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The US Social Forum: Creating an Alternative World

Started by LostInTime, July 09, 2007, 08:20:26 AM

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July 09, 2007, 08:20:26 AM
The Dissident Voice
by Jason Del Gandio / July 9th, 2007

Immigration rights and Gulf Coast rebuilding were obviously major topics. Indigenous rights, movement building, and US imperialism received much attention. And issues of race, class, sexuality, and gender (particularly transgender) were very notable. These are all important and necessary for creating a different, more humane United States. But from my personal perspective, the US Social Forum cut across issues and highlighted something else: the possibility of creating an alternative world within the already existing world.
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