This article was published in the October 2007 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists. Renewing the Congolese social pact through an independent and participative social survey. That was the objective of the Congolese social forum (CSF) which took place last June from the 24 th to the 28 th in Kinshasa. According to Martin Lofete Nkake, vice-President of the Congolese trade union confederation and member of the CSF council, this forum “was (...) Next ...

This article was published in the February 2008 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists. More than 1300 people from all over Sri Lanka met in Colombo, the capital, last January 26, to participate in a global day of action organized under the framework of the 2008 World Social Forum (WSF). The slogan “A better Sri Lanka is possible” addressed itself to Sri Lankans who “oppose war, militarism and racism; neo-liberal attacks on living standards and (...) Next ...