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World Social Forum 2009: Time to Bring the WSF to the USA

World Social Forum 2009: Time to Bring the WSF to the USA © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/187219109X447511 Societies Without Borders 4 (2009) 254–260 brill.nl/swb S W B World Social Forum 2009: Time to Bring the WSF to the USA Th omas Ponniah Harvard University Submitted 10 March 2009; accepted 20 March 2009 Abstract I had the opportunity to both attend the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States and to participate in the World Social Forum hosted in Belém, Brazil. 1 Th e Inaugural was attended by 1.8 million citizens, which included a notably large percentage of African- Americans, from all over the country. Th e World Social Forum had over 133,000 partici- pants from around the world with a substantial number of Pan-Amazonic social movements. In both cases I witnessed a mobilized, dynamic civil sphere aspiring to a new, better society. Th e key to achieving another world is to bring these spheres together. Keywords U.S. Presidential Inauguration, World Social Forum, civil sphere, society Th e Inauguration I landed at Baltimore’s Th urgood Marshall airport on January 19th – Martin Luther King Day – a national holiday celebrated throughout most of the United States. Surprisingly the U.S. Transport Security Administration had set up a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Societies Without Borders Brill

World Social Forum 2009: Time to Bring the WSF to the USA

Ponniah, Thomas
Societies Without Borders , Volume 4 (2): 254 – Jan 1, 2009
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/187219109X447511 Societies Without Borders 4 (2009) 254–260 brill.nl/swb S W B World Social Forum 2009: Time to Bring the WSF to the USA Th omas Ponniah Harvard University Submitted 10 March 2009; accepted 20 March 2009 Abstract I had the opportunity to both attend the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States and to participate in the World Social Forum hosted in Belém, Brazil. 1 Th e Inaugural was attended by 1.8 million citizens, which included a notably large percentage of African- Americans, from all over the country. Th e World Social Forum had over 133,000 partici- pants from around the world with a substantial number of Pan-Amazonic social movements. In both cases I witnessed a mobilized, dynamic civil sphere aspiring to a new, better society. Th e key to achieving another world is to bring these spheres together. Keywords U.S. Presidential Inauguration, World Social Forum, civil sphere, society Th e Inauguration I landed at Baltimore’s Th urgood Marshall airport on January 19th – Martin Luther King Day – a national holiday celebrated throughout most of the United States. Surprisingly the U.S. Transport Security Administration had set up a

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Societies Without Borders – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: CIVIL SPHERE; U.S. PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION; WORLD SOCIAL FORUM; SOCIETY

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