[commedia] Fw: Social Forums meetings

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Dear Friends

You may find this useful.

Barry White
CPBF
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Keene <chris.keene at which.net>
To: Chris Keene <chris.keene at which.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 7:06 PM
Subject: Social Forums meetings


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 > APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING
 >
 > Our public services, our small farmers, small businesses, developing
 > countries, workers everywhere, our environment, even our democracy, are
 > under the greatest threat since the last war from corporate
 > globalisation.  The only way we can defeat this is by uniting against
 > the elites from big business who are taking over the planet.
 >
 > A number of organisations, including the Centre for Public Services,
 > ATTAC and the Anti-Globalisation Network, are proposing a UK Social
 > Forum to
 > take place this summer.
 >
 > It will be modelled on the highly successful World Social Forums which
 > have taken place in Porto Alegre, Brazil, for the past two years.  A
 > Social
 > Forum is an open meeting place of groups that are committed to building
 > a
 > global society centred on human beings, not money.
 >
 > The UK Social Forum will have two functions:
 >
 > - to discuss social problems in the UK and work towards their solution,
 >
 > - to prepare for the European Social Forum (ESF) which will take place
 > in
 > Italy this autumn.
 >
 > There will be an initial meeting about the ESF in London on March 27th
 > (see
 > the invitation below, which we have just received).  We warmly encourage
 > you
 > to play a full part in that meeting.
 >
 > The next planning meeting for the European Social Forum will be in
 > Vienna on
 > May 11th-12th.  It is open to everybody, and you are likewise encouraged
 > to
 > take part in it if at all possible.
 >
 > Further information about the UK Social Forum will be circulated over
 > the
 >  coming weeks.
 > --
 > Chris Keene, Coordinator,
 > Anti-Globalisation Network "Defending Democracy against Corporate Rule"
 > 90 The Parkway, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 0AE, England
 > Tel 01268 682820   Fax 01268 514164
 >
 >
 > THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FORUM
 > INVITATION TO A PLANNING MEETING MARCH 27
 >
 > The European Social Forum will be a huge convention bringing together
 > people
 > who oppose the commitment of European governments to free market
 > policies
 > and militarism. It is planned for late October or November this year in
 > Italy.
 >
 > This is an invitation to all interested individuals and groups to help
 > organise the English end of the operation. There will be an initial
 > planning
 > meeting at the University of London Union, rm 2A, Malet Street, London
 > WC1
 > on Wed 27 March. It will start at 6.30pm.
 >
 > The idea for a European Forum was proposed at the World Social Forum in
 > Porto Allegre, Brazil in February. An incredible 60,000 people came
 > together
 > at Porto Allegre. They discussed how best to organise against the
 > corporations that are wrecking our public services and our planet, how
 > to
 > tackle the nightmare of Third World debt and how to end the desperate
 > inequality that is being created by neo-liberal economic policies around
 > the
 > world. The aim of the World Social Forum is to build a global movement
 > that
 > can stop militarism and the drive to war and point the way towards a
 > world
 > in which people come before profit.
 >
 > The European Social Forum will be based on the Call of the Social
 > Movements
 > that was issued at Porto Allegre (see
 > www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/eng/resolucoes_cons_intern.asp and
 > www.resist.org.uk). The first Europe wide planning meeting issued an
 > invitation to all trades unionists, campaigning groups, peace activists
 > and
 > concerned individuals who agree with that call to get involved in
 > organising
 > the ESF. Please come along to the meeting on the 27 March at ULU and
 > take up
 > that call.
 > --
 > Chris Keene, Coordinator,
 > Anti-Globalisation Network "Defending Democracy against Corporate Rule"
 > 90 The Parkway, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 0AE, England
 > Tel 01268 682820   Fax 01268 514164
 >