Social Forum (German speaking)
A social forum is an open meeting of globalization critics and opponents of " social cuts ". Local social forums have been created along the lines of the continental social forums and the world social forum. They work on the basis of the Charter of Principles of the World Social Forum.
Attendees
Organizations and individuals of very different origins meet at social forums: critics of globalization, left-wing organizations, critical Christians , anthroposophists , growth critics and other supporters of alternative worldviews and ways of life. Party functionaries are generally less welcome, as one does not want to be subordinate to party political interests. The social forums are strictly separated from right-wing extremists. The local social forums often work closely with an Attac regional group.
National meetings in Germany (2002 to 2009)
In Germany, meetings took place at the federal level since June 1, 2002 , at which members of various regional and local social forums in Germany and individuals met. They mainly served to network the regional and local social forums within Germany and to prepare and follow up on the European social forums. The "Initiative for a Social Forum in Germany" (SFiD-Initiative) emerged from the participants in these meetings, and its coordination group prepared and followed up the German plenary meetings. Willi van Ooyen was considered the legal head of the West German social forum movement .
- The First German Social Forum from July 21 to 24, 2005 in Erfurt called for the Hartz IV reforms to be withdrawn and for “basic social security” to be introduced for all people. It turned against the further use of nuclear energy and criticized foreign deployments of the Bundeswehr .
- The second German Social Forum took place from October 18 to 21, 2007 in Cottbus .
- The Third German Social Forum took place from October 15-18 , 2009 in Hitzacker (Wendland).
A fourth social forum in Germany in 2011 in Freiburg im Breisgau was still planned at least in 2009, but no longer took place.
National meeting in Austria (2003 to 2008)
- ASF May 29 to June 1, 2003 in Hallein
- ASF June 3 to 6, 2004 in Linz
- ASF June 15-17, 2006 in Graz
- ASF October 24th to 26th, 2008 in St. Peter / Au
See also
Web links
Around 2010 there was a local social forum in many German-speaking cities. The internet presence of almost all of them has meanwhile been switched off or is no longer being updated. Today (as of September 2, 2019) there are only a few current pages, e.g. B .:
- Germany: Social Forum Dortmund , Fürth , Herne and Munich
- Switzerland: Social and Environmental Forum Eastern Switzerland
- German-language information portal on the global social forum movement
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charter of Principles of the World Social Forum on Wikisource
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