. pictures of the indy center and indy demo London Oct 2004 the band that played on friday night and the Samba band on the demo. Read more >>

Meeting to organise for the European Social Forum 2004 which will take place in London 14-17th October.

Time and date: Thurday 3rd June 7pm-9pm
Place: Oxford Town Hall Council Chamber Read more >>

Oxford Planning Meeting for the European Social Forum - Wednesday May 12th - 6pm Read more >>

The is a problem with videoing in the alternative as the is always a small number of "conspiracy" minded people who feel that "they are out to get them" and in the majority of alt-meetings the are no clear guide lines to allow a consensus on the subject of openness/closeness, thus videoing is often band. At the ESF the are clear principals that every one involved agrees with thus a real consensuses is possible if people are interested in achieving one. At the beginning of the meeting I put to the chars a good workable proposal about filming the meetings that would have clearly respected peoples need not to be filmed for whatever reason real or imagined. Read more >>

The videos are in realmedia format at modem quality if you need a good media play for windows download media player classic - do a googol search with the correct spelling (: Read more >>

Report on the first day of the 2-day European Assembly meeting of the ESF, held in London on Saturday 6 March. The first four photos were taken in the plenary, the rest during the workshop on improving the process. Some audio to follow, hopefully. Read more >>

Today the SWP used different people to speak at the 2nd European meeting to organises the London ESF. The green party deputy mare spoke but didn’t say anything – just like a politician. Finally, maybe we may perhaps might start thinking about the process… the was a secret smocked filled room were a real deal was done? Except this was the ESF so it was a light open room with lots of people looking on that did the deal… which maybe possibly could perhaps make the London ESF fulfil the principals of the Social forum movement. Please don’t be put off from participating because maybe, possibly, the is a chances the sects that fail to run the show maybe have noticed that they are not as essential as they always insisted. Read more >>

Calls to the NGO sector Read more >>

Dear all,

i write from India, where, as some of you might know, i spent the last few months (from October last year) working in the WSF office in the organisation of the WSF 2004.

It has been an incredible experience! I thought i would be back in London soon to take active part in the organisation of the next ESF, but my plans have changed. My only chance to be with you is therefore virtual. The first few reflections are attached below. They will be in the Newsletter of The Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique. They are rather long notes (around 4 pages), but the most interesting paragraphs (for this list) are the last ones.

Hope this considerations could be of interest, I look forward to read your comments

See you soon
Giuseppe Read more >>

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Warning!!! Read more >>

Open letter to the European ESF movement Read more >>

A PROPOSAL from the one of the practicality group - AGENDA FOR 29th UK MEETING - please add to it.

The last meeting had no agenda or agreed facilitator we need to change this if the ESF is not to descend into a farce. Read more >>

The European Social Forum is supposed to be a non hierarchical gathering of grass roots alternatives to the traditional political process. Read more >>

The latest European Social Forum meeting in London reached new depths
of manipulation, mistrust and mayhem. Report and personal thoughts by
an anarchist based in Oxford. Read more >>

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Oxfords alternative political and activist scene is vibrant and large... but it is not very easy to penetrate and access.
In order to facillitate a wider National/international network of activists social and community projects, and campaigns - that believe in organising democratically and horizontally it would be good to start thinking about ways of becoming more high profile and open. Read more >>