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Dear Friends, Greetings from Bangkok. Attached is a letter of invitation from the Central Unica dos Trabalalhadores (CUT) Brazil inviting trade unions to join the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre Brazil in January 2001. We have been asked to help disseminate the invitation to trade unions and workers organisations in Asia. Unfortunately, our networks are not very good in the labour sector, so we would be really grateful for your help in spreading the word. If you would like more information about the WSF, their website is www.worldsocialforum.org. We think that Porto Alegre could be a very important moment for building international solidarity for social justice and peoples democracy and we hope that the workers from Asia will be well represented. Thanks for your help. in solidarity, Nicola Bullard Focus on the Global South (FOCUS) c/o CUSRI, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok 10330 THAILAND Tel: 662 218 7363/7364/7365/7383 Fax: 662 255 9976 E-mail: N.Bullard@focusweb.org Web Page http://www.focusweb.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1th World Social Forum January 25 to 30, 2001 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Invitation for Trade Unions We write to you now on behalf of the Brazilian Organizing Committee of the World Social Forum, a consortium of institutions dedicated to social change in Brazil. The World Social Forum will take place in Porto Alegre, Brazil, from January 25-30, 2001. It will provide a space for building economic alternatives, for exchanging experiences and for strengthening South-North alliances between NGOs, unions and social movements. It will also be an opportunity for developing concrete projects, to educate the public, and to mobilize civil society internationally. It will take place every year during the same period as the World Economic Forum, which happens in Davos, Switzerland, at the end of January. Since 1971, The World Economic Forum has played a key role in formulating economic policies throughout the world. It's sponsored by a Swiss organization that serves as a consultant to the United Nations and it's financed by more than one thousand corporations. The World Social Forum will will also be an opportunity for developing concrete projects, to educate the public, and to mobilize civil society internationally. The World Social Forum developed as a consequence of a growing international movement that advocates for greater participation of civil societies in international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization (WTO). For decades, these institutions have been making decisions that affect the lives of people all over the world, without a clear system for accountability and democratic participation. Brazil is one of the countries that have been greatly affected by global economic policies. At the same time, different sectors of Brazilian society are creating economic alternatives in rural and urban areas, in shantytowns, factories, churches, schools, etc. The richness of Brazilian grassroots organizations represents a source of inspiration for the development of the World Social Forum. The Brazilian Organizing Committee is building alliances with organizations in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe to develop the World Social Forum. This will be a broad coalition of organizations working on issues such as human rights, sustainable development, education, and environmental protection. The World Social Forum will discuss topics such as: building economic policies that promote human development; creating international strategies for grassroots organizing; building proposals to democratize international institutions, such as the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank; the influence of multinational corporations in local communities; creating sustainable development proposals to eradicate poverty and hunger, and to protect the environment; organizing against gender and racial discrimination; the protection and preservation of indigenous land and culture. We would be delighted to be able to count on your participation! ABONG -- Brazilian Association of Non-Governmental Organizations ATTAC-Brasil -- Action for the Taxation of Financial Transactions in Support of Citizens CBJP -- The Brazilian Comission of Justice and Peace, division of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil CIVES -- Brazilian Association of Entrepreneurs for Citizenry CUT -- Unified Workers Union IBASE -- Brazilian Institute of Socio-Economic Analysis JUSTI? GLOBAL -- Global Justice - Human Rights Action and Training MST -- Landless Workers' Movement For further informations send messages to sri@cut.org.br or visit the web site http://www.worldsocialforum.org/ (* This mail was sent to KoPA's email address.)
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