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The United States Social Forums

5 May 2010
Social Forums and People’s Assemblies in the USA

Several peoples assembly and citizens movement processes are taking place. Nina Gregg - coordinator of the Charter of Human Responsibilities in the US - helps us unveil the " People’s assemblies " initiative in the United States. Already present during the first social forum in Atlanta in 2007, the peoples assemblies will associate again with the second US Social Forum in Detroit, in June 2010. (video posted by (...)

 

6 August 2007
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE! ANOTHER US IS NECESSARY!

The United States Social Forum brought more than 10,000 social justice activists to Atlanta, Georgia June 27-July 1, 2007 for workshops, strategy sessions, networking, a film festival, and other cultural events. Intended to be “more than a conference, more than a networking bonanza, more than a reaction to war and repression,” the first US Social Forum was organized with a commitment to “send a message to other people’s movements around the world that there is an active movement in the US (...)

 

THE UNITED STATES SOCIAL FORUM (USSF) - 22 June 2007, by Nina GREGG

The US Social Forum took place in Atlanta, Georgia from June 27 through July 1, 2007. This was the first Social Forum to be held in the US. The WSF International Coordinating Council approached Grassroots Global Justice (GGJ) in June 2003 to develop a planning process for a US Social Forum. After several years of investigating how a USSF could be organized, GGJ launched the USSF Planning Committee. Atlanta was chosen as the host city for the USSF because of the significance of the US (...)


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