History: learn about the history of the 2018 WSF

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History of the WSF – The World Social Forum was born in 2001 by organizations and social movements that, based on an initial proposal, self-convened and mobilized for a large meeting in Porto Alegre, in opposition to the neoliberalism represented by the World Economic Forum, which took place at the same time in Davos, Switzerland.

The world events that followed the first WSF shocked mankind's desire for peace. In the same year, 2001, the Twin Towers were torn down. And, in the name of combating terrorism, the US-led West began to justify new wars and to sow new forms of terror, to stigmatize entire peoples for their ethnic and cultural origins and to violently persecute immigrants. He armed himself without hesitation to fight precisely the diversity that the WSF was born to celebrate.

Against all this, the struggles gathered at the WSF were able to drive changes and point out ways. now seriously threatened. In Latin America, in particular, more democratic experiences were possible, from the rise of popular, indigenous and working-class forces, or more progressive ones, to governments. And against which all conservative forces were also organizing.

With the first editions in Porto Alegre (2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005), the WSF toured the world with meetings in Mumbai, Caracas, Karashi, Bamako, Nairobi, Belém, Dakar, Tunis and Montreal. In addition to thematic, regional and continental issues.

In North Africa, the construction of two world editions was part of the so-called Arab Spring events. In Canada, it was held for the first time in a Northern country, with strong youth leadership.

The FSM returns to Brazil after a period of intense debate about the future of social struggles and the FSM process itself, with the prospect of serving resistance movements against the advance of neoliberal forces and their attacks on young democracies in Latin America. Next step: March 2018. Will you be interested in betting on Aviator.