Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>I am sure some people have heard this already but the World Social Forum is calling for a Global Day of Action on June 5th; the same time as the RIO+20 Summit. I think its something we should strongly support, who is down to help plan? The WSF is an annual global meeting of social justice movements intentionally coinciding with the annual meeting of the world's economic elite in Davos, more info below:</div>
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The Rio+20 summit, the fourth major gathering on sustainable development since 1972, will press world leaders to commit themselves to creating a social and “green economy,” with priority being given to eradicating hunger.</p>
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But World Social Forum participants, including representatives of the Arab Spring, Spain’s “Indignant” movement, Occupy Wall Street, and students from Chile, sharply criticized the concept of “a green economy” that would allow multinational corporations to reap the profit.</p>
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“The political and economic elites are the one percent who control the world and we are the one percent seeking to change it. Where are the (other) 98 percent?” said Chico Whitaker, one of the Forum’s founders.</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:14px;font-family:georgia,'palatino linotype',palatino,'times new roman',times,serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:21px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
“There are many who are happy because each time they get more consumer goods, but many are concerned and unsatisfied. The challenge for us is to speak with them.”</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:14px;font-family:georgia,'palatino linotype',palatino,'times new roman',times,serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:21px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
“If we do not raise the issue of inequality, we won’t solve the problems,” said Venezuelan sociologist Edgardo Lander.</p></div><div><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/29/world-social-forum-calls-for-global-anti-corporate-protest-in-june/">http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/29/world-social-forum-calls-for-global-anti-corporate-protest-in-june/</a></div>