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LOCAL
SOCIAL FORUMS - plenary discussion - in development
So
far, supporters of the following groups have expressed
interest in building the ESF session on CITIES at the
main ESF venue - time to be confirmed.
London Social Forum (London)
Greek Social Forum (Athens/Olympics)
INURA, (the International Network for Urban Research
and Action)
What is the
place of cities within neo-liberal globalisation? Endlessly
competing for big projects such as the Olympics and/or
the international sector and finance. As in the "London
Plan", neo-liberal policies produce inequality
both globally and locally in the city itself. How can
we challenge, and dream up alternatives to the present
urban dilemma. Cities themselves, like Porto Alegre
can become sites of resistance and new possibilities.
New forms of participatory democracy offer hope to the
possibility of citizens reclaiming the city. What kind
of city do we want?
If your group is interested too, then please send
us suggestions for the content of the session.
Reply to t.hoskyns@ucl.ac.uk
Greetings
from the Boston Social Forum,
One of our coordinators, Suren Moodliar of the North
American Alliance for Fair Employment (www.fairjobs.org),
is planning to represent us at the ESF, has training
as an urban planner, and would be interested in participating
in the proposed Cities seminar. We think our experience
holding a forum right before the Democratic National
Convention in Boston would be relevant to the discussion.
Also, Suren and I currently have an article on our forum
on ZNet that we'd like to circulate around ESF circles.
We'd encourage you all to read it, comment on it, and
let us know what listservs and websites might be good
places to get it out more broadly. Here's the link:
www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=1&ItemID=6204
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Cheers, Jason Pramas, Coordinator, Boston Social Forum:
www.bostonsocialforum.org
and Networking Director, Massachusetts Global Action
forthcoming organizational website: www.massglobalaction.org
old organizational website: www.ccwglobal.org
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