[Imc-africa] [Fwd: [www-features] PROPOSED: The WSF and Opposition to the WEF]

[terna gyuse]

following the earlier suggestion from Peter re the robbery
i don't think it should be part of this feature

terna

On 2/7/07, Anna <anna at mail.nadir.org> wrote:
>
> a proposal just just arrived for the global indymedia page
> (www.indymedia.org)
>
> Anna
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Betreff: [www-features] PROPOSED: The WSF and Opposition to the WEF
> Datum: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:48:22 -0000
> Von: Anarcho Babe <anarchobabe at fempages.org>
> Organisation: fempages.org
> An: www-features at lists.indymedia.org <www-features at lists.indymedia.org>
>
> Same feature as on Indymedia UK;
> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361672.html
>
> As I haven't been at the WSF, please add content as you see fit. Ta Ulla
>
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>
> From 20th till 25th of January 2007 the World Social Forum (WSF) took
> place in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the seventh Forum which coincides in
> opposition to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos Switzerland.
>
> Up to a 100 000 participants were reported at the WSF though criticism of
> exclusivity because of high entrance fees was raised from the local
> population. (The impact of the WSF on the people of Kibera: "a Failure" |
> Kibera fails poor). This lead to the local population storming tthe
> entrance and the overpriced catering: What happened in Nairobi .
>
> On Monday evening, the Indymedia Radio station was robbed by armed gunmen
> taking as much eqiupment as they could carry (audio).
>
> Newswire Reports: [ The Wider SF movement | What's hot and What's Not |
> WSF A Rolling Carnival of Resistance | WSF marches against EPA | March
> through Nairobi ]
>
> Reports about the WSF on other Indymedia sites: [ Indymedia.org | Israel
> Indy | Germany IMC | Ecuador IMC | Argentina IMC | Athens IMC | Belgium |
> Norway IMC | IMC Philadelphia | Barcelona IMC | LA IMC | Houston IMC |
> Marseille IMC (1 | 2) ]
>
> Meanwhile in the Northern Hemisphere, activists were marching and
> mobilising against the WEF in Davos, Switzerland. Further reports:
> Switzerland IMC (German | Italian), IMC Netherlands
>
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