Twenty years ago, the inaugural World Social Forum was convened in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Jackie Smith describes some of the networking processes and movement-building dynamics fostered by that gathering and its successors. She also discusses three strands of organizing directly influenced by the Forum: the Right to the City movement, Via Campesina, and indigenous people’s movements. (Encore presentation.)

Jackie Smith, “Making Other Worlds Possible: The Battle in Seattle in World-Historical Context” Socialism and Democracy

Jackie Smith, Social Movements for Global Democracy John Hopkins University Press, 2008

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