Events
Peoples Forum for Environment and Global Justice. Stockholm +50
Date: May 31st 2022
The Stockholm +50 Coalition tackles the intertwined crises of defunct development models, environment, climate, peace, health and global injustice. Adelante presents its Manifesto at the event.
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM
World Social Forum 2021
Assembly of Global Processes: how do we resist facism, and promote radical democracy? (January 30, 2021)
21/10 | PEOPLE'S FORUM BRICS
The BRICS have fallen one by one. They have all capitulated to capitalism and given up on the promises of social democracy. The People’s Republic China has always been a dictatorship. The others have known their democratic phases, but more recently they have elected strongmen by majoritarian vote who put the rule of law under serious strain. Brasil and India are extreme examples, but there others on all continents that have gone down they same slippery slopes of populism, authoritarianism, and full blown fascism. This seminar wants to discuss particular cases, exchange experiences and strenghten democratic resistance from the bottom up.
9/11 --> COP 26
The climate emergency is upon us, and it is already disproportionately impacting the lives of grassroots communities and marginalized sectors. While government and industry leaders, climate experts and civil society convene in Glasgow to chart forward the fate of the world for the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), grassroots insights, inputs and initiatives are notably absent, if not intentionally sidelined and disregarded. Discussions around the right to develop, common but differentiated responsibilities, just transition, resource mobilization by global powers for adaptation, and reparations for loss and damages are downplayed. Degrowth, decarbonization, and divestment ring the halls of universities and governments, while conversations around hallmarks of especially Global South grassroots resistance such as collective action, direct engagement, and revolution are hushed. Additionally, radical alternatives are dismissed without understanding their transformative potential.