ABSTRACT

On all continents the enormity of the violence and danger of the times gives rise to multiple new practices of struggle and to conceptual innovations, which seek to serve justice, solidarity, and dignity for all. We explore the possibilities and different worlds intended in the main slogan of the World Social Forum ‘Another world is possible’. During its early years the World Social Forum was characterized by a fair amount of optimism. We know now that most of the high hopes of the movements have not been adequately materialized. The rise of authoritarian leaders and the nexus between capitalism and populism emerging in different parts of the world has created a new context for the attempts to create democratic futures. This collection presents and interrogates a variety of diagnoses of the present and of new strategies for transformative change that are emerging out of the forum process.

摘要

在各大洲，暴力的严重性和时代的危险导致了多种新的斗争实践和观念上的创新，这些创新力图为所有人的正义，团结和尊严服务。我们在“另一个世界是可能的”世界社会论坛的主要口号中探讨了各种可能性和不同的世界。成立初期，世界社会论坛的特点是相当乐观。我们现在知道，这些运动的大多数寄予厚望没有得到充分实现。独裁领导人的崛起以及在世界不同地区兴起的资本主义与民粹主义之间的联系，为创造民主未来的努力创造了新的环境。