North–South Contradictions and Bridges at the World Social Forum

Chase‐Dunn, Christopher; Reese, Ellen; Herkenrath, Mark; Giem, Rebecca; Gutierrez, Erika; Kim, Linda; Petit, Christine

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“…This turns out to be an important distinction for comprehending political developments in the Global South. Activists from the semiperiphery have been far more likely to participate in the Social Forum process, and activists from the periphery have been much more critical of international political organizations than those from either the Global North or the semiperiphery (Chase-Dunn et al 2008) 14-item Charter of Principles. It identified the intended use of the forum space by "groups and movements of civil society that are opposed to neo-liberalism and to domination of the world by capital and any form of imperialism" (World Social Forum Charter of Principles, 2001).…”

Section: The Global Social Justice Movement and The World Social Forumentioning

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Forging a Diagonal Instrument for the Global Left: The Vessel

Álvarez

Chase‐Dunn

2019

JWSR

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This article takes up Samir Amin’s challenge to rethink the issue of global political organization by proposing the building of a diagonal political organization for the Global Left that would link local, national and world regional and global networks and prefigurational communities to coordinate contention for power in the world-system during the next few decades of the 21st century. The World Social Forum (WSF) process needs to be reinvented for the current period of rising neo-fascist and populist reactionary nationalism and to foster the emergence of a capable instrument that can confront and contend with the global power structure of world capitalism and aid local and national struggles. This will involve overcoming the fragmentation of progressive movements that have been an outcome of the rise of possessive individualism, the precariat, and social media. We propose a holistic approach to organizing a vessel for the global left based on struggles for climate justice, human rights, anti-racism, queer rights, feminism, sharing networks, peace alliances, taking back the city, progressive nationalism and confronting and defeating neo-fascism and new forms of conservative populism.

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Section: The Global Social Justice Movement and The World Social Forumentioning

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Forging a Diagonal Instrument for the Global Left: The Vessel

Álvarez

Chase‐Dunn

2019

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“…To provide a simple but pertinent concrete illustration of this point: a sample of the participants in the 2005 World Social Forum (WSF) was asked whether it was a good or bad idea to have a democratic world government. For 32 per cent it was a bad idea, for 39 per cent it was a good idea but not plausible, and 29 per cent responded that it is a good idea and plausible (Chase-Dunn et al 2008). It would not be too farfetched to infer that, at present, a majority of WSF activists would be unwilling to campaign for democratic world government, but also that such a campaign would have a chance to gather majority support among them if the sympathetic but sceptical participants became persuaded of its feasibility.…”

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Global democracy and domestic analogies

Koenig‐Archibugi

2011

Global Democracy

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“…Aus wissenschaftlich-analytischer Sicht birgt das denken in den Kategorien der nordSüd-dichotomie allerdings die gefahr, mögliche Süd-Süd-unterschiede zu verwischen (Sikkink 2002) und insbesondere den blick für divergenzen zwischen der Peripherie und der Semiperipherie zu verstellen (Chase-dunn et al 2008). die Semiperipherie des Weltsystems ist insofern von der Peripherie zu unterscheiden, als globaler struktureller Wandel seinen Anfang historisch gesehen meist in der semiperipheren Zone genommen hat (Chase-dunn u. boswell 2004;Chase-dunn 2005).…”

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“…So haben mehrere empirische Arbeiten aufgezeigt, dass selbst das global justice movement (gJM), das linksprogressive Spektrum dieser globalen Zivilgesellschaft, von Teilnehmenden aus den Industrienationen dominiert wird (Chase-dunn et al 2008;Pollack 2001;Smith 2004;Smith u. Wiest 2005). gleichzeitig fürchten verschiedene Autoren, die in den grenzübergreifenden netzwerken und internationalen Treffen überrepräsentierten nördlichen Akteure setzten sich aufgrund ihrer privilegierten sozialen lage systematisch für politische Interessen ein, die von denjenigen der weniger privilegierten Mitstreiter aus dem globalen Süden deutlich abwichen (batliwala 2002;bendaña 2006;brecher et al 2002;Chandhoke 2005;Johnston 2003;Roy 2004).…”

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North-south differences in the global justice movement?

Herkenrath

2009

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Zusammenfassung: dem globalisierungskritischen global justice movement werden häufig deutliche nord-Süd-differenzen unterstellt. die ergebnisse einer umfrage unter den Teilnehmenden der beiden Weltsozialforen 2005 in Porto Alegre und 2007 in nairobi ergeben jedoch ein anderes bild. die Resultate logistischer Regressionen zeigen, dass die politischen einstellungen von befragten aus dem globalen norden und solchen aus dem globalen Süden kaum systematisch voneinander abweichen. befragte aus dem Süden sind zwar tendenziell eher antikapitalistisch eingestellt als befragte aus dem norden, doch bezüglich der Frage, ob der Kapitalismus reformiert oder abgeschafft werden soll, sind die Differenzen weder signifikant noch robust. Auffällig sind hingegen die klaren Abweichungen zwischen befragten aus der weltsystemischen Semiperipherie und der Peripherie sowie zwischen den vorwiegend lateinamerikanischen befragten in Porto Alegre 2005 und den vorwiegend aus Afrika stammenden befragten in nairobi 2007. letztlich fallen die Süd-Süd-unterschiede zwischen den befragten aus den verschiedenen Schichtungszonen (Peripherie vs. Semiperipherie) und Kontinenten (lateinamerika vs. Afrika) also größer aus als die in der literatur immer wieder vermuteten nord-Süd-unterschiede.Schlüsselwörter: globale Zivilgesellschaft · Weltsozialforum · nord-Süd-beziehungen · globalisierungskritik ( global justice movement) · global governance Abstract: While the global justice movement has often been said to suffer from notable northSouth divisions, survey findings from the World Social Forums 2005 (Porto Alegre, Brazil) and 2007 (nairobi, Kenya) contradict this notion. logistic regression analyses show no systematic variation between the political attitudes held by respondents from the global north and those held by respondents from the South. While Southern activists are somewhat more likely to hold radically anti-capitalist views than their northern colleagues, north-South differences regarding the question of whether capitalism should be abolished or reformed are neither robust, nor statistiberlin 380 M. herkenrath cally significant. Response patterns differ, however, between participants from the world-system's periphery and semiperiphery, as well as between the majority of latin American participants in the Porto Alegre survey and the majority of African participants in the nairobi survey. In short, South-South differences among respondents from different world-systemic zones (periphery versus semiperiphery) and socio-geographic regions (latin America versus Africa) appear to be more pronounced than the oft-assumed north-South differences. The common north-South dichotomy, while quite popular among authors criticizing the notion of an emerging global civil society as empirically inadequate, turns out to miss the mark. Des différences Nord-Sud dans le mouvement altermondialiste? Résultats d'une enquête réalisée lors des forums sociaux mondiaux de 2005 et 2007Résumé: On suppose souvent l'existence de nettes différences Nord-Sud au sein du mouvement ...

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North–South Contradictions and Bridges at the World Social Forum

Cited by 45 publications

References 35 publications

Forging a Diagonal Instrument for the Global Left: The Vessel

Forging a Diagonal Instrument for the Global Left: The Vessel

Global democracy and domestic analogies

North-south differences in the global justice movement?

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