ࡱ> QURb jbjb '>C  j8*,Vjz~^":888 X d,&Rxl88ll^884^^^lX88^.$R$l^^1}r JI}tJ0zQ,f^f}^jj jj Facing the Future : The World Social Forum, the Global Justice Movement, and Beyond A Discussion Note towards a Workshop at the WSF at Belem, Brazil, in January 2009 CACIM, November 14 2008 prepared by Jai Sen for CACIM, first draft Among those who participate in it, and among some observers and commentators, the World Social Forum is celebrated as an extremely significant contribution to what some refer to as the global social justice movement and, indeed, to world politics. In turn, what is referred to as the global social justice movement and that is portrayed by some to be globalisation from below is also seen as an important contribution to the struggle against neoliberalism and to the achievement of global justice. Others however argue that both the WSF and the GJM are already dying; and/or that they lack the anger, the vision, and the organisation to be able to achieve what they say they are about. Perhaps of equal relevance is the reality that what is called the global social justice movement is not the only show in town; for there are other movements other social and political currents, and stirrings beyond the WSF and the GJM that are also, in their own ways and visions, but separately, struggling for global justice, such as the global Islamic movement or the struggles of indigenous peoples in different parts of the world. And beyond this, the global justice movement and also the other movements taking place must also seen within a longer and larger history of transformative struggle that has been taking place over the past half century, and specifically since the mid 1960s, since when huge changes have taken place in the world of movement. All of this is confronted by the major new emerging realities in the world the current collapse of the global financial system, which itself is bringing into question even for its proponents the entire neoliberal project, and beyond that the global climate and ecological crisis, which and triggered by the same causes - threatens to be a collapse far larger than the financial system. The WSF, and the GJM, must face the winds of this history, this present, and this future; these futures. Some, even much, of this ground is the content of a new book being currently edited by Peter Waterman and Jai Sen, due out in early 2009. This book, which will be the second volume in the Challenging Empires series, continues in the tradition of the first volume, World Social Forum : Challenging Empires : As a critical anthology of essays on the theory and practice of the World Social Forum and now also the global justice movement, including discussing them at this juncture in history and looking ahead to the future. This time however, the collection decisively moves ahead and locates the WSF and the GJM with respect to much wider currents of movement in the world today of other worlds in the making. We, hopefully with others, therefore propose to take the opportunity of the WSF at Belem, in January 2009, to organise a major Seminar in this area, including by inviting to the session all the contributors to the original book and the forthcoming book. In part, the discussions that take place in Belem will also follow the discussions that have taken place at related meetings organised by CACIM in the recent past : A major Symposium organised in New Delhi, India, on August 29 & 30, 2008 on the theme Struggles for Social Justice in India Today : How Relevant is the World Social Forum ? (for the Theme Note, Symposium Programme, List of Participants, and a Summary Note on what happened, see  HYPERLINK "http://cacim.net/twiki/tiki-index.php?page=CACIMEvents" http://cacim.net/twiki/tiki-index.php?page=CACIMEvents); and A Seminar / Roundtable discussion at the European Social Forum on How Relevant is the WSF to Struggles for Social Justice in the World Today ?, co-organised with Fronesis, a Swedish journal ( HYPERLINK "http://fronesis.nu/english/" http://fronesis.nu/english/) on September 19 2008 (see  HYPERLINK "http://cacim.net/twiki/tiki-index.php?page=Malmo" http://cacim.net/twiki/tiki-index.php?page=Malmo). We are also inviting to the Belem session all those who were speakers or resource people at these two events. Comments welcome ! _____________ CACIM  HYPERLINK "http://www.cacim.net" www.cacim.net,  HYPERLINK "mailto:info@cacim.net" info@cacim.net A3 Defence Colony, New Delhi, India Ph +91-11-4155 1521  Available @  HYPERLINK "http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/1557.html" http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/1557.html and @  HYPERLINK "http://www.openspaceforum.net/twiki/tiki-index.php?page=WSFChallengingEmpires2004" http://www.openspaceforum.net/twiki/tiki-index.php?page=WSFChallengingEmpires2004. A second edition of this book has now come out in 2008, published by Black Rose Books (HYPERLINK "http://www.blackrosebooks.net/wsf.htm"http://www.blackrosebooks.net/wsf.htm). 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Others however argue that both the WSF and the GJM are already dying; and/or that they lack the anger, the vision, and the organisation to be able to achieve what they say they are about. Perhaps of equal relevance is the reality that what is called the global social justice movement is not the only show in town; for there are other movements other social and political currents, and stirrings beyond the WSF and the GJM that are also, in their own ways and visions, but separately, struggling for global justice, such as the global Islamic movement or the struggles of indigenous peoples in different parts of the world. And beyond this, the global justice movement and also the other movements taking place must also seen within a longer and larger history of transformative struggle that has been taking place over the past half century, and specifically since the mid 1960s, since when huge changes have taken place in the world of movement. All of this is confronted by the major new emerging realities in the world the current collapse of the global financial system, which itself is bringing into question even for its proponents the entire neoliberal project, and beyond that the global climate and ecological crisis, which and triggered by the same causes - threatens to be a collapse far larger than the financial system. The WSF, and the GJM, must face the winds of this history, this present, and this future; these futures. Some, even much, of this ground is the content of a new book being currently edited by Peter Waterman and Jai Sen, due out in early 2009. 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