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- Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Commentary Mayor Abdullah Demirbas has 17 accusations against him raised by the Turkish state. The case has reached the High Court, where he is facing charges against both criminal law and administrative law. If found guilty, he can be sentenced to prison, a... -
- Monday, Dec 19, 2005
Commentary If you look down from the visitorsÕ balcony in the national parliament in La Paz, you see a divided parliament. On the right hand side you have all the members of parliament from the right wing parties; all white, well dressed in suits and ties, c... -
- Thursday, Dec 08, 2005
Commentary The learning process is a basic argument for, and an important outcome of, participatory democracy. Parallel to the decision-making, a process of learning takes place where people learn how different things work and function and how they can influ... -
- Sunday, Aug 28, 2005
Commentary There is a lot of talk about Venezuela these days. Few can have missed that the Reverend Pat Robertson called for the assassination of President Hugo Chavez in his own TV-channel Christian Broadcast. In short he said: 'We have the ability to take ... -
- Saturday, Jun 25, 2005
Commentary The anti-globalisation movement has repetitively been criticised for not being clear on the alternative to capitalism. The movement wants to replace capitalism, change the world but does not talk about socialism, which according to some lefties is... -
- Sunday, May 29, 2005
ZNet Article The French will be voting against neoliberalism today. “This No is a left-wing No, for another Europe, a Europe for the people and not for the marketâ€, says Vladimir Cruells, artist and activist living in France. Olivier Hoedeman, ... -
- Friday, May 27, 2005
Commentary To introduce participatory democracy in Venezuela as a parallel to representative democracy is one of the hardest, but also one of the most interesting, challenges the country is facing. If they succeed it would mean having a society in power, tha... -
- Thursday, May 12, 2005
ZNet Article I - The parallel revolution
On a parallel street, within walking distance from the presidential palace, you can find a squatted building taken over and run by communities. It is an old office building, very close to one of the most touristic squ... Commentary Venezuela - The Country Of Parallels -
- Sunday, Mar 13, 2005
Commentary The Workers Party, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) lost one of its most symbolic cities in the last municipal elections. Porto Alegre was won in the first elections after dictatorship in 1988 and has since then stayed "petista". It is interesting t... -
- Saturday, Jan 15, 2005
Commentary Democracy is probably going to be the most misused word in the news during the month of January. If there had been a way of measuring we even might have come to the conclusion that the month of January was going to be the month when democracy was ... -
- Wednesday, Nov 17, 2004
Commentary When I was younger my mother used to tell me that the fights within the left made people tired. She told me that all argues and the fights between the left groups in Chile weakened the Allende regime as much as the US aggression. People were tired... -
- Sunday, Oct 03, 2004
Commentary Recently, at the fifth Asian European People«s Forum in Ha Noi I got to know that there will be a meeting between "the movement for global justice" and the Muslim movement in Beirut soon. I think that is good. It is good to have exchange between m... -
- Thursday, Jul 01, 2004
Commentary It is much easier to have opinions about a social forum than to organize one. That is one of many conclusions that I could draw after the end of the Stockholm Social Forum (SSF) held in May. -
- Sunday, Feb 22, 2004
Commentary Currency, money and funding can really upset people in India. Travelling around in Kerala, on a tour on the southern backwaters we were having a tea break. My boyfriend was trying to figure out which of the Indian coins to pay with, when a bunch o... -
- Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003
Commentary I think the people that went there expected a boxing game, a good one, rather nice than brutal but still a fight. I also think that most people had paid a bet for either part. -
- Wednesday, Nov 12, 2003
Commentary In his book, Age of Consent, George Monbiot argues in favour of a world parliament and sees the World Social Forum as the beginning of such an institution. At the same time the second Assembly of the Social Movements will be held the day after the... -
- Sunday, Nov 02, 2003
Commentary The same weekend that the world had reason to celebrate the breakdown of the WTO ministerial meeting in Cancun we had a great victory in Sweden. Sunday the 14th of September 55.9 % of the Swedish population voted against Sweden joining the Economi... -
- Wednesday, Jul 23, 2003
Commentary I have never believed very much in dialogue with the powerful and after a two-day conference in Berlin I definitely learnt that dialogue is good - but it has nothing to do with good arguments and words but with power. -
- Sunday, Apr 27, 2003
Commentary The big news in Sweden on the 10th day of the war against Iraq was a suicide bomber. One suicide bomber had killed 4 British soldiers when he waved them to a cab, asked for help and then detonated the bomb. -
- Monday, Mar 03, 2003
Commentary I hear Lulas voice from the raspy speakers. I'm in a cab with friends all late to go and see the president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speak at the amphitheatre. The whole city of Porto Alegre has been preparing for this during the whole day. It has... -
- Sunday, Feb 09, 2003
ZNet Article When I listened to Lula speak at the World Social Forum I was moved and cried. I wish he had not come.
For the first time since the Zapatista uprising, the MAI victory and Seattle the movement has taken a step back. The first steps have been tak... -
- Thursday, Jan 23, 2003
Commentary Will you be going to the World Social Forum this year? Whether you are or not, it might be interesting to know that the city of Porto Alegre that will host the forum for the third consecutive year is not an ordinary city. It is extraordinary when ... Commentary Will you be going to the World Social Forum this year? Whether you are or not, it might be interesting to know that the city of Porto Alegre that will host the forum for the third consecutive year is not an ordinary city. It is extraordinary when ... -
- Sunday, Dec 01, 2002
Commentary Early in the morning a sharp signal resound in Marghera to call the workers to the factories. When it sounds we are also on our way to "our factory", Rivolta, where the last preparations are going to be made and departure for the border is to take... -
- Thursday, Oct 31, 2002
Commentary I spent hours at a crossroad in Jenin standing either beside or in front of a group of stone throwing guys. A group of around 30 boys between 5 and 25 years old. Boys vibrating of restlessness, anger violence and adrenaline. Boys want to resist an... -
- Wednesday, Sep 25, 2002
Commentary The Palestinian people have tried all means of resistance an occupied people can think of. One dangerous and effective way involved a lot of people and made the Israeli occupying power so full of fear it threatened and banned the act of resistance... -
- Sunday, Jul 14, 2002
Commentary When the World Cup started I knew that due to rational political reasons I should not cheer the two teams where my heart belonged -Argentina and Brazil. Some people say that everything is political - and they are right to say so. Football is indee... - All Most Recent Content
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