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By Firoze Manji
www.pambazuka.org
(2007-01-26)

The World Social Forum, which took place in Nairobi, Kenya for the first time in Africa, was supposed to be a forum for the voices of the grassroots. But Firoze Manji writes that, despite the diversity of voices at the event, not everyone was equally represented.

As one would expect, WSF was highly heterogeneous. There was a lot going on. At one level no one can deny the diversity of people from all parts of the world. WSF seemingly reflected the heterogeneity of civil society internationally: there were initiatives from grassroots women’s organisations, from feminists, social movements, …

From Peace Journalism - The Nepalese Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NFIN) says it has decided to sit for talks with the government to discuss their issues and demands.

The Federation held a meeting on Saturday which decided to form a team to hold talks with the government.

The government had recently invited the leaders of indigenous communities formally to sit together for dialogue to address their issues.

President of Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities, Pasang Sherpa, however, said that the talks and protest programs would be carried out side by side.

The Federation has announced a series of protest programs till February 28. …

III Continental Summit of Indigenous Pueblos and Nations of Abya Yala - March 26-30, 2007 - Iximulew, Guatemala

January 10, 2007 - To all of the Indigenous Nations and Pueblos of Abya Yala

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Good greetings to each of you from the Organizing Committee of the III Continental Summit of Indigenous Nations and Pueblos of Abya Yala. May the Creator and Giver of Form accompany you, guiding you along the white path of illumination and clear thoughts in order to continue working towards the fulfillment and exercise of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

By way of this media, the Organizing …

For Immediate Release: Native Peoples & Supporters To Protest at Calpine in San Jose, against Proposed Power Plant at Sacred Medicine Lake near Mt. Shasta.

Tribal Members to Deliver Eviction Notice to Calpine Monday, January 29, 2007, San Jose, California

San Jose, CA __ Pit River Indian Tribe members and Indigenous and environmental justice supporters will deliver an eviction notice to Calpine Corporation in downtown San Jose on Monday, January 29, 2007 demanding they drop their decades-long attempt to build polluting power plants in the Medicine Lake Highlands near Mount …

The following was written and submitted by Zig Zag, a member of Intercontinental Cry: Here’s a report on a recent trip to mexico i made. You can post it if you like.

The Zapatista, the Other Campaign, and the Gathering in Oventik

The 13th Anniversary of the 1994 Zapatista New Year’s Day Rebellion
From December 30, 2006, to January 2, 2007, several thousand Zapatistas and international delegates gathered in the town of Oventik, located near San Cristobal in Chiapas, Mexico, to mark the 13th anniversary of the 1994 Zapatista New Year’s Day Rebellion. It was also the First Encounter of the Zapatista …

What the U.S. Social Forum Means to Me.
by Alice Lovelace - Atlanta, Georgia

Imagine a world where everyone has what they need, where people make the decisions that matter and where government truly is for and by the people. Now, imagine we are working, talking, debating and planning to bring that world into being.

This is the World Social Forum (WSF) process, an open space where tens of thousands gather together to imagine and then work to realize that “other” world. Over the years, the World Social Forum has helped to advance fundamental regime change throughout the world. In places …

A website for the Boycott De Beers campaign was launched today, urging the public not to buy De Beers’s diamonds.

The website features quotes from supermodels Lily Cole, Iman and Erin O’Connor, Oscar-winner Julie Christie, and an appeal to Leonardo DiCaprio.

Cole, Iman and O’Connor all stopped working for De Beers after the Botswana government’s evictions of Bushmen from the central Kalahari desert were linked to diamond finds on their land.

‘I was unaware of these matters (the Bushmen evictions) when I was booked for the shoot,’ said Cole.

‘It was clear the Bushmen were being destroyed. You take people …