World Social Forum 2009—Beyond capitalism

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By Leonor Hurtado and Frances Lambrick

The world economic crisis spells the death of globalization, and action is needed to protect the poor, said organizers of the World Social Forum as it wrapped up in Brazil on Sunday, February 1st. The forum's leaders hailed the strong participation at this year's gathering, which brought together 133,000 people from unions, religious associations, family organizations, ecologists and other progressive groups. Held at the same time as the World Economic Forum in Davos, the World Social Forum presents an alternative to address the global food and financial crises. The strong critical analysis of neo-liberalism delivered by previous World Social Forums has been proven. The role now is to revaluate neo-liberal policies—and opening the door to social democratic reform of economies and states...

WSF 2009 recommendations include:
--nationalization of banks,
--land, education, health and work rights,
--energy and food sovereignty for the poor, and
--sovereignty and autonomy for indigenous peoples.

As Bello says “we need to frame our responses (to the global crisis) in terms of common universal values, like the question of justice, the question of equality.

More at the link: http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2359

[Joanne98]

1. Permaculture....

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. I agree with their recommendations

We can and should help one another as much as we can, and what we as individuals cannot do, governments should do (ie nationalizing the banks).

[bvar22]

3. This is a plan I can support.

K&R