Widening the Cracks in Consent

Reflections on the 2002 World Social Forum

Authors

  • Diana Huet de Guerville
  • Charlie Clark
  • Simone Arsenault-May
  • Lindsay Telfer

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/2292-4736/40480

Abstract

In the winter of 2002, a group of Master's students from York University's Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) travelled to the second annual World Social Forum (WSF) in Porto Alegre, Brazil. This international meeting of social movements convened under the theme 'Another World is Possible' and brought together an estimated 70,000 delegates from 131 countries. From January 31 to February 5, nearly 5,000 organizations lent their voices to the proceedings, and shared one overarching goal: to combat the negative effects of corporate globalization and offer an alternative to the worldview put forth by the financial and political elites at the World Economic Forum (WEF), which took place simultaneously in New York City.

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Published

2002-01-01

How to Cite

Huet de Guerville, D., Clark, C., Arsenault-May, S., & Telfer, L. (2002). Widening the Cracks in Consent: Reflections on the 2002 World Social Forum. UnderCurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies, 12, 21–25. https://doi.org/10.25071/2292-4736/40480

Issue

Vol. 12 (2002): Political Natures

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Academic

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