Belfast Public Meeting On Social Forum

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Tuesday June 17, 2003 17:27

by Eoin O'Broin

eoinobroin at hotmail dot com

Another World Is Possible, Be Part Of Building It

Another World Is Possible! Be part of building it. A public meeting on the formation of an Irish Social Forum Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m. Venue: 23 Donegall St., Belfast

Another World Is Possible!

Be part of building it.

A public meeting on the formation of an Irish Social Forum

Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2003

Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Venue: 23 Donegall St., Belfast

Feel free to circulate this notice.

Please reply to Emily Kawano, Institute for Popular Economics, [email protected]

__ I will attend

__ I am interested but cannot attend. Please keep me posted.

Name: ______________________________________________________

Organisation (if applicable): _________________________________________________________

"Another World Is Possible" - this is the rallying cry of the World Social Forum - a global process of sharing, debating, visioning, exchange, linking up, and coordination to build 'another world' – one that puts economic and social justice, and sustainability in the centre.

Since 2001, thousands of activists, trade unionists, academics, and NGOs from around the world have gathered at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil to build an alternative to a world dominated by global capitalism and driven by profit making. The World Social Forum has grown beyond these annual meetings into an ongoing process of movement building and has become a powerful node of global organising against the ‘neoliberal’ model of capitalism.

Regional and national Social Fora have been springing up around the world and Ireland is no exception – an Irish Social Forum will be launched on 6 July, 2003. If you are interested in finding out more about the World Social Forum and the formation of the Irish Social Forum - Come join us!

- For more information on the Irish Social Forum see: www.irishsocialforum.com

- For more information on the World Social Forum see the links below. The Social Forum Charter of Principles is particularly important to have a look at, as it lays out the general principles that participating groups/regional fora should be in agreement with.