[IMC Bombay] Asia Social Forum feature

[boud]

Followup suggested to: www-features at lists.indymedia.org

hi kfk, everyone on the india lists,
   sanjay wrote to me offlist and said he has problems with email
and uploading stuff to both IMC Mumbai and IMC India...

He's eager to have a global indy feature, and IMHO he's right.

http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/www-features/2003-January/009051.html

Here's my suggested first draft of a feature. i don't know the culture
on the  www-features list, i'm happy to leave it to you (collective you)
to handle...

solidarity
boud


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The Asian Social Forum 
<a href="http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=2654">
began on Fri 3 Jan</a> in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, with 
an encouraging call for the struggle against neoliberal 
globalisation to continue to 
<a href="http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=226504">
be deeply rooted in Gandhian values of non-violence</a>, despite
the landslide election of a 
<a href="http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=2632">
fascist 
</a>
government in Gujarat which followed the 
<a href="http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=2630"> 
crimes against humanity</a> which occurred there in early 2003.
See also some 
<a href="http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=226654">
reports on personal experiences</a> of the first day.

The 
<a href="http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=226651">
Conference on Peace and Security</a> organised by
<!-- should exist URLs for most of these, preferably South Asian/Asian -->
Asian Peace Alliance 
/ CNDP 
/ Greenpeace 
/ Focus on the Global South 
/ Alternatives 
/ Novano 
/ COVA 
started with a lamp lighting and
narrative by Miyoko Matsubara, a Hibaksha (survivor of the nuclear
bombing of Hiroshima), who went on to detail the consequences of the
bomb and the challenges faced by its survivors.  Most of the speakers
agreed that US economic and foreign policy was a threat to humanity.

The
<a href="http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=226652">
Conference on Social Rights</a> focussed on the alliances and
coalitions in a global context for the protection of rights to Food,
Education, Health and that of the marginalised people.

The final day of the ASF is Tuesday 7 January.

<a href="http://mumbai.indymedia.org">IMC Mumbai</a> - 
<a href="http://india.indymedia.org">IMC India</a> (Warning: 
the India IMC newswire contains fascist material - you have been warned!)

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