By Virginia López Calvo The seventh European Social Forum (ESF) took place in Florence, Italy, between 8 and 11 November 2012. The ‘Women facing debt and austerity: resistance and feminist alternatives’ session, organized by a loose conglomerate of feminist collectives,…
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By Ilse Hanak The World Social Forum this year took place in Tunis from 26 to 30 March at the campus of El Manar University. Expectations were high by Tunisians and other participants from the Maghreb and Mashrek region. Civil…
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By Christa Wichterich The 9th Asia Europe People’s Forum (AEPF9) took place with 1000 participants -most of them from South East Asia - in October 2012 in Vientiane, Laos. The AEPF seemed to be a symbol that Laos is not…
