Another World Is Possible: World Social Forum Proposals for an Alternative Globalization (Critique. Influence. Change)

Another World Is Possible: World Social Forum Proposals for an Alternative Globalization (Critique. Influence. Change)

William F. Fisher (Editor), Thomas Ponniah (Editor)
$95.00
Publication Date: January 1st, 2020
Publisher:
Zed Books
ISBN:
9781783605187
Pages:
365

Description

In 2001, the inaugural World Social Forum was held in Porto Alegre, Brazil. While many liberal intellectuals have since become deeply critical of the Forum, newer movements—such as Occupy and the Arab Spring Uprising—have nevertheless built upon its successes and innovations, highlighting how deeply the Forum’s early work still resonates with activists. First published in 2003, Another World Is Possible is an original compilation of essays and proposals gathered from the first two annual meetings of the World Social Forum. This collection not only lays out the initial aims of the movement as it came together, but it also shows how they paved the way for theoretical study of new social movements and their multiple and participatory characters. Today, as brutal catastrophes worldwide affect all our lives, the new edition of Another World Is Possible revisits the original demands of the global solidarity movement—united in its determination to fight against the concentration of wealth, the destruction of our earth, and the proliferation of poverty and inequalities.

About the Author

Thomas Ponniah is professor of philosophy and politics at George Brown College, in Toronto, and a summer lecturer at Harvard University.

Praise for Another World Is Possible: World Social Forum Proposals for an Alternative Globalization (Critique. Influence. Change)

“A fascinating and valuable reflection of political reality.”
— Roger S. Gottlieb

“This new edition reminds us of not only how original and timely the World Social Forum was and what a global impact it had, but also of how changing times are challenging the WSF a decade and more later. Strongly recommended.”
— Peter Waterman, co-editor of World Social Forum: Challenging Empires

“The best guidebook that I know for re-imagining a progressive politics responsive to the challenges of the twenty-first century. It brings together the ideas, language, and imaginings of the most articulate voices on the global stage.”
— Richard Falk, Princeton University

“The Second World Social Forum was a carnival of ideas and solidarities. Another World is Possible captures superbly their many alternatives to neoliberalism and provides one big ‘Ya Basta’ to the status quo.”
— Thomas Mertes, co-author of A Movement of Movements

“A brilliant series of collective thoughts by those who built the WSF on all the major topics of an emancipatory project for the twenty-first century. Indispensable reading for a new generation of activists.”
— Geoffrey Pleyers, author of Alter-Globalization

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