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Report on the WSF-Mumbai Youth Camp
by Samuel Malindi |
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Diego Garcia: Intersection of so Many Struggles
by Lindsey Collen |
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The WSF: 'Necessary Shift'
by Paul Nicholson and Josu Egireun |
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Thabo Mbeki's Election Tale
by Ashwin Desai and Richard Pithouse |
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Many did not Survive 10 years of ANC Education Policy
by Brian Ramadiro |
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The Social Movements Indaba: Tasks and Prospects
by MP Giyose |
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South Africa Social Movements: Where are we Now?
by John Appolis |
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The APF Gauteng and the 2004 Elections
by Nina Benjamin |
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The Struggle for Free Access to Information
by Mothobi Mokhethi |
DOCUMENTS |
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WSF 2004: Call of the Social Movements and Mass Organisations |
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Global Anti-War Assembly Calls for Global Resistance on March 20
by Global Anti-War Assembly |
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Platform on the 2004 South African Elections
by Anti-Privatisation Forum (Gauteng) |
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The April 2004 General Elections: What Should we do on Election Day?
by Cape Town Anti-Privatisation Forum |
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2004: Year of Action!
Khayelitsha Anti-Eviction Campaign |
REGULAR FEATURES |
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Barometer of Resistance: South Africa |
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Barometer of Resistance: Southern Africa |
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Websites on the World Social Forum
by Eli Kodisang |
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THE JOURNAL
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Debating WSF-Mumbai and Social Movement in SA
The year 2004 has up to now (April 2004) been marked by three key developments of signifi cance for the social justice movement in South Africa. The fi rst two of these developments are also of particular signifi cance for the global justice movement [...]
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The WSF-Mumbai: Festival of the Masses
Mondli Hlatshwayo and Oupa Lehulere reflect on the WSF in Mumbai, and argue that Mumbai marks an important step in the international regroupment of left forces. The World Social Forum (WSF) was held between 16 and 21 of January 2004 in Mumbai, in the Indian state of Maharastra [...]
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The WSF, Feminism and the Future of Global Activism
Carol Barton analyses feminist inter-ventions at the WSF in Mumbai, and argues for the need to intersect feminist struggles and analyses with class and race politics. Speaking from the perspective of the global feminist movements, driven primarily by women of the global south, it is our conviction that the World Social Forum is a critical space [...]
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The African Social Forum: a Site of Struggle?
George Dor argues that the future of the ASF lies in building strong social movements, and in countering careerist tendencies now dominant in the forum The fi rst World Social Forum (WSF) in Porto Alegre in 2001 included a small number of Africans, who agreed on the need for a more substantial and coordinated presence at future forums [...]
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Leila Khaled Speaks - An interview
Leila Khaled spoke to Mondli Hlatshwayo on the Palestinian people’s struggle against Zionism, her politics, the armed struggle, and on South Africa-Israel relations I am Leila Khaled. I am a Palestinian freedom fi ghter, but I am a refugee, since 1948, when the Zionist organisation attacked the Palestinians [...]
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Mumbai Resistance 2004: Towards a New International?
Oupa Lehulere takes a critical look at Mumbai Resistance 2004, and argues that it fails to contribute to the debate on building an international antiglobalisation movement. Since its fi rst meeting in Porto Alegre a few years ago the World Social Forum (WSF) has generated a lot of debate [...]
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Occupy, Resist and Produce! - An interview with Milton Jose Fornazien
Milton Jos Fornazien, speaks to Mondli Hlatshwayo of Khanya College about the MST and its relationship to the new government of Lula in Brazil [...]
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Report on the WSF-Mumbai Youth Camp
Samuel Malindi reports on his experiences of the Youth Camp at the WSF in Mumbai. It was a great honor to be chosen to go to India and I wish to thank every one who made this possible. It was wonderful to participate in the WSF and to understand more about how the world functions [...]
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Diego Garcia: Intersection of so Many Struggles
Lindsey Collen argues that the struggle to close the US military base at Diego Garcia represents a coming together of a range of anti-globalisation struggles, and calls on militants and movements to support the campaign. Diego Garcia, a beautiful Indian Ocean Island in the Chagos Archipelago, a part of the Republic of Mauritius [...]
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The WSF: 'Necessary Shift'
Paul Nicholson and Josu Egireun take up the debate on the future of the WSF post Mumbai. They argue for deepening the role of the forum in the anti-globalisation struggle while preserving its plural character. The World Social Forum emerged as a result of the mobilisations against neoliberal globalisation [...]
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Thabo Mbeki's Election Tale
Launching the largely neo-liberal ANC election manifesto in Pietermaritzburg, Thabo Mbeki told the cheering crowds: “our people know that if I don’t have a job now, I will have the skills to have a job”. Jobs? The formal sector has been losing jobs on a huge scale for years [...]
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Many did not Survive 10 years of ANC Education Policy
Brian Ramadiro* argues that 10 years after legal apartheid the ANC government has failed to live up to a better life for all in education. wo challenges remain unresolved in our schooling system ten years after apartheid. The first challenge has to do with the government’s almost complete failure to ensure that all children [...]
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The Social Movements Indaba: Tasks and Prospects
On the eve of the second conference of the SMI in March 2004 MP Giyose* takes a look at the formation and its weaknesses, and argues that the next phase of the SMI is to deepen its ideological and programmatic unity. The formation of the SMI was a product of the mobilisation that took place in South Africa [...]
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South Africa Social Movements: Where are we Now?
John Appolis takes a look at the political development within the social movements, and argues for a process of theoretical clarifi cation located within a process of struggle. Recently there have been a number of discussions on the signifi cance of the new social movements in South Africa [...]
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The APF Gauteng and the 2004 Elections
Nina Benjamin argues that the debate on the 2004 elections within the APF Gauteng contributes to the debate on strategies and tactics in building revolutionary movements. April 14 looms, and while it is a fait accompli that the ANC will be the majority party [...]
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The Struggle for Free Access to Information
Mothobi Mokhethi introduces the free (computer) software movement, and argues that it can make a contribution to building social justice movements. The last decade and a half has seen a major revolution in technology, especially in the use of computers [...]
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WSF 2004: Call of the Social Movements and Mass Organisations
Flowing from the nightly discussions at the Activist Assembly held during the WSF the following declaration was agreed upon. The declaration attempts to consolidate inputs from the Social Movements Assembly, the Anti-War Assembly and mass/popular organisations in India. It is an important document and lists a number of days for mobilisation [...]
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Global Anti-War Assembly Calls for Global Resistance on March 20
The General Assembly of the Global Anti-War Movement called on the world to fill the streets on March 20 to demand an end to the occupation of Iraq.The General Assembly of the Anti-War Movement convened on January 19 at the World Social Forum (WSF) in Mumbai, India [...]
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Platform on the 2004 South African Elections
Where is the power to solve your needs? As the national elections come closer millions of workers and youth will ask themselves what they should do, and how, if at all, they should vote. You are told that your vote will make a difference and that the future of the country lies with the way you vote [...]
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The April 2004 General Elections: What Should we do on Election Day?
On 14 April we will have the third general election since the collapse and defeat of the racialist system of oppression and exploitation that dominated our country for so long. This year, 2004, is also a time in which we are called upon to celebrate ten years of freedom [...]
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2004: Year of Action!
Khayelitsha Anti-Eviction Campaign
The ANC has been in government now for ten years. It promised a better life for all. Instead the rich have got richer and the poor have got poorer. The banks and big companies have profited from exploiting us, the working class.Some blacks have risen to join whites as billionaires [...]
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Barometer of Resistance: South Africa
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Barometer of Resistance: Southern Africa
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Websites on the World Social Forum
Hundreds of web sites have sprung up all over the world since the formation of the world social forum. In this edition, we feature a small selection of organisations that were present and have summed up their experiences of the Mumbai social forum [...]
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