Ruby van der Wekken

WSF 2008 took the form of a global week of action culminating in a WSF Global Day of action on 26 January 2008.  As the wsf2008.net website testifies, more than 800 actions took place in 80 countries.  Typically main stream media either ignored the WSF, or the heading o any news item might refer to the non-happening of the WSF and connect this to a low turn out in Nairobi or financial issues. Jack Smith comments on this and writes how for her "rather than signaling a decline in the vibrancy of the WSF, this year's Social Forum reflects its vibrancy and innovation."  She further invites writers on the WSF process to join the initiative of a USSF/WSF writers group as "Writers are  needed to help spread the word about the World Social Forum's first "decentralized" global day of action".

Ruby van der Wekken supports Jackie in her conclusion on WSF 2008 in a blog entry on the activities in Finland.  Marc Becker writes from Missouri (USA) on a discussion held during the WSF action days on immigration to Milan. Francine Mestrum reports on how the WSF 2008 developed in Belgium and the nature of the Belgian social forum process whereas Jackie Smiths reports from Michiana, where Martin Luther King continues to be relevant for local struggles. Peter Waterman ..