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Chicago Social Forum on May 1 -- Another World Is Possible |
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by CSF Outreach
Email: chicagosocialforum (nospam) yahoo.com (unverified!) |
22 Apr 2005
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The Chicago Social Forum is a movement of organizers, community leaders, students, activists, artists, and citizens from all over metro Chicago who believe in progressive change and social justice and are working to make them a reality here in Chicago. We need your help to make this event a success.
Inspired by the highly successful World Social Forum (WSF), the Chicago Social Forum (CSF) is an open space that brings together people from a wide variety of struggles and interests to discuss the social, economic, political and environmental issues that affect our local and global communities. |
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Another World is Possible!
Please join us for the 2nd annual Chicago Social Forum!
The Chicago Social Forum is a movement of organizers, community leaders, students, activists, artists, and citizens from all over metro Chicago who believe in progressive change and social justice and are working to make them a reality here in Chicago. We need your help to make this event a success.
Inspired by the highly successful World Social Forum (WSF), the Chicago Social Forum (CSF) is an open space that brings together people from a wide variety of struggles and interests to discuss the social, economic, political and environmental issues that affect our local and global communities.
See below for information on how to pre-register, review the workshop schedule and find out more about the 2005 Chicago Social Forum
www.chicagosocialforum.org
2nd Annual Chicago Social Forum
Sunday, May 1st, 2005
Jones High School, 660 S. State, Chicago, Illinois
WHAT’S GOING ON AT THE CHICAGO SOCIAL FORUM?
Last year’s Chicago Social forum drew more than 500 participants who came together to share ideas, network for effective action, and participate in open workshops on a multitude of topics including affordable housing, police brutality, gentrification, gender equality, school system reform, the environment, the death penalty, war and globalization. This year’s 2005 World Social Forum will include:
**Workshops (over 55 different workshops!)
**Presentations
**Cultural events
**Solidarity meetings
**Graffiti Wall of Action
To get a look at the current Chicago Social Forum workshop schedule, it can be downloaded from our web-site at
www.chicagosocialforum.org
PRE-REGISTER ONLINE!
Registration: $7 individuals | $5 students/seniors
(pre-registered participants will receive discounts on lunch)
Here are just some of the dozens of workshops and events at the Chicago Social Forum:
Alternatives to Neo-Liberal Globalization
Immigrant Rights and Globalization: Connecting Struggles
Israel, Home Demolitions and Caterpillar, Inc.: A Case for Divestment and Action
Participatory Economics 101
Art Workshop: Message Bearing Masks and Puppets
Why Prison Abolition in Illinois
The Relation and Cause and Effect Between Violence and Social Injustice in Colombia
The Bush Administration’s War on Choice
Day Labor Organizing: Direct Action and Leadership Development
The State of Our Unions: Where we are in the Fight for Marriage Equality
The Warehousing of Prisoners in Illinois
We Do Not Concede! Election Fraud 2004 and the Need to Work for Real Democracy
Young Chicago Authors: Louder Than a Bomb
Building Solidarity with Venezuela
Counter-Recruitment: Fighting the Militarization of Our Schools
Ending the Occupation: Rebuilding the Antiwar Movement
Alternative Media in Action
The Continuing Importance of the Zapatista Movement
The Struggle for Economic Human Rights in Chicago
The current list of speakers and sponsors are listed below and on the website.
The Scheduled Times for the day are as follows:
8:15-9:00am * Registration
9:00-9:30am * Morning Plenary: Welcome to the Chicago Social Forum!
9:45–11:15am * 1st Round of Workshops
11:30–1:00pm * 2nd Round of Workshops
1:00 – 2:45pm * Lunch Break (Check out more than two dozen groups at the organization/book fair)
2:45 – 4:15pm * 3rd Round of Workshops
4:30 – 6:00pm * Closing Plenary: Rebuilding the Social Movements, from Local to Global
Speakers for the closing plenary include:
Jon Zeigler, DePaul Egan Urban Center, longtime community and social activist in Chicago.
Sharon Smith, columnist for Socialist Worker, and author of Women and Socialism, Essays on Women’s Liberation (2004)
Chris Inserra, School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch).
Oscar Chacon, director, Enlaces Ameirca (an initiative of Heartland Alliance)
SPREAD THE WORD!
PUBLICITY MATERIALS and more at
www.chicagosocialforum.org
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!
This year’s World Social Forum in January 2005 in Porto Alegre, Brasil had over 3100 volunteers. Their support and contributions were invaluable to the movement and the process. Your contribution to this effort is vital to the success of the event. To volunteer for event or assist in the organizing activities prior to the event – please contact Lily DeSantiago at lilydeSantiago (at) yahoo.com
SPONSORS & PARTICIPANTS include:
8th Day Center for Justice
Ad Hoc Committee on the Present Danger and Networking
for Democracy
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Andersonville Neighbors for Peace
Association for Positive Body Image Presentation
Beyond Media Education
Bolivarian Circle of Chicago
Bright Futures
Campaign to End the Death Penalty (CEDP)
Center for Economic Research and Social Change (CERSC)
Chiapas Peace House Project
Chicago Area Participatory Economic Society (CAPES)
Chicago Battered Women’s Network
Chicago Books to Women in Prison
Chicago Coalition Against the Militarization of Youth
(CCOMY)
Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism (CCAWR)
Chicago Colombia Sanctuary Project
Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban Five
Chicago Teachers’ Union/Renaissance 2010 Committee
Chicago Teaching Artists Collective (CTAT)
Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers
(CLAIM)
ChicagoLand Urban Permaculture
Citizens for Global Solutions-Chicago
Coalition to Protect Public Housing
Community of Uptown Residents for Affordability and
Justice (COURAJ)
Creative America Project
Critical Resistance
Earth Charter Community Alliance
Eco Justice Collaborative
Enlaces America
Equal Marriage Now!
Foreign Policy Analysis
Great Cities Institute
Inside Out Art Studio
International Socialist Review
Iron Age Theatre
Independent Voters of Illinois
Long-Term Prisoner Policy Project
The Lusory
NARAL Pro-Choice America-IL
National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean
Communities
Neighborhoods Initiative
Networking for Democracy
New Garden Community Church
News and Letters
Nicaragua Solidarity Network
Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service
Planners Network at UIC
Progressive Iranians of Chicago
Racial Justice Committee, Women’s International League
for Peace and Freedom, U.S. Section
Rogers Park Community Action Network
San Lucas Workers Center
Save Senn Coalition
School of the Americas Watch-Ilinois
Southside Anti-Capitalists
The Spark
Stop CAT Coalition
Teachers for Social Justice
Third Coast Press
Tikkun Community- Chicago Chapter
UIC Campus Antiwar Network
Work, Welfare & Families
Whole Foods Market
Got Pizza Music Café
Taste of Siam
Café Gioia / Amigos Grill
Note: If you are a sponsor and do not see your name listed here – please write us at chicagosocialforum (at) yahoo.com and we will make sure to add you to the list. |
See also:
http://www.chicagosocialforum.org
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Re: Chicago Social Forum on May 1 -- Another World Is Possible |
by beholder
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22 Apr 2005
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Yes, maybe the extreme radicalism of reality, which was build on communist ideas (left radicalism) wasn't a piece of sugar, but the suicidal reality of the current right radicalism seems to be worse. I personally believe in some purges, like, for example, to exclude from democratic party Clintons as people who brought this party to its currently failed shape. To work with voters and to show them all over again to what shape this country was brought internally and externally by the leadership of Bush. As the result to obtain back the majority of democrats in at least senate and to STOP APPROVAL OF BUSH'S OUTRAGES WAR SPENDING AND NOT LESS OUTRAGES ELIMINATION OF ALL THIS COUNTRY'S SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
The revitalizing of communist ideas doesn't seem under the circumstances top provide the immediate remedy from these problems above. It is the long term strategy, and so should it be considered. |
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Re: Chicago Social Forum on May 1 -- Another World Is Possible |
by beholder
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22 Apr 2005
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Sorry, I meant in my previous comment that the revitalizing of communist movements doesn't provide the immediate remedies and should not be taken as the main strategy and tactic under the current circumstances. |
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Re: Chicago Social Forum on May 1 -- Another World Is Possible |
by beholder
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23 Apr 2005
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Communist movement and Marxist ideas became highly unpopular in this country during Stalin's purges in 30-s because these purges were in direct controversy with respected and available in this society civil liberties. Communist ideas and movement became even much less popular in this society during McCarty's purges in 50-s. Then it was widely spreaded fear for own safety and well being, which prohibited majority's interest to these subjects.
Right now here, in Chicago, it is certainly not a good place to revitalize these ideas and these movements without any knowledge of their serious negative parts. This society is accustomed to democratic party and its reforms. It is MUCH, MUCH MORE PRODUCTIVE under the circumstances to organize purge of the current Democratic party, to expel those who are responsible for its current more than pitiful shape (Clintons first of all, mainly Hillary), and then with the reconstructed leadership of this (Democratic) party to obtain back the democratic achievements of the previous century. The revitalized communist movement currently wouldn't bring anything but the further destruction of what is left from previous century democratic achievements (or any democratic achievements, at that matter), and the installment of Hillary Clinton as the president, which is the main goal of this current speedy revitalizing. |
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Re: Chicago Social Forum on May 1 -- Another World Is Possible |
by f
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28 Apr 2005
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you will essentially get iso selling you the paper . nothing really imporant here. |
