World Social Forum (WSF) developed as
movement convergence to counter corporate
& state convergences like the World Economic
Forum, meets every other year
1960s
1970s
Roots of this Moment...
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5th
Sept
15th
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& Adbusters
Social Movement
Assembly at WSF
DAYS OF ACTION
Sept 17 Oct 6 Oct 12 Oct 15 Nov 1-5 Nov 3
European
Mobilizations
July
13th
Wisconsin
Protests
Hub Meeting
Barcelona
Feb
11th
May - Feb - Dec Aug
June Present
Arab
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Buffalo
Global Day of Action
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Miami
Oakland Denver
Boston
Detroit
Austin
Philly
Atlanta
Seattle
DC
Anti-Capitalist
Indigenous Solidarity
DC Human Needs
Not Corporate Greed
Omaha
Phoenix
Auburn
Concord
Athens
Knoxville
LA
Neighborhood
Assemblies
People of Color Caucus
Council of Elders & Faithbased Civil Rights workers
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Student Strikes
Haitians March to OWS
Rise of tea party as
combination of
populist rage plus
highly-resourced
right-wing tactics
Thousands practicing & facilitating
community governance & direct democracy.
Mobile
Occupy the Hood
Durham
New York
Portland
Anti-Immigration
legislation passed in
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wealth
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Grows from the roots of movements in the US &
inspired by indigenous occupations in South America,
popular resistance in Africa & Middle East.
Counter-movement
forces strike quickly
with increase in ICE
raids & deportations
Gulf Coast crisis exposes
massive poverty, racism, &
partnership between state
& private sector to displace
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take on NAFTA, North American
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Liberation Movements use variety
of strategies & tactics
including occupations to address
economic, racial, and gender
injustice: Occupy Alcatraz,
universities, polling stations.
Battle in Seattle shuts down
World Trade Organization
ministerial, exposes realities
of corporate globalization &
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15,000 people converge and
show grassroots force in
action. Communities connect
across geography and issues
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popular resistance to federal
legislation HR4437 that linked
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young people occupy lunch
counters &use consensus process
across the South.
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and exposes 4 decades of corporate
devastation as well as resiliency of
community-based alternatives
Utilizing & inventing mass communications
strategies, such as live stream global virtual
assemblies to connect occupy sites.
Detailed and timely documentation of
meetings and actions available to the public
on the web and at occupy sites.
Queer Caucus
What Next?
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Solidarity with El Barrio
General Assemblies
en Espanol
Language Interpretation (ASL, Spanish, Arabic)
Women’s Caucus
BROADENING THE BASE
Communities in action are connecting this
moment to existing struggles.
Anticipate ways the police state will
restructure in response.
Remain focused on targeting the economic
systems in new ways.
Connect to and expand growing social
movements.
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