Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

Preface: Why Write about the World Social Forum (Immanuel Wallerstein)

pp.：  7 – 8

Introduction (Marina Karides and Judith Blau)

pp.：  9 – 12

PART I SOCIAL FORUM PROCESS: THE USSF AND ITS RELATION TO THE WSF

pp.：  13 – 14

1. In Defense of World Social Forum VII (Marina Karides and Thomas Ponniah)

pp.：  15 – 28

2. The US Social Forum: Building from the Bottom Up (Michael Leon Guerrero)

pp.：  29 – 48

3. New Politics Emerging at the US Social Forum (Jackie Smith, Rachel V. Kutz-Flamenbaum, Christopher Hausmann)

pp.：  49 – 64

4. Another United States Is Happening: Building Today's Movement from the Bottom Up. Th e United States Social Forum and Beyond (Walda Katz-Fishman and Jerome W. Scott)

pp.：  65 – 78

5. A Different (Kind of ) Politics Is Possible: Conflict and Problem(s) at the USSF (Michal O sterweil)

pp.：  79 – 98

PART II DEBATES A ND S OCIAL THOUGHT: HIGHLIGHTING THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM

pp.：  99 – 100

6. Reading Nairobi: Place, Space, and Difference at the 2007 World Social Forum (Janet Co nway)

pp.：  101 – 124

7. Is the World Social Forum the Privileged Space for Reinventing Labor as a Global Social Movement? (Peter Waterman)

pp.：  125 – 138

8. Is the World Social Forum a Democratic Global Civil Society? (Stellan Vinthagen)

pp.：  139 – 156

9. Social Forums – Challenges and New Perspectives (Chico Whitaker)

pp.：  157 – 162

PART III BRIDGING ACTIVISM AND ACADEMICS

pp.：  163 – 164

10. Reformist Reforms, Non-Reformist Reforms and Global Justice: Activist, NGO and Intellectual Challenges in the World Social Forum (Patrick Bo nd)

pp.：  165 – 180

11. Feminists and the Forum: Is It Worth the Effort? (Lyndi H ewitt)

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12. Sociology, Human Rights, and the World Social Forum (Mark F rezzo)

pp.：  199 – 212

13. Another Structure of Knowledge Is Possible: The Social Forum Process and Academia (Steven S herman)

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14. World Social Forum: Re-imaging Development and the Global South beyond the Neo-colonial Gaze (Eunice N. Sahle)

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Notes on Contributors

pp.：  247 – 252

Index

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