Author Archives: Francine Mestrum

Esp/Eng/Fra FSM Propuesta de Alternativa: CI / FSM: un impasse total El CI está en un impasse: los de siempre, con los argumentos de siempre – menos sobre el punto del ‘consenso’ que sobre la posibilidad de ‘hablar’ en nombre … Continue reading →

by Francine Mestrum Eng/Esp/Fra Group on metodology: Substantive questions to be discussed in the seminar: The international Renewal Group (www.foranewwsf.org) has made substantive proposals for a ‘new WSF’ almost two years ago. Boaventura de Sousa Santos also introduced a structural … Continue reading →

por Francine Mestrum Eng/Esp/Fra Re-define the ‘consensus’ Reading once again the Charter of Principles I wonder where all our problems come from? Chico speaks of a ‘programmatic agreement’ signed by eight organisations? This can hardly be representative. Nowhere does the … Continue reading →

por Boaventura de Sousa Santos Transición En Túnez se crea un órgano de transición con igual número de miembros del CI y de nuevas adhesiones. Este órgano  existe hasta que se reúna la primera asamblea deliberativa. El órgano de transición … Continue reading →

Contribution of Boaventua de Sousa Santos: Transition In Tunis, a transitional figure is set up with an equal number of members of the International Committee and new admissions. This body will exist until the first deliberative assembly meets. This transitional … Continue reading →

Eng/Esp/Fra Proposal for ‘Future of WSF’ discussion in Tunis The world has changed. We know it and we have been saying it for several years. The time has come to act accordingly, more particularly when we want to discuss the … Continue reading →

por Felix Juan de Dios Cadena[1] “OTRO FORO SOCIAL MUNDIAL ES POSIBLE” ANTECEDENTES El primer Foro Social Mundial (FSM) realizado en Porto Alegre, Brasil en 2001 fue una respuesta a los impactos depredadores de la fase neoliberal del capitalismo que … Continue reading →

Is it still possible to think? As if the global crisis generated by the pandemic were not enough, the world has just drifted into a new and serious warlike phase that could still lead to an even greater crisis. The … Continue reading →

Debido a que Europa no ha sido capaz de hacer frente a las causas de la crisis, está condenada a hacer frente a sus consecuencias.  El polvo de la tragedia está lejos de haberse asentado, pero, aun así, nos vemos … Continue reading →