Nairobi The daily publication of the WSF said they had 50,000 registrations, but who knows where they were. Virtually no one walking and talking around the event thought there was half of that and many feared that 10,000 might be the best that were showing at any one time. Money was the issue here, and …
Month: January 2007
Fair Play Campaign in 2010
Nairobi I spent some time with the labor folks, who were fairly well organized and much better represented than usual at these events. No small reason may have been the clear leadership of the activities in the ‘Decent Work’ tent by the French CCT delegates and several of the global union groups. They were kicking …
Cool Breezes, Lower Numbers, and Nakumatt
Nairobi Might we worth me offering some notes that give a fuller sense of what we are finding here in Nairobi at edition 7 of the World Social Forum. The WSF specializes in tents, almost as a trademark. Meeting after meeting is marked by the gauze of fabric. In India it was muslin and bamboo. Here it is …