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WSF Process 2008 - Call for Day of Action and Mobilistion

Call for Day of Action and Mobilisation - January 26th 2008 We are millions of women and men, organisations, networks, movements, trade unions from all parts of the world, we come from villages, regions, rural zones, urban centres, we are of all ages, peoples, cultures, beliefs, but we are united by the strong conviction that ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE With all the richness of our plurality and diversity and our alternatives and proposals, we struggle against neo-liberalism, war, colonialism, racism and patriarchy which produce violence, exploitation, exclusion, poverty, hunger and ecological disaster and deprive people of human rights. For many years we have been resisting and constructing innovative processes, new cultures of organization and action from the local to the global, in particular within the processes and Charter of Principle of the World Social Forum from which this call emerges. Aware of the need to set our own agenda and to increase the impact of these thousands of expressions and manifestations, we are committed to strengthening the solidarity and convergence amongst our struggles, campaigns, and constructions of alternatives and alliances. We commit ourselves to a week of action which will culminate in a Global Day of Mobilisation and Action on January 26 With our diversity which is our strength, we invite all men and women to undertake throughout this week creative actions, activities, events and convergences focusing on the issues and expressed in the ways they choose. ACT TOGETHER FOR ANOTHER WORLD Visit the website http://www.wsf2008.net/ to sign the call, read a short history on the day of mobilisation and global action and know how to take part in its preparation. First signatures (until June 14th): 50 Years is Enough! – United States AAI - Action Aid International AAWC - Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign ABONG - Associação Brasileira de ONGs - Brazil African Forum on Alternatives - Senegal African Social Forum Council - Africa AIC - Alternative Information Center – Jerusalem ALAI - Agencia Latinoamericana de Información - Latin America Alis AMARC - Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias ANND - Arab NGO Network for Development APC - Assemblea de los Pueblos del Caribe - Caribbean APRODEV - Association of World Council of Churches related Assembly of the Peoples' UN Development Organizations in Europe Articulación Feminista Marco Sur - Latin America ASC - Alianza Social Continental - Americas Asia and the Pacific Movement on Debt and Development ATTAC Brasil - Brazil ATTAC France - France ATTAC Germany - Germany Babels BEACON - Kenya Bihar Social Institute Bunge la wananchi CADTM - Committee for the Abolition of the Third World Debt Caritas Internationalis CBJP - Comissão Brasileira de Justiça e Paz - Brazil CEAAL – Consejo de Educación de Adultos de América Latina CEDETIM - France Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society - India Centro de Promoción y Educación Profesional "Vasco de Quiroga" - Mexico CETRI - Centre tricontinental CIDSE – Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité - Europe Ciranda - Brazil CIVES – Associação Brasileira de Empresários pela Cidadania - Brazil CLACSO – Consejo Latinamericano de Ciencias Sociales - Latin America Colectivo de Mexicanos en Resistencia desde Barcelona Coligação para a Justiça Economica COMPA - Convergencia de los Movimientos de los Pueblos de las Américas - Americas Confederazione COBAS - Italy COSATU - Congress of South African Trade Unions - South Africa CRID - Centre de Recherche et d´Information pour le Développement - France CUT – Central Única dos Trabalhadores - Brazil Dialogo Sur-Sur LGBT/LGBT South-South Dialogue Encuentros Hemisféricos contra el ALCA - Americas ENDA – Environnement et Développement du Tiers Monde - Africa ESSF - Europe Solidaire sans Frontières - France EURALAT - Observatorio Eurolatinoamericano sobre el Desarrollo Democrático y Social Euromarches – Marches Européennes - Europe FAMES - Forum des Femmes Africaines pour un Monde de l'Economie Solidaire FBOMS - Fórum Brasileiro de ONGs e Movimentos Sociais para o Meio Ambiente e o Desenvolvimento Federación Mundial de Juventudes Democráticas FIDH – Fed. Internacional Direitos Humanos Focus on the Global South - Asia Food Trade and Nutrition Coalition - Asia Forum of Local Authorities FTM – Forum du Tiers Monde GGJ - Grassroots Global Justice – United States GPF - Global Progressive Forum Greek Social Forum - Greece Grupo de trabajo italiano sobre los foros internationales - Italy GTA – Grupo de Trabalho Amazônico - South America Herriak Aske - Basque Country HIC – Habitat International Coalition IAH - International Alliance of Habitants IBASE – Instituto Brasileiro de Análises Sociais e Econômicas - Brazil ICAE - Consejo Internacional de Educación de Adultos IEF/CTA - Instituto de Estudios y Formación de la Central de Trabajadores Argentinos - Argentina IFTDH - International Federation Terre des Hommes IGTN – International Gender and Trade Network IPAM - France IPAO – Institut Panos Afrique de l’Ouest - West Africa IPF - Instituto Paulo Freire - Brazil IPS – Inter Press Service Italian Coordination of European Social Forum - Italy Ittijah - The Union of Arab Community Based Associations in Palestine 48 ITUC - International Trade Union Confederation Jubilee South - Africa Jubilee South – Asia - Asia Jubileu Sul América Latina - Latin America KCTU – Korean Confederation of Trade Unions - Korea KENDREN - Kenya Movimiento Mexicano de Solidaridad con Cuba MST – Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra - Brazil NIGD - Network Institute for Global Democratization NNAWG - National Network of Autonomous Women’s Groups - India Nova - Centre per a la Innovació Social – Catalonia - Spain OCLAE - Continental Organization of Latin America and Caribbean Students - Latin America Oneworld OXFAM Internacional P.A.T - Kenya PPEHRC – Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign – United States Projeto K - Europe Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos REMTE -Red Latinoamericana Mujeres Transformando la Economia REPEM – Red de Educación Popular Entre Mujeres - Latin America Respect – United Kingdom ROAD - Réseau Ouest Africain des Alternatives pour le Developpement - West Africa RPP - Kenya SEATINI - Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute - Africa Social Science Research Center - Germany Social Watch SODNET – Social Development Network - Kenya Solidar - Europe Solidarity Africa Network in Action - Africa TNI - Transnational Institute Transform! - Europe UBUNTU - Foro Mundial de Redes de la Sociedad Civil Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Network Via Campesina WCC - World Council of Churches WFA - World Forum for Alternatives World March of Women WSF India - India WSF Organising Committee Pakistan - Pakistan WSF Organsing Committee Kenya - Kenya WSF Solidarity Network / Japan - Japan

Llamado a un Día de Movilización y Acción Global - 26 de enero 2008

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Proceso FSM 2008 - Llamado a un Día de Movilización y Acción Global

Llamado a un Día de Movilización y Acción Global - 26 de enero 2008 Somos millones de mujeres y hombres, organizaciones, redes, movimientos y sindicatos de cada rincón del planeta, aldeas y regiones, zonas rurales y centros urbanos de todas las edades, pueblos, culturas y creencias unidos y unidas por la firme convicción de que OTRO MUNDO ES POSIBLE Con toda nuestra pluralidad, diversidad y riqueza de alternativas y propuestas luchamos contra el neoliberalismo, la guerra, el colonialismo, el racismo y el patriarcado que generan violencia, explotación, exclusión, pobreza, hambre, desastre ambiental y negación de los derechos humanos. Llevamos muchos años de resistencia y de construcción de procesos innovadores, de nuevas culturas de organización y acción, de lo local a lo global, en particular, desde el proceso y la Carta de Principios del Foro Social Mundial del cual emerge esta llamada. Concientes de la necesidad de construir nuestra agenda propia y de aumentar el impacto de estas miles de expresiones y manifestaciones nos comprometemos a reforzar la solidaridad y las convergencias entre nuestras luchas, campañas, construcciones de alternativas y alianzas. Nos comprometemos a una Semana de Acción que culminará en un Día de Movilización y Acción Global el día 26 de enero del 2008 Invitamos a que todas y todos, dentro de la diversidad que es nuestra fuerza, realicen creativamente en esta fecha acciones, actividades, eventos y convergencias sobre temas y en formas que les son propios. ¡ACTUEMOS JUNTAS Y JUNTOS POR OTRO MUNDO! Acceda al sitio web http://www.wsf2008.net/ para firmar el llamado, ver una breve historia del día de movilización y acción global y para saber cómo participar de su preparación. Primeras firmas (hasta el 14 de junio): 50 Years is Enough! – Estados Unidos AAI - Action Aid International AAWC - Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign ABONG - Associação Brasileira de ONGs - Brasil African Forumon Alternatives - Senegal AIC - Alternative Information Center - Jerusalem ALAI - Agencia Latinoamericana de Informacion – América Latina Alis AMARC – Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias ANND - Arab NGO Network for Development APC - Assemblea de los Pueblos del Caribe – Caribe APRODEV - Association of World Council of Churches related Development Organizations in Europe Articulación Feminista Marco Sur – América Latina Asamblea de la Onu de los Pueblos ASC - Alianza Social Continental - Américas Asia and the Pacific Movement on Debt and Development ATTAC- Brasil - Brasil ATTAC France - Francia ATTAC Germany - Alemania Babels BEACON - Kenia Bihar Social Institute Bunge la wananchi CADTM - Red internacional del Comité para la Anulación de la Deuda del Tercer Mundo Caritas Internationalis CBJP - Comissão Brasileira de Justiça e Paz - Brasil CEAAL - Consejo de Educación de Adultos de América Latina CEDETIM - Francia Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society - India Centro de Promoción y Educación Profesional "Vasco de Quiroga" - México CETRI - Centre tricontinental CIDSE – Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité - Europa Ciranda - Brasil CIVES – Associação Brasileira de Empresários pela Cidadania - Brasil CLACSO – Consejo Latinamericano de Ciencias Sociales – América Latina CMI - Consejo Mundial de Iglesias Colectivo de Mexicanos en Resistencia desde Barcelona Coligação para a Justiça Econômica COMPA - Convergencia de los Movimientos de los Pueblos de las Américas - Américas Confederazione COBAS - Italia Consejo del Foro Social Africano - África COSATU - Congress of South African Trade Unions – Africa del Sur CRID - Centre de Recherche et d´Information pour le Développement - Francia CSI - Confederación Sindical Internacional CUT – Central Única dos Trabalhadores - Brasil Diálogo Sur-Sur LGBT/LGBT South-South Dialogue Encuentros Hemisféricos contra el ALCA - Américas ENDA – Environnement et Développement du Tiers Monde - África ESSF - Europe Solidaire sans Frontières - Francia EURALAT - Observatorio Eurolatinoamericano sobre el Desarrollo Democrático y Social Euromarches – Marches Européennes - Europa FAMES - Forum des Femmes Africaines pour un Monde de l'Economie Solidaire FBOMS - Fórum Brasileiro de ONGs e Movimentos Sociais para o Meio Ambiente e o Desenvolvimento Federación Mundial de Juventudes Democráticas FIDH – Fed. Internacional Direitos Humanos FITH - Federation Internationale Terre des Hommes FMA - Foro Mundial de las Alternativas Focus on the Global South - Asia Food Trade and Nutrition Coalition - Asia Foro de Autoridades Locales Foro Social Griego - Grecia FTM - Forum du Tiers Monde GGJ - Grassroots Global Justice – Estados Unidos GPF - Global Progressive Forum Grupo de trabajo italiano sobre los foros internationales - Italia GTA – Grupo de Trabalho Amazônico – América del Sur Herriak Aske – País Basco HIC – Habitat International Coalition IAH - International Alliance of Habitants IBASE – Instituto Brasileiro de Análises Sociais e Econômicas - Brasil ICAE - Consejo Internacional de Educación de Adultos IEF/CTA - Instituto de Estudios y Formación de la Central de Trabajadores Argentinos -Argentina IGTN – International Gender and Trade Network IPAM - Francia IPAO – Institut Panos Afrique de l’Ouest – África del Oeste IPF - Instituto Paulo Freire - Brasil IPS – Inter Press Service Italian Coordination of European Social Forum - Italia Ittijah - The Union of Arab Community Based Associations in Palestine 48 Jubilee South - África Jubilee South – Asia - Asia Jubileu Sul América Latina – América Latina KCTU – Korean Confederation of Trade Unions - Corea KENDREN - Kenia Kenyan Organsing Committee - Kenia Marcha Mundial de las Mujeres Movimiento Mexicano de Solidaridad con Cuba MST – Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra - Brasil NIGD - Network Institute for Global Democratization NNAWG - National Network of Autonomous Women’s Groups - India Nova - Centre per a la Innovació Social - Cataluña - España OCLAE - Organización Continental Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Estudiantes – América Latina Oneworld OXFAM Internacional P.A.T - Kenia PPEHRC – Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign – Estados Unidos Projeto K - Europa Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos REMTE -Red Latinoamericana Mujeres Transformando la Economia REPEM – Red de Educación Popular Entre Mujeres – América Latina Respect – Reino Unido ROAD - Réseau Ouest Africain des Alternatives pour le Developpement – África del Oeste RPP - Kenia SEATINI - Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute - África Social Science Research Center – Alemania Social Watch SODNET – Social Development Network - Kenia Solidar - Europa Solidarity Africa Network in Action - África TNI - Transnational Institute Transform! - Europa UBUNTU - Foro Mundial de Redes de la Sociedad Civil Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Network Via Campesina WSF India / FSM India - India WSF OC Pakistan / Comité Organizador del FSM Pakistán - Pakistán WSF Solidarity Network / Japan - Japón

Volunteers and students invited by Ecotrackers to participate in the Navitagation by The Amazonas River to World Movilization in Belem

1.- Lacy Smith: lacsmith@ucdavis.edu>:
Helo Lacy
May be ...Are you interested to organize a group of your classmates or other students to travel with us by the Morona and Amazonas River to participate in world mobilization in Belem on 26 of January organized by World Social Forum, We start the travel 24 of December 2007.

Best regards
Maximiliano

Mensaje enviado al FORO SOCIAL MUNDIA con motivo de la movilizacion mundial a Belem en enero 26 del 2008

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Estimados amigos del Foro Social Mundial
La Fundación Ecotrackers y Ecomorona y el club de econavegantes y ecobuzos se comprometen a realizar una movilizacion desde todo el Ecuador por el Río Morona al Alto Amazonas y desde allí hasta Belem en embarcaciones de motor hasta San Lorenzo en Perú y si no es posible llegar en nuestras embarcaciones en los barcos de navegación por el Río Amazonas.
Procuraremos que la movilización incluirá a las nacionalidades indígenas que trabajan con nosotros (Secoyas, Quichuas, Tsachilas, Shwar, montubios cholos y negros de la costa y algunas del Perú como Ahuarunas, Chaparas y Huambisas),
Les pedimos para ello su colaboracion lo siguiente:
1.- Respaldar al Foro Social Mundial.
2.- Encontrar respaldo para el desarrollo del Galápagos Río Amazonas en el que estamos trabajando desde el 2002. como centro de entrenamiento vivencial en la protección de la naturaleza y culturas ancestrales.
3.- Presentar a discusión las bases para un nuevo pensamiento filosófico pacifico-andino-amazónico al que llamamos pensamiento equinoccial que que ya fue presentado en el Foro de las Américas realizado en Quito en el 2004 y de una nueva forma de turismo al que llamamos turismo inteligente y nuevo turismo comunitario.
Esperando su pronta contestación nos despedimos con un abrazo solidario
Dr. Maximiliano Moreno
Director de Proyectos de Ecotrackers
PD. Hemos incluido un link de nuestra página web a la suya

Ben King and Grant Kitto two volunteers from New Zeland and the thirth expedition to the Alto Amazonas River

Vamos a Rio Amazonas

by Ben King and Grant Kitto

The only bridge over the Morona River and the bus stop.

Peruvian army base.

The results of a night without a mosquito net.

The storm

The calm before the storm.

Our camping spot for the night.

Grant doing what he does best...scrubbing.

A friendly tucan.

One of the 5 motor changes along the way.

Another perfect camping spot by the Morona River.

The local bus.

Grant juggling coconuts.

Puerto America

Pink river dolphins on the horizon.

Welding the drive shaft back together, good as new!

Changing the motor after the drive shaft snapped.

The mighty Amazon!

Fireworks in San Lorenzo

The Disco tech in San Lorenzo.

My new found friends.

Kids chasing us down the street after the soccer.

The children of San Lorenzo.

Another brilliant save by the Peruvian goal keeper.

Team Ecuador!

The crowd singing the national anthem of Peru.

Dinner

Lunch

Our official welcome by the Mayor of the San Lorenzo region.

The banks of the Amazon in San Lorenzo.

The Amazon River.

Camping in the living room of a local family.

Puerto America.

One of the thousands of strange insects in the jungle.

The very windy Morona River leading to the Amazon River at the bottom.

The soccer game at an PetroPeru plant.

Inquisitive locals watching grant pitch his tent.

Sunset

Captain grant.

The first of 3 beachings in the middle of the river.

The Peruvian military and us.

Document check at the closed border crossing.

A river crab.

Chicken on his last legs...

Our home for the next 2 weeks.

The Amazon Basin stretching 5000 km to the Atlantic.

Ben Vs. Tree: Tree 1, Ben 0.

Riding on the roof of the bus.

The road to nowhere...

12 hours in a bus on this road takes its´toll...

Guinea Pig anyone?

Pork maybe?

Face to face with the Mayor of San Lorenzo our eyes
meet as sweat drips profusely onto my Ecuador jersey.
One blow of the whistle and the games on! Ecuador vs
Peru. My mind races back ten days to a chance
encounter with an eccentric doctor who led me here.

I was looking for Spanish lessons in Quito, when I
meet Max. With his immediate enthusiasm it took no
longer than five minutes for me to take him up on his
offer to join an expedition to Peru by boat.

The boat was departing from a remote war ravaged
border region of South East Ecuador.

The objective was to strengthen ties following the
1995 Cenepa war and to increase awareness of the
Amazon jungle and it´s indigenous cultures.

On board was to be a Peruvian football team,
politicians, journalists, teachers and doctors.

With just two days to frantically prepare before the
twenty hour bus journey to the departure point, a lot
had to be done.

A quick search on google of potential health problems
in the jungle revealed a list longer than my left arm.
The biggest concern being ravid vampire bats, malarial
mosquitoes and small fish that like to swim up places
they shouldn't. Not to mention, stingrays, electric
eels, and piranhas that lurk in the murky waters.

Beginning a course of antiquated malaria drugs and
emptying the chemist of noxious bug repellent, Max
assures us he has everything else covered.

We knew we where in for an exciting trip when we
arrived at the office at said time to find it locked.

After 45 minutes nervously waiting the expedition
leader (Max) arrives in time to noisily deal with the
food poisoning he picked up at lunch time. With
another member arriving also suffering the same fate,
we wait patiently unsure of when we are leaving.

Finally everyone arrives and it´s a mad dash in Taxi´s
to get to the ten p.m bus. Twenty four hours later we
arrive in the dark jungle to a welcoming committee of
millions of hungry insects smelling fresh meat.

Drenched in sweat in the 30 C+ temperatures and
extreme humidity, loading ten big drums of fuel and
other supplies made us feel like we had run a
marathon.

The following morning several vehicles arrive carrying
a spare motor and twenty cases of beer. In light of
the expected 50 passengers this didn´t seem
unreasonable. Until when we finally left there was
only 15 of us in total.

We quickly realised we were the Ecuador football team!
D'oh. By this stage it had dawned on us that things
were far from panning out as anticipated and
Ecuadorian organisation was a lot different than what
we were used to. But we departed upbeat all the same.

Somehow amidst all the chaos the correct paperwork had
been obtained from the Peruvian foreign ministry in
advance to smoothly cross the closed border.

At the fourth military checkpoint we picked up a
random Peruvian soldier who hitched a ride down the
river with us. Unfortunately for him and us the army
didn´t send him on his way with any food or even a
mozzie net... hence he became our liability.

On the second night after setting up camp in front of
an audience of inquisitive locals we were challenged
to a game of soccer. This was at a village that
existed solely to maintain a noisy petrochemical plant,
that pumped gas 24-7. This was a perfect warm up for
the upcoming international match in San Lorenzo.

Three nights, 28 hours of motoring and 540km´s on the
Morona river and we had reached the mighty Amazon, A
further three hours and we reached our destination,
San Lorenzo.

The first night in town was spent in the living
room/balcony of a local family once again cramped
together under our mosquito nets.

The festivities in the town begin with our party being
welcomed by the mayor and other local government
delegates. Ignorant to the fact that it was to be
such a formal affair, we feel a bit out of place in our
smelly dirty three day old clothes.

Formalities out of the way, our first official soccer
game is underway, watched by at least half the town.
After a fierce battle on the pitch the Ecuadorians
were overpowered by the skillful locals, 2-0. In
spite of our loss, we were mobbed by the local
children. To try and redeem ourselves we hit the
disco techs like demons on the dance floor.

The second night of festivities started with a bang.
But alas didn´t come to much after the fireworks, as
the town´s new Caterpillar generator ground to a halt,
a regular occurrence.

After a few hours a backup generator appeared in order
to electrify the band, the party continued into the
night.

The next day was spent in a daze, searching shop to
shop for suitable boat supplies, for the return
journey.

With a cheerful goodbye from the local police chief,
we powered off. However after a mere ten minutes up
river the engine started screaming. We started
floating downstream rapidly.

With the current against us it was all hands overboard
paddling with bowls and pot lids to the shore 200
metres away. A quick analysis revealed a snapped
drive shaft. The next two hours were spent modifying
the hardwood boat to fit our underpowered axillary.

24 hours later back where we started with a less than
ideal welding job we powered off again. Unsure of the
quality of the repair we made slow progress with the
smaller engine.

The poor turnout had also meant that money was
limited. Limited money meant limited fuel. The next
five days were spent juggling engines, rationing fuel
and taking reprieve from the the heat with many river
swims at each toilet stop.

Several villages were visited where Max administered
medicine to the sick, whilst we played hacky and did
card tricks with and for the local kids. At one of
the villages we struggled to keep a straight face as
we drank a putrid alcoholic concoction made from
cassava root. Banana´s and chickens were bartered of
the locals to add to the limited food supply.

On the fourth day a controversial decision was made to
motor through the night. After just two hours and two
close calls with the bank the plug was pulled and we
spent the night watching an impressive tropical
lightning storm.

Day five... A round of applause goes up as we reach
the dock after a grueling 57 hours of motoring. Our
timing was impeccable as the twice daily bus was just
about about to depart.

The 20 hour bus ride back to Quito gives us plenty of
time to reflect on the environmental and social
issues facing the people of the Amazon region.

An example of this was the piles of plastic waste
being thrown straight into the river. A closer look
at the rubbish reveals the worst of multinational
unnecessary over packaged junk food is not helping
anyone a bit.

Back in Quito, struggling not to scratch our bite
covered bodies we contemplate on what effects the
planned highway through this virgin jungle could have.