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	European Social Forum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Others opponents of the ESF were the political scientist Giovanni Sartori, a liberal critic of Silvio Berlusconi's government but an admirer of the United States and the film-maker Franco Zeffirelli, whose right-wing political views were already well-known.
		But in fact the European Social Forum, which occupied the historical Fortezza da Basso and other conference buildings with its 60.000 delegates didn't provoke any accidents and it ended with a huge demonstration against the war which saw the participation of 1.000.000 people according to the organizers.
		Some anarchist groups organised a rival event in the city, at the same time, while a women's forum was held in the days preceding the social forum, in order to counteract the perceived under representation of women at the first ESF it is claimed that over 3,000 women attended.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Social_Forum (1609 words)

	European Social Forum: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The world social forum (wsf) is an annual meeting held by left wing members of the alternative globalization movement to coordinate world campaigns, share and refine...
		The european commission (formally the commission of the european communities) is the executive of the european union....
		Supporters of the forum point to the end of the forum which saw a massive international demonstration through central London and a rally at Trafalgar Square as a sign of its success as an event.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/eu/european_social_forum.htm (3056 words)

	Untitled Document
		The keyword to come from that forum was 'alter globalisation', meaning a new form of globalisation based on international cooperation, human development and social justice.
		Graham Coop, head of research at the Centre for a Social Europe, a Britain-based non-governmental organisation, told IPS that one the most important outcomes of the ESF was ''the creation of an informal network'' among European NGOs.
		The directive proposed by the European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, seeks to break down national barriers in provision of services in ways that could enable the poorest legislation for protection of workers and consumers in one country to be applied to another.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines04/1018-01.htm (893 words)

	A Europe of rights, a world without war
		The ESF is modeled on the World Social Forum (WSF), held for the last three years in Brazil.
		One positive outcome of this year’s ESF was a proposal, first suggested by antiwar groups in the U.S., to make March 20--the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq--an international day of action against the occupations of Iraq and Palestine.
		The crucial backdrop to the ESF is the imposition of anti-worker neoliberal policies by governments across the continent--whether controlled by parties associated with the left or the right.
	www.socialistworker.org /2003-2/477/477_08_ESF.shtml (2655 words)

	NGO Monitor - Human Rights NGOs - Arab Israeli Conflict
		The ESF is affiliated with the World Social Forum, whose meeting in India in January 2004 served as a vehicle for anti-Israel and anti-Semitic propaganda and incitement.
		That the ESF would be a major source of hatred and demonization, characteristic of the new anti-Semitism, comes as little surprise after a closer examination of some of the characters and organizations taking part.
		In this atmosphere of incitement, a stall at the ESF belonging to the mainstream Union of Jewish Students had items stolen and litter dumped on its table in what was believed to be a racially motivated crime.
	www.ngo-monitor.org /editions/v3n03/v3n03-1.htm (492 words)

	European Social Forum: Festival of Resistance
		FULL OF EVENTS: The first organized meeting of European social forums surpassed all expectations, both the organizers' and the conference participants', and culminated in the largest-ever organized demonstrations and the constituent assembly of the Forum (at which the results of the meeting were summarized).
		The European Social Forum had a festive atmosphere, and the peaceful nature of its protest further contributed to the spirit of victory in the anti-globalization movement today.
		The ESF was conceived as a democratic, open space for debate on three main themes: globalization and liberalism, war and peace, and justice-citizens-democracy, with hundreds of presentations, seminars, workshops, and campaigns held daily in the Fortezzi de Basso (an old fortress converted into a congress center).
	www.emins.org /english/eplus/no48_50/7resist.htm (594 words)

	European Social Forum
		At the World Social Forum at Porto Alegre in February, for example, the political discussions were dominated by the non-governmental organisations, the left social democrats and the broad organisations represented most centrally by Attac France.
		The anti-capitalist movement, or at least significant parts of it, quickly saw through the rhetoric of the new European governments that were using the language of the racists, stealing elements from the agenda of the fascist parties, and pursuing the ruthless privatisation policies they had denounced their predecessors for.
		Social democracy has nothing to offer the movement--its leaders will find reasons to support the war on Iraq, with or without UN validation or not, even if Chirac and Schröder are currently negotiating the terms of that support.
	pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk /sr269/gonzalez.htm (2716 words)

	European Social Forum: Tous ensemble! \| Workers' Liberty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In general, trade unions are involved in the ESF, but at arm's length, and the bureaucrats do not want permanent networks to come out of the ESF that will challenge their grip on their organisations.
		The first ESF in Florence scored so badly on this count that the World March of Women, a large international mainstream feminist network, organised separately (although under the umbrella of the ESF) a European Assembly for Women's Rights on 12 November.
		The exertions of the London Social Forum to have the organisation of the event opened up wider than the forces of Globalise Resistance/SWP (who initiated the London bid) are bearing fruit.
	www.workersliberty.org /node/view/1419 (1675 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| Angry protests halt ESF Iraq debate
		The European Social Forum descended into chaos on Friday after a key Iraq debate had to be abandoned when delegates protested against the decision to invite Sobhi Al-Mashadani, the general secretary of the Iraq Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU).
		ESF organisers declined to comment on the debacle.
		Mr Prentis announced that Unison is to join with the German public service union Verdi to add weight to their campaign so that workers across the two nations can "speak as one voice to tackle the improvements in our public services and stop the roll-back".
	politics.guardian.co.uk /esf/story/0,15212,1330097,00.html (1604 words)

	UK Indymedia - European Social Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The European Social Forum concluded in London on Sunday with a large demonstration.
		The European Social Forum (ESF) ended on Sunday after hundreds of discussions and meetings, both inside the ESF and in the Autonomous Spaces.
		On the weekend of March 6/7 the European Assembly of the European Social Forum (ESF) came to London to decide whether the UK proposal to hold the ESF in London this year would be accepted.
	www.indymedia.org.uk /en/actions/2004/esf (2826 words)

	Communist Party of Great Britain - European Social Forum
		The London ESF was characterised by unprecedented levels of open dissent and protest against the bureaucratic stage-management of the whole event - inside and outside the official ESF structures.
		In the French ESF organising committee she represents Espaces Marx, an organisation that “explores theoretical and emancipatory questions, inspired by the thoughts of Karl Marx”.
		Samir Amin is the main organiser of the Africa and Asia Social Forum.
	www.cpgb.org.uk /esf (4006 words)

	European Social Forum
		The idea for the ESF was born in Porto Alegre during the 2nd World Social Forum (WSF), which took place in this Brazilian city from 31 January to 5 February 2002.
		The ESF is not a conference and it is not a movement congress.
		The ESF, which is part of the World Social Forum process, has to be a common public space of dialogue, discussion and contamination.
	www.syn.gr /en/intl/0205_esf.htm (895 words)

	Social Forums \| Workers' Liberty
		Cath Fletcher went along to the “Assembly on the Charter of Principles of Another Europe” in Florence on 12 November, a meeting of various groups and individuals involved in the European Social Forum, who are drawing up the said charter for presentation at the next ESF in Athens in May 2006.
		This was the force of the just-ended Zimbabwe Social Forum as thousands of radical spirits came together in central Harare from 28-30 October.
		Tariq Ramadan is one of the top-billed speakers at the European Social Forum, appearing on a panel to present “Voices of resistance and alternatives from the global South”.
	www.workersliberty.org /taxonomy/page/or/262 (876 words)

	WILPF at the European Social Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Heidi Meinzolt-Depner in her function as European Coordinator had, together with four other organizations (Women in Black, les Penelopees, Transeuropeenns and Amnesty International) organized a seminar with the title "Nationalism, War, Patriarchy and the Struggle of Women for a Culture of Peace".
		The Forum in Paris was an excellent opportunity to make WILPF visible on the one hand, and - on the other hand - to find out what kind of impact we as an international women's peace organization can have within such a movement.
		An important step in this cooperation was also, that the organizers of the European Social Forum - in their final declaration - agreed to support the initiative of the US peace movement to have 20 March 2004 as an international action day for peace/ against war.
	home.iprolink.ch /wilpf/events/ESF-03.htm (1570 words)

	European Social Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The ESF can be a launching pad for a campaign to shut down this summit with mass protest and create an international opposition to the capitalist system of exploitation and war.
		The League for the Fifth International believes that the ESF is an opportunity not only to discuss and to plan specific actions, but also to overcome the crisis of leadership that is holding back the struggle for freedom across the world today.
		That is why we will be campaigning at the ESF and the Assembly of the Social Movements for the diverse unions, campaigns and initiatives of the workers and poor to unite in a new world party of social revolution — a Fifth International.
	www.onesolutionrevolution.org /esf2.html (967 words)

	European Social Forum
		As this project is winding up, findings from the evaluations and learning suggest that much of the exclusion, social fragmentation and discrimination people experience not just in employment but across all areas of their and their communities’ lives are systemic in origin.
		The day before the forum started one of the Indymedia server was confiscated by the security services and this action hung over the weekend but if anything had the effect of galvanising those who attended.
		There appears to be a move at European and at a global level to create a hierarchy of people’s right of mobility which in turn overshadows the reality of people’s life and living and working conditions both in the original and hosting countries.
	www.cwc.ie /news/art04/esf.html (1103 words)

	The Significance of the European Social Forum
		The European Social Forum in Florence (Nov. 6-12) is taking place against the backdrop of a global capitalist system that is in serious crisis.
		The European Social Forum (ESF) is one of the latest incarnations of this movement, one directly inspired by the World Social Forum (WSF) held in Porto Alegre, Brazil over the last two years.
		The WSF and ESF might be said to perform three functions for a global community that is troubled, angry, and searching for alternatives.
	www.focusweb.org /publications/2002/significance-of-the-european-social-forum.htm (959 words)

	ipedia.com: World Social Forum Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The World Social Forum is an annual meeting held by members of the alternative globalization movement to coordinate world campaigns, share and refine organizing strategies, and inform each other about...
		The World Social Forum (WSF) is an annual meeting held by members of the alternative globalization movement to coordinate world campaigns, share and refine organizing strategies, and inform each other about movements from around the world and around many different issues.
		The first WSF was organized by the French Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens (ATTAC) and the Brazilian Worker's Party (PT).
	www.ipedia.com /world_social_forum.html (340 words)

	Preparing the next European Social Forum
		The European Social Forum (ESF) is a regional initiative which supports the Charter of Principles from the World Social Forum (WSF), held in Porto Alegre from January 25th to 30th, 2001.
		The forums are not a central organisation, they merely provide a platform for social movements to think globally and act locally, as part of what some refer to as "alternative" globalisation, or alter-globalists.
		Bulgarian social movements are encouraged to be active in every level of the ESF, as every European nation, whether they are part of the EU or not.
	www.socialrights.org /spip/article545.html (931 words)

	Interactivist Info Exchange \| The European Social Forum: Sovereign and Multitude (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Indeed, the ESF is beginning to look like a straightforward progression from Porto Alegre, a replay of the flocking of extra-parliamentary groups to a local arm of a statist power, this time in the shape of the Democratici della Sinistra rather than the Workers' Party of Brazil.
		Third, the Social Forums are an opportunity for official institutions to influence their opponents, with strategies of co-optation - and their so-called 'opponents' are often very happy to be co-opted.
		The World Social Forum was sponsored and influenced by the Ford Foundation, the Canadian Foreign Ministry, and the German Green Party.
	slash.autonomedia.org /article.pl?sid=02/10/16/2028231 (3557 words)

	central and eastern european social forum
		Such a forum could demonstrate clearly that people from the region refuse the policy of "divide and rule" and take their common fate consciously.
		The Initiative was hailed by the WSF as well as by several organisations and individuals working together in the frame of the European Social Forum.
		The Central and Eastern European Social Forum is expected to be held in autumn 2006 or in 2007.
	romania.indymedia.org /ro/2005/06/866.shtml (865 words)

	EUROPEAN SOCIAL FORUM: Different Paths Emerge
		The Forum charter of principles adopted in 2001 by the Brazilian Organisation Committee states, ”neither party representations nor military organisations shall participate in the Forum.” It adds, the Forum is a ”plural, diversified, non-confessional, non-governmental and non-party context.”
		Such reactions to the official Forum are seen as a turning point in some movements' strategies towards the large gatherings, which are offspring of the World Social Forum (WSF) in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
		If social forums continue as in London, there will be increasing voices of dissent and increasingly calls for a boycott of the forums,” he added.
	www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=26001 (955 words)

	European Social Forum - CYPRUS
		The European social Forum of Cyprus (ESFC) is a result of 21 years of hard social work by a team of young people from Active Citizens that took part in many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) experienced in the Social course of the Cypriot population in all levels.
		The ESFC as an institution consists of a Pancyprian Network of NGOs with non-profit targets, which cover various interests on all the possible subjects that preoccupy each organized group of Cypriots.
		Thus, as a Democratic and Polyphonic platform of action ESFC with Cypriot and European activity aims at the INTEGRATION of the Cyprus Republic...
	www.esfc.org.cy (100 words)

	European Social Forum
		Over the weekend of 15-17 October, the European Social Forum - a wing of an international umbrella forum for the anti-globalisation and antiwar movements known as the World Social Forum (WSF) - will be assembling in London.
		It becomes apparent that the antisemite views "capitalism" not as a specific economic or social system open to modification, but as a corrosive disease which can only be dealt with by cutting out the source of the infection.
		Indeed, this October's ESF is sponsored by the Greater London Authority under its ambitious leader Ken Livingstone, a man with a keen nose for the political wind.
	uk.geocities.com /c.meade@btopenworld.com/ESF.htm (2140 words)

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