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Posted By:  Joney
Posted On:  Sep 17, 2008

  The trip to Malmö

I´m going on a seven hour bus ride from Stockholm to Malmö and the forum. We are 40 people going for the forum and we are trying to motivate ourselves towards the opening tonight. ... [view]

Posted By:  Joney
Posted On:  Sep 18, 2008

  Inauguration

Around 4 000 people faced the cold weather at the inauguration in People´s Park, with music and speeches from 12 different countries in the world. The well known social activist Vandana Shiva from India spoke and we heard a very personal speech from Palestinian activist Mustafa Barghouti...... [view]

Posted By:  Joney
Posted On:  Sep 18, 2008

  Police

I´ve been to seven social forums in the world over the years. And this forum have a record high number of police force. Everywhere you go you can see them. If all the police are gathered for the parade on Saturday, maybe they will be more then the participants. This was the first sight...... [view]

Posted By:  Joney
Posted On:  Sep 18, 2008

  Unions and Climate Change

I´m at the seminar about how unions and others groups of workers can organize to tackle climate change. I think this is an very vital issue and if the unions of the world see their benefit in acting, then we can see some good progress. ... [view]

Posted By:  Joney
Posted On:  Sep 11, 2008

  Joney´s World live from European Social Forum

“ From September 17th to 21st 2008 the European Social Forum (ESF) is being held in Malmö, in the south of Sweden. The forum is by far the biggest meeting place for social movements and a progressive civil society in Europe - with the aim to create a better Europe and a better world. More...... [view]

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