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[Peter Waterman]

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| NIGD News and Notes Double Issue 05-06/06: The World Social Forum and the
| Bamako Appeal : Yes, but no
|
| In this issue:
| I. Gendering the WSF Nairobi 2007 process
| II. The World Social Forum and the Bamako Appeal: Yes, but no
| III. Inside 'Asia's Killing Fields'
| IV. World Vote Field Test
| V. Rendezvous with NIGD
| **********************************************************************
| I. Gendering the WSF Nairobi 2007 process
| by Onyango Oloo
| The author, a member of the WSF 2007 Secretariat, addresses extensively
| Gender and the WSF Open Space process, and concludes at the end of his
| critical text that "When one looks at the gender dynamics informing the 
WSF
| 2007 process, one is filled with optimism and left brimming with hope. 
This
| despite the parlous panorama painted in the preceding section; this 
despite
| the unflattering global audit of power relations between women and men
| around the world. "
| http://www.nigd.org/docs/GenderingWSF2007NairobiProcessOnyangoOloo.pdf
|
| 2 . Librarians to cover the Nairobi WSF 2007
| by Mikael Böök
| Librarians have a professional role to play in the WSF process, both as
| citizens and in their role as information specialists. Mikael Böök 
provides
| an overview of a training programme to prepare East African librarians for
| participation in the World Social Forum 20-25 January 2007.
| http://www.nigd.org/docs/LibrariansToCoverWSF2007MikaelBook
|
| 3. The Intercontinental Youth Camp 2001-2005: Linking Open Space Activism,
| the World Social Forum, and Imaginaries for Alternative Worlds
| by Dan Morrison
| The Intercontinental Youth Camp is a creative effort to turn a space for
| temporary living into a social world of alternative practices challenging
| daily life under neoliberal globalisation; it is an expression of
| experimental social activism, the politics of collective self-management,
| and the celebration of spontaneous cultural expression. Dan Morrison
| previews his central thesis argumentation which ends on a critical note 
that
| the the IYC process has not lived up to its imaginaries; the full thesis
| will be posted on nigd website in July, 2006.
| http://www.nigd.org/docs/WSFYouthCampThesisDanMorrison
|
|
| II. The World Social Forum and the Bamako Appeal: Yes, but no
| by Francine Mestrum
| The Bamako Appeal as it appeared at the onset of the Bamako WSF 2006 is
| still discussed in different fora regarding its content, methodology of
| production and regarding the possible merits of such a statement for the 
WSF
| process.
| See the appeal at  http://www.thirdworldforum.net
|
| At The Netherlands Social Forum a discussion held on the Bamako Appeal 
with
| an informal  panel of Peter Custers (X minus Y), Karamat Ali (WSF 
Karachi),
| Helen Hintjens (Institute of Social Studies in The Hague), and Peter
| Waterman. In the minutes from the session, chair of the session Francine
| Mestrum gives attention to the process of the WSF, the democratic content,
| and the political content.
| http://www.nigd.org/docs/BeyondBamakoNSFFrancineMestrum
|
| 2. The Bamako Appeal and the Maturation of the World Social Forum
| by Peter Waterman
| The Bamako Appeal may have taken a first step towards becoming a global
| dialogue at the Netherlands Social Forum, writes Peter Waterman. Whilst 
also
| providing his observations from the first day of the NSF, he concludes 
that
| "It is surely time to surpass the originally brilliant slogan, 'Another
| World is Possible'. A dialogue on and between documents such as the BA 
could
| help to do this."
| http://www.nigd.org/docs/BeyondBamakoNSFPeterWaterman
|
| 3. Appraising the Bamako Appeal: A Contribution to the Debate
| by Peter Custers
| The author provides an elaborate commentary on the content of the BA, and
| concludes that "With all its limitations, contradictions and defects, the
| Bamako Appeal has forcefully posed the need for a programmatic document
| against the still hegemonic model of neo liberalism. Only by taking this
| debate forward constructively and non dogmatically, can the WSF itself 
reach
| the aim of a defeat of the forces that continue to impose destructive neo
| liberal policies on the large majority of countries in the world."
| http://www.nigd.org/docs/AppraisingTheBamakoAppealPeterCusters2006
|
|
| III. Inside 'Asia's Killing Fields'
| by Carmelita Morante
| A return to militarism is serving the Arroyo government well and 
undermining
| the people's civil and political rights which is contributing  to further
| polarization of Philippine society. Carmelita Morante speaks up on the
| subject of extra-judicial killings and other human rights violations
| enfolding in the Philippines.
| http://www.nigd.org/docs/InsideAsiasKillingFieldsCarmelitaMorante2006
|
| 2. The Contemporary Lefts in Latin America: Responses to the No 
Alternative
| by Hanna Laako
| Despite the triumphs of democracy and peace in Latin America in recent
| decades, it seems progress has been mostly symbolic and the democratic
| systems have not integrated citizen participation. Hanna Laako outlines 
the
| elements and characteristics of the world in which the Contemporary Left
| seek an alternative, and compares the different actors involved.
| http://www.elnorte.fi/
|
| 3. The European social model: its social and political values
| by Francine Mestrum
| All societies need some kind of protection; Western European countries 
have
| systems of social protection that no other countries have ever developed,
| neither rich, nor the poor developing countries. Francine Mestrum explores
| the major characteristics of the European 'social model', and the reforms
| necessary for it to be upheld.
| http://www.nigd.org/docs/EuropeanSocialModelFrancineMestrum2006
|
|
| IV. World Vote Field Test
| by Joel Marsden
| Electronic communications serve as a natural and potent organisational
| platform to incorporate the principles of global direct democracy into a
| system extending universal voting rights to every person on the planet.
| Field coordinator, Joel Marsden summarises the results from the 171
| countries and territories that cast their symbolic vote in the Global 
E-Vote
| Simulation on May 15, 2006.
| http://www.nigd.org/docs/GlobalE-VotingSimulationJoelMarsden.pdf
|
|
| V. Rendezvous with NIGD
| See our Rendezvous page
| http://www.nigd.org/rendezvous
|
| *********************************************************************
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