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Friday, January 4, 2008 - with apologies in advance for any duplications… *Dear Friends !* Greetings for the New Year ! *Looking ahead to the 'Global Day of Action'* that has been called by the World Social Forum on January 26 2008, but also focussing on the steep decline that some observers feel that the WSF and the global social justice movement is going through, *CACIM* (India Institute for Critical Action - Centre in Movement) and *SADED* (South Asian Dialogues on Ecological Democracy) had each planned to call meetings in Delhi in mid January to take advantage of the presence in town of Teivo Teivainen, from Finland, a critical thinker and actor who is deeply involved with the WSF. Rather than do separate events, we now jointly invite you to a day-long event focussed on the theme *World Social [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * on *Friday, January 11 2008*, from *11 am onwards*, at *ISI* (Indian Social Institute). Details are given below. Please join us for the discussions and also spread the word around about the event to all those who you feel might want to take part in such an exchange. Please do also print out the attached note and pin it up in your organisation's notice board. * * *ALL ARE WELCOME !* [EMAIL PROTECTED] *A critical engagement with the emerging dynamics of the Forum process in India and globally* * * *Session 1, organised by SADED :* *11:00 – 1:00 Genesis of the Forum * *Panel discussion. Speakers : * *Teivo Teivainen*, Professor of World Politics and Head of the Political Science Department at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and as representative of NIGD (Network Institute for Global Democratisation), Finland, founding member of the International Council of the World Social Forum (Other speakers to be confirmed) * * Lunch break *Sessions 2 and 3, organised by CACIM :* *CACIM Multilogues* * * *Under its Multilogues Series*, CACIM cordially invites you to two sessions to critically discuss and debate the future of the Forum : ** *2:00-4:00 The Idea of the Global Day of Action and its Political and Cultural Significance* Panellists : *Shuddhabrata Sengupta*, media artist, member of the RAQS Collective and Sarai, CSDS, Delhi (tentatively confirmed) *Teivo Teivainen, *University of Helsinki, and NIGD, Finland (Third panellist to be confirmed) Tea break *4:30-6:30 The Future of the Forum : Is the World Social Forum approaching a point of crisis ?* Panellists : *Kamla Bhasin*, member of Sangat (South Asian Network of Gender Activists and Trainers), New Delhi *Teivo Teivainen, *University of Helsinki, and NIGD, Finland *Sitaram Yechury*, MP, member of the Politburo of the CPI(M), and handling the party's international affairs (tentatively confirmed) *Friday, January 11 2008 * @ *Indian Social Institute * Lodhi Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 003 (Behind Sai Baba Mandir) *The Panel Discussions *will also be attended by members from the WSF India Organising Committee, academics, activists, students and others who have played an active role in the Forum organising process. This set of events also looks forward to another event that CACIM, perhaps together with others, will be organising in Delhi on January 25 2008, as its observance of and contribution to the Global Day of Action. With warm regards, Jai Sen & Madhuresh Kumar Rakesh Bhatt & Hrishikant CACIM, New Delhi SADED, New Delhi ******* *CACIM* (the India Institute for *Critical Action - Centre in Movement*) is an initiative towards cultivating and nurturing a culture of critical reflexivity and action in individual and public work. In principle we expect to work in many fields, but our focus at the moment is on activism, research, and publication in relation to social and political movement. CACIM is involved in detailed research on and documentation of the Forum and other related processes (such as social movements); plays an active role in the organising process of WSF in India and globally; publishes books, reports, newsletters, and bibliographies on the Forum, both in Hindi and English; and organises debates and discussions around related issues. Visit www.cacim.net <http://cacim.net/twiki/www.cacim.net> and www.openspaceforum.com <http://cacim.net/twiki/www.openspaceforum.com> for details. [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * *SADED* *(South Asian Dialogues on Ecological Democracy)* is an initiative for defining a relationship between nature and human beings that protects nature's bounty and allows it to be available for all its children -- human beings irrespective of class, caste, colour, race, religion, sex or age, as well as all non-human living beings. 'Development', as known in the 20thcentury, has wreaked havoc with nature and human societies. SADED attempts to identify ways of life that are ecological, egalitarian and individuality fulfilling and contribute to evolving visions for future development while preserving the positive of the past and present. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________ Jai Sen [EMAIL PROTECTED] CACIM, A-3 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110 024, India www.cacim.net Ph : +91-11-4155 1521, 2433 2451 *Check out* the OpenSpaceForum @ www.openspaceforum.net *Subscribe to WSFDiscuss*, an open and unmoderated forum on the World Social Forum and on related social and political movements and issues. Simply send an empty email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] *And, NEW ! :* Join [EMAIL PROTECTED], the CEOS (Critical Engagement with Open Space) listserve for exchange and coordination on open space theory and practice and to facilitate a critical discussion of the idea of 'open space'. 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