World Social Forum

Question 1

What is world social forum WSF

Answer 1

World Social Forum (WSF):
World Social Forum (WSF) is a forum, platform, common space for Global Social Movements, NGOs, Global Civil Society, and diverse grassroot communities, etc. for raising issues against the neo-liberal Globalization and articulating alternate global social order.

Question 2

Slogan

Answer 2

Another world is possible

Question 3

Idea of WSF took shape during what?

Answer 3

Battle of Seattle- series of protests surrounding the WTO ministerial conference of 1999 at Seattle, USA

Question 4

It took its name in opposition to what

Answer 4

World economic forum WEF which is the global meeting of key players of neoliberal, globalisation at Davos Switzerland

Question 5

Headquarter of WSF

Answer 5

Porto Alegre Brazil, its first meeting in 2001 was also held there. Since then annual meetings of WSF have been conducted without any break. WSF meeting. in 2004 was held in Mumbai India. 

Question 6

Some examples of global social movements

Answer 6

Zapatistas- in Mexico- revolutionary struggle for empowerment and autonomy of indigenous people

• “Peoples’ Global Action’ founded in Geneva
• World Social Forum
• Global platform in which global social movements and INGOs joins to discuss, deliberate on alternative form of globalization.
• “Globalize Resistance’ based in Britain
•Global Debt Movement
• Movement for writing off debts to poor & developing nations by IMF,
World Bank, and developed nations.
• Fair trade movement
• Advocacy movement for fair trade practices; call to boycott goods produced by adopting unfair trade parctices.
• Climate movement
• Against the global warming and climate change.