World Social Forum - The story of a political intervention

From the first global Social Forum, held at the end of January 2001 in Porto Alegre, to the last one, in Mumbai, India, the mainstream São Paulo press covered this event so grotesquely that it requires explanation. Although the spectacle of disinformation is partly linked to prejudice regarding anyt...

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Main Author: Loureiro, Isabel
Format: Online
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas 2004
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Online Access:https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/cma/article/view/19677
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Summary:From the first global Social Forum, held at the end of January 2001 in Porto Alegre, to the last one, in Mumbai, India, the mainstream São Paulo press covered this event so grotesquely that it requires explanation. Although the spectacle of disinformation is partly linked to prejudice regarding anything that deviates from the neoliberal model, I believe that the most decisive thing is the profound insensitivity towards a new political phenomenon that requires a serious rethinking of old categories.
ISSN:0104-9321