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The ESF grew out of the World Social Forum in Port Allegre.
The European Social Forum is "…an open
meeting place for reflective thinking, democratic debate
of ideas formulation of proposals, free exchange
of experiences and inter- linking for effective action,
by groups and movements of civil society that are
opposed to neo-liberalism and to domination of the world
by capital and any form of imperialism, and are committed
to building a society centered on the human person"
(From the World Social Forum Charter of Principles). |
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The ESF was launched from the World Social Forum (WSF) meeting
in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Its first two massive gatherings
were in Florence (2002) and Paris (2003), bringing together a
host of progressive social movements including trade unionists,
NGO's, anti-war activists, environmentalists, community campaigns,
anti-racists etc to discuss major European and Global
issues. One issue of course is culture and the arts.
We have already had positive responses from a number of companies
including Theatre Royal Stratford East; Cardboard Citizens;
RNT Education department, IETM, Ampress publishing etc |
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