Porto Alegre was hot- beneath the seas of white tents thousands sweated to make a better world possible- but did they? World Socialsing Reporters have this prelimary report
Que Scorchio :Female Mapuche Indian Intervention at a meeting about the future of the WSF
Que chungo:Marginalising Indigenous Movments by siting the Indigenous Space far away from everywhere else.
Coporate sponsorship of the WSF
Hot- MTD ( movement of unemployed workers), Collectivo Situationes, Not Haves and Dalits, African Social Forum, Anti Capitalism, Global Days of Action Against Capitalism, Campaign against the Green Desert
Not- MST ( movement of landless peasants), Anti Bushism, Global Day of action against poverty, PGA ( sort it out)
Hot: Reclaiming public water Not: Reclaiming the UN
Hot- Durban Declartion that put some NGOs into a tizz Not- G19 declaration- consensus?
Hot- Babels/ Nomad commitment to translation and horizontality Not- Babels/Nomad reality
Hot- Grupo reflexion rural-campaingning against 'sustainable soya'
Not- Sustainable Soya- as perpeutated by WWF- green capitalism- legitmising the expansion of monocultural and transgenic soya
Hot- Horizontality- Not- Diagonals
Hot- lack of mainstream media, Not- Mainstream Medias thirsty greed for spectacluaristions at the WSF
Hot- Free Knowledge- Not- LINUX
Hot- Community Radio- Not são Paulo Indymedia
Movers and Shakers of the WSF
John Holloway, Chavez, Leo Bassi ( Brazilian poltical clown), Economic Hitman-John Perkins
Passados
Immauel Wallerstein, Lula, Glibero Gil ( minister of culture singing Bob Marley and 'Imagine') Hardt
Hot; princiapls of the International Youth Camp Not; The International Youth Camp ( a crazy mix of anarcho capitalism- not unlike Glastonbury)
Hot- GBLT space
Not- Village of Peace
Society
hot- homo erotic interprutations of Capoeira, topless brazilian men, we are everywhere face scarves, glue sniffing bogeling, unkempt 70´s hairdos, Mate tea, cladestinos in hotels, MST straw hats, MTD t´shirts Portaloos in IYC ( exceptionally clean despite the thousand of people), clowning , chairs out ( mass removal of chairs to make room for more people in meetings)
Not- showers in bikinis, earring alley ( aggressive jewellry sellers) ,doors t´shirts, PT flags, Pastels de Queijo, mass robberys in campsite, baseball hats, MST t,shirts
Words we used - Global Resonance, glutenate, embroyonic, estamos on el camino- pregunatando, laboratory
Words we didn´t- mass mobilsation, plenary, name dropping of any sort
Simmering
Caracol Intergalaticka- it almost boiled but didn´t quite- however with the ESF in Greece and the global days of Action and caracolians promising presence at all of these the Caracol could spiral to become a big name in 2005.
Discussion Points ( topics left of due to lack of consensus in the group)
Yo Mango
Solidarity Economies
Que chungo:Marginalising Indigenous Movments by siting the Indigenous Space far away from everywhere else.
Coporate sponsorship of the WSF
Hot- MTD ( movement of unemployed workers), Collectivo Situationes, Not Haves and Dalits, African Social Forum, Anti Capitalism, Global Days of Action Against Capitalism, Campaign against the Green Desert
Not- MST ( movement of landless peasants), Anti Bushism, Global Day of action against poverty, PGA ( sort it out)
Hot: Reclaiming public water Not: Reclaiming the UN
Hot- Durban Declartion that put some NGOs into a tizz Not- G19 declaration- consensus?
Hot- Babels/ Nomad commitment to translation and horizontality Not- Babels/Nomad reality
Hot- Grupo reflexion rural-campaingning against 'sustainable soya'
Not- Sustainable Soya- as perpeutated by WWF- green capitalism- legitmising the expansion of monocultural and transgenic soya
Hot- Horizontality- Not- Diagonals
Hot- lack of mainstream media, Not- Mainstream Medias thirsty greed for spectacluaristions at the WSF
Hot- Free Knowledge- Not- LINUX
Hot- Community Radio- Not são Paulo Indymedia
Movers and Shakers of the WSF
John Holloway, Chavez, Leo Bassi ( Brazilian poltical clown), Economic Hitman-John Perkins
Passados
Immauel Wallerstein, Lula, Glibero Gil ( minister of culture singing Bob Marley and 'Imagine') Hardt
Hot; princiapls of the International Youth Camp Not; The International Youth Camp ( a crazy mix of anarcho capitalism- not unlike Glastonbury)
Hot- GBLT space
Not- Village of Peace
Society
hot- homo erotic interprutations of Capoeira, topless brazilian men, we are everywhere face scarves, glue sniffing bogeling, unkempt 70´s hairdos, Mate tea, cladestinos in hotels, MST straw hats, MTD t´shirts Portaloos in IYC ( exceptionally clean despite the thousand of people), clowning , chairs out ( mass removal of chairs to make room for more people in meetings)
Not- showers in bikinis, earring alley ( aggressive jewellry sellers) ,doors t´shirts, PT flags, Pastels de Queijo, mass robberys in campsite, baseball hats, MST t,shirts
Words we used - Global Resonance, glutenate, embroyonic, estamos on el camino- pregunatando, laboratory
Words we didn´t- mass mobilsation, plenary, name dropping of any sort
Simmering
Caracol Intergalaticka- it almost boiled but didn´t quite- however with the ESF in Greece and the global days of Action and caracolians promising presence at all of these the Caracol could spiral to become a big name in 2005.
Discussion Points ( topics left of due to lack of consensus in the group)
Yo Mango
Solidarity Economies
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