THE USSF IN THE NEWS
The United States Social Forum is a new dawning for the grassroots movements. More that 5000 persons and hundreds of organizations from across the nation participated in its opening march that took the streets of Atlanta. Participating in the program that followed, held at Atlanta’s Civic center and numerous locations around the city, was a lively and visible multigenerational, multi-ethnic, and sexual diverse crowd of close to 15,000 persons. Yet mainstream and corporate media, even as we met under their nose at the base of their headquarters, had nothing or very little to say about the USSF—because it was significant!
Below is a list of links to stories and reports that were made of the USSF and its enormous impact on the US grassroots community. Many are from the widening net of independent media that are giving voice to unrepresented and challenging media conglomerates by redefining the news. Consider writing your USSF story too!
- The U.S. Social Forum: Our Best Bet to Turn This Country Around
http://www.alternet.org/story/52795/
- A Light Within (the Heart of Empire): The 2007 US Social Forum
http://www.monthlyreview.org/mrzine/uhlenbeck060607.html
- U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=13249
- Immigrants Rights at the U.S. Social Forum
http://boston.indymedia.org/feature/display/200194/index.php
- First-Ever U.S. Social Forum Begins
http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/150671/1/
- U.S. Social Forum Kicks Off in Atlanta
http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/06/28/us-social-forum-kicks-off-in-atlanta/
- United States Social Forum
http://www.mwsocialforum.org/node/1248
- The United States Social Forum 2007: A Report Back
http://theactivist.org/blog/?p=100
- US Social Forum: ‘We’re Living a Nightmare Called Katrina’
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/30/2210/
- US Social Forum Forges Common Ground
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/07/03/2270/
- Why should you go to the U.S. Social Forum?
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2007/05/why-should-you-go-to-us-social-forum.asp
- UFPJ at the 2007 US Social Forum
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3734
- Another World Is Possible, Another U.S. Is Necessary”: Thousands of Activists Gather in Atlanta for the First-Ever U.S. Social Forum
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/29/1420200
- USSF07: "Another U.S. Is Necessary"
http://indymedia.us/en/2007/06/25817.shtml
- Twin Cities US Social Forum
http://susanraffo.blogspot.com/2007/07/twin-cities-us-social-forum.html
- US Social Forum aims to help activists blend strengths
http://reclaimthemedia.org/arts_activism/us_social_forum_aims_to_help_a=5321
- Reflections on the 2007 U.S. Social Forum
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/4411
- POLITICS: U.S. Social Forum Forges Common Ground
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38397
- United States Social Forum Fund (USSFF)
http://www.thirdwavefoundation.org/grant-making/ussff
- US Social Forum Supports Call for Independent, International Investigation into 9/11
http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20070702180355632
- U.S. Social Forum: Visions to Build, Reasons to Hope
http://www.wiretapmag.org/movement/43171/
- U.S. Social Forum kicks off in Atlanta
http://www.pww.org/article/view/11336/
- Big Cheers for First-Ever U.S. Social Forum
http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/150989/1/
- The Social Forum Comes To The U.S.
http://www.indypendent.org/?p=1214
- National Alliance of Domestic Workers Formed at Social Forum
http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/07/09/national-alliance-of-domestic-workers-formed-at-social-forum/
