[WSF-Discuss] WorldSocialForum-Discuss Digest, Vol 56, Issue 23/Local Social Forum
Jai Sen
jai.sen at cacim.net
Fri Sep 3 05:13:13 UTC 2010
Friday, 3 September 2010
Dear Judith, and others, hi
It is of course great to know about all this local social
forum activity (and that you are so inspired by all this !), so let me
add – as you get going on coalition building ! - what I have assumed
that you already know about (but I see that no one has so far
mentioned) : That in the US itself, you have had a Chicago Social
Forum and a Boston Social Forum, at the very least… and moreover, that
even in the run-up to the first US Social Forum in Atlanta in 2007, as
far as I recall there were several local-ish and regional events or
activities that I would think you might like to also become familiar
with - and especially given the very particular dynamics of coalition
and social forum building that has now been initiated within the US,
of intentional inclusion. And especially where those dynamics were
based in part on critiques of and reflections on the Boston Social
Forum, at the minimum. And I’m sure that there were several events on
the road from Atlanta to Detroit, too.
I know / am sure that you’re of course aware of Jeff
Juris’ first essay on these dynamics at and in the run-up to Atlanta,
in 2008 (‘Spaces of Intentionality : Race, Class, and Horizontality in
the United States Social Forum’, in Mobilization, Vol 13, no 4, pp
353-371). In addition, there is the excellent recollection of and
reflection on the organising process for Atlanta by three of the key
organisers of that Forum (and also of Detroit, as far as I know), also
in late 2008 / early 2009 : Michael Leon Guerrero, Tammy Bang Luu, and
Cindy Wiesner, 2009 – ‘The Road to Atlanta’, in Jai Sen and Peter
Waterman, eds, 2009 – World Social Forum : Challenging Empires,
revised and updated second edition, Montréal : Black Rose Books, pp
315-331.
Just FYI ! I’m also copying in all these actors in this
reply, as well as 3-4 more key organisers at Detroit who I had the
privilege of meeting there (Will Copeland – of the East Michigan
Environmental Action Council, and Member, USSF Detroit Local
Organising Committee; Tom Goldtooth - of IEN / the Indigenous
Environmental Network; and adrienne maree brown - of the ruckus
society and national coordinator, us social forum), just in case any
of them would like to come in with some additional information on this
question of local fora.
Jai
Copy : For information, and with the invitation that you come in on
this exchange ! : Jeff Juris; Michael Leon Guerrero, Tammy Bang Luu,
and Cindy Wiesner; Will Copeland; Tom Goldtooth; and adrienne maree
brown
On Sep 3 2010, at 1:17 am, Judith Blau wrote:
> Stunning!! I am inspired and motivated, and will now start coalition
> building.
>
> On 9/2/2010 12:07 PM, david gabriel wrote:
>>
>> more 40 local social forum in France...
>>
>> Last information : http://openfsm.net/projects/facili-tation-de-fsl/les-fsl-en-france)
>>
>> Solidarity,
>>
>> David Gabriel
>>
>> 2010/8/31 subhash lomte <subhashlomte at gmail.com>
>> Thanks
>>
>> We are also trying to organise local social forum ,here at
>> Aurangabad in India.
>>
>> Details will be sent to you all.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Subhash Lomte / national convenor
>>
>> National campaign committee for Rural Workers
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Chico Whitaker
>> <chicowf at uol.com.br> wrote:
>> Effectively, we are preparing a Local Social Forum in São Paulo,
>> Brazil. I will give more details later. Chico Whitaker
>>
>>
>>
>> Em 29/08/2010 09:24, Francine Mestrum escreveu:
>>>
>>> I thing they are preparing one in Brasil, Sao Paulo. Or was it
>>> another city?
>>> Francine
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