Council of Canadians vice-chair Leo Broderick will be attending the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal on our behalf. This tenth WSF takes place from February 6 to February 11 at the Cheikh Anta Diop University Campus.
In a recent CounterPunch interview, Éric Toussaint, a Belgian historian and founding member of the World Social Forum, stated, “The Forum is practically the only global arena where there is a convergence of social movements, NGOs, leftwing political organisations and even progressive governments, and that is why I think it must be strengthened. There is no other body of its kind.” The full interview is at http://www.counterpunch.org/ferrari01262011.html.
The World Social Forum 2011 website is at http://fsm2011.org/en/frontpage?quicktabs_4=0#quicktabs-4 and http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/noticias_01.php?cd_news=2980&cd_language=2.
