History: WorldSocialForum:InDepthAnalysis

WSF: In Depth

"The great strength of the World Social Forum lies in its novel character. It is an initiative of the emerging planetary civil society that aims to value the practices of civic struggle and participation in different societies, and to give a global dimension to the proposals that are born of them". Cándido Grzybowski

• World Social Forum urges solutions to pressing global concerns Odeen Ishmael, February 27 2009
• The Hijacking of the World Social Forum Lorna Salzman, February 24 2008
• That Other World Diego González, February 24 2009
• The Danger of Protectionism February 2009
• Kenya: The Terrain of Alternative Leadership Bunge la Mwananchi, February 12 2009
• The 2009 World Social Forum challenge Geoffrey Pleyers, January 30 2009
• Radicalise the alternatives Josep María Antentas, January 2009
• We Need to Let the World Social Forum Evolve Daniela Estrada, January 19 2009
• WSF 2009: A generation's challenge Geoffrey Pleyers, January 29 2009
• There Is an Alternative to Corporate Rule Mark Engler, September 13 2008
• Twenty-first Century Globalization and the Social Forum Process Walda Katz-Fishman and Jerome Scott, June 6 2008
• Amazon region's candidature to host the World Social Forum 2009 May 29 2007
• The World Social Forum, a Globalisation from Below? Geoffrey Pleyers, May 21 2008
• World Social Forum Convenes in Nigeria to Engineer the New Face of the Altermondialist Movement Raffaella Bolini, May 2 2008
• The Fifth International: A 19th Century Answer to a 21st Century Problem Peter Waterman , February 11 2008
• Samir Amin: The New Challenge of the Peoples' Internationalism February 9 2008
• How Not to Do a Libertarian Critique of the WSF A response to Crisis in Kenya and Hypocrisy of WSF Peter Waterman, February 6 2008
• The crisis in Kenya and the hypocrisy of the WSF Rafael Uzcátegui, February 4 2008
• Diversity, a Birthright Waiting to Be Recognised Maria Osava, January 28 2008
• A whole new world: WSF, what form should it take? Ben Trott, January 26 2008
• Interview with Joao Pedro Stédile : ‘The WSF Has to Agree On Common Actions Against Common Enemies’ January 24 2008
• Interview with Aminata Dramane Traoré: ‘If the WSF Didn’t Exist, It Would Be Necessary To Create It’ January 22 2008
• Interview with Boaventura de Sousa Santos: ‘WSF Is As Much a Cultural Struggle As a Political One’ January 21 2008
• Interview with Roberto Savio, member of the International Committee of the WSF January 9 2008
• Evaluating from the Inside, With Optimism Chico Whitaker answers CACIM’s call for an evaluation of the WSF, January 2008

2007 Archives

2006 Archives

2005 Archives

• “Women's Bodies, Gender Analysis, and Feminist Politics at the Fórum Social Mundial”. Laura Roskos and Patricia Willis, guest eds, April 2007. Volume 8, Issue 3 of Journal of International Women's Studies.
• “The Organisation and Politics of Social Forums”. Steffen Böhm, Sian Sullivan and Oscar Reyes, eds, May 2005. Volume 5, Number 2 of ephemera – theory and politics in organisation.
• “Explorations in Open Space: The World Social Forum and Cultures of Politics”. Jai Sen and Chloe Keraghel, guest eds, December 2004. Special Issue No 182 of International Social Science Journal.