The world and US social forums : : a better world is possible and necessary / / edited by Judith Blau and Marina Karides.

• TeilnehmendeR: Blau, Judith R., 1942-; Karides, Marina.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles 2008
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Notes: "Originally published, in part, as Volume 3, No. 1 (2008) of Brill's journal Societies without borders"--P. [4] of cover.

The WSF/USSF is an expression of the people's struggles to advance alternatives to the world-as-we-know-it. Since its first convening in 2001 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, it has captured the imagination of all who have come within its orbit and caught up by its vast and growing networks. It provides a large space for groups to mobilize, voice their oppression, exchange ideas, and express their desire for hope and another world. Central in the founding principles of the World Social Forum are: the advance of peoples' rights (including women's rights, the rights of indigenous peoples, the rights of minorities, the rights of peasant farmers, and, generally, the rights and dignity of all peoples now oppressed), participatory democracy, social and cultural pluralism, and the end of market tyranny. This volume captures the full range of topics dealing with the WSF/USSF. It is a fresh treatment of materials for the \'insider\' and provides ample background for someone who would like to attend. Originally published, in part, as Volume 3, No. 1 (2008) of Brill's journal Societies Without Borders

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / J.R. Blau and M. Karides -- Introduction / Marina Karides and Judith Blau -- Chapter 1. In defense of world social forum VII / Marina Karides and Thomas Ponniah -- Chapter 2. The US social forum: Building from the bottom up / Michael Leon Guerrero -- Chapter 3. New politics emerging at the US social forum / Jackie Smith , Rachel V. Kutz-Flamenbaum and Christopher Hausmann -- Chapter 4. Another United States is happening: Building today’s movement from the bottom up - The United States social forum and beyond / Walda Katz-Fishman and Jerome W. Scott -- Chapter 5. A different (kind of ) politics is possible: Conflict and problem(s)at the ussf / Michal Osterweil -- Chapter 6. Reading Nairobi: Place, space, and difference at the 2007 World Social Forum / Janet Conway -- Chapter 7. Is the world social forum the privileged space for reinventing labor as a global social movement? / Peter Waterman -- Chapter 8. Is the world Social Forum a democratic global civil society? / Stellan Vinthagen -- Chapter 9. Social forums – Challenges and new perspectives / Chico Whitaker -- Chapter 10. Reformist reforms, non-reformist reforms and global justice: Activist, Ngo and intellectual challenges in the World Social Forum / Patrick Bond -- Chapter 11. Feminists and the forum: Is it worth the effort? / Lyndi Hewitt -- Chapter 12. Sociology, human rights, and the World Social Forum / Mark Frezzo -- Chapter 13. Another structure of knowledge is possible: The social forum process and Academia / Steven Sherman -- Chapter 14. World Social Forum: Re-imaging development and the Global South beyond the Neo-Colonial Gaze / Eunice N. Sahle -- Notes on contributors / J.R. Blau and M. Karides -- Index / J.R. Blau and M. Karides.