The good folk on the Retort mailing list sent around this BBC article on street children at the World Social Forum. I responded by rejigging a previous blog posting. Since the reply was a little funnier than the original, and has a few more details on how food was a central feature of life at the World Social Forum, I thought I’d post it here. Apologies for the repetition. Keep Reading »
Following up on this posting, the daily newspaper here at the World Social Forum has a front page article on how the poor broke into the forum.
Here’s a brief newsy post from the Via Campesina’s first day of activities at the World Social Forum – expect a tidied up version of this on the Via Campesina site soon…
What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, I posted a newswire report about thousands marching for social justice at the World Social Forum. As ever, there’s more to protest than meets the eye, and now that I’m here in Nairobi, I’m getting a slightly better sense (no doubt one to be revised and qualified tomorrow).
It’s important to have moments of collectivity, to remember that another world *is* possible. And yesterday at the World Social Forum, over five thousand people marched to remind each other, and the world, of exactly that. Here’s a report from the AFP newswire.
As part of the Land Research Action Network (with whom I’ve just co-edited this book) I’ll be attending the World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya.
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In the middle of South Central, Los Angeles, once was a beautiful farm, home to the South Central Farmers. Visit their website to find out how their struggle for urban farmland is progressing, and then check out a series of surprisingly good vlog entries on Daryl Hannah (yes, the Daryl Hannah)’s website, here, here, here, and here.
I’ve just read a fine post from the excellent Women’s eNews network, covering the aftermath of the (usually male) farmer suicides. Unfortunately, they’re a little restrictive on copyright at Women’s eNews so I can’t post the entire article here, but under the principles of Fair Use and common sense, here’s a snippet. Keep Reading »
The despair and suicide of indebted farmers are tragic and recurring themes. In India, their epicenter lies in Vidarbha, in Maharashtra, where farmers grow genetically modified cotton. The tragedy, for the families and communities left behind, has been caught by photographer Johann Rousselot, at Oeil Public. He shows the body of Praveen Vijay Bhakamwar, whose accumulated debts of Rs 40,000 – less than US$ 900 – pushed him to suicide. Bhakamwar leaves behind three daughters and a son.
If you found Ngaire Woods’ report on how the WTO works a little dry, you probably won’t appreciate the humour at this site, run by the Yes Men.
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