GTI Forum


The World Social Forum has been a vital gathering space for international activists. But is it losing momentum? A panel of WSF veterans appraise its past, critique its present, and debate its future.

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Farewell to the WSF?

Farewell to the
World Social Forum?

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Opening Essay

Farewell to the
World Social Forum?

Roberto Savio

Olivier Consolo

Beyond the choir

Olivier Consolo

Rita Freire

Transforming the WSF

Rita Freire

Pierre George

Farewell to what?
Redefining the process

Pierre George

Candido

An agenda beyond the WSF

Candido Grzybowski

Pablo Solon & Mary Malig

A dignified death for the WSF

Pablo Solón & Mary Malig

Gustave Massiah

The new phase of
alter-globalization

Gustave Massiah

Meena Menon

A wasted opportunity?

Meena Menon

Francine

No political voice,
no future

Francine Mestrum

Thomas Ponniah

Renewing a utopian
laboratory

Thomas Ponniah

Virginia Vargas

Recovering the global
in diverse strategies

Virginia Vargas

Response

Response to comments

Roberto Savio

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Core GT Texts
The emergence of an organic planetary civilization has become both possible and necessary. What would it look like? How do we get there?

The classic essay on our planetary moment, global scenarios, and pathways to a just, fulfilling, and sustainable future.