Week of Action and Mobilisation: 23-30 January 2008
Endorsements to: (please send your name and organisation).
Action: 6-630pm daily
Press Conference: 1230pm, 22 January, Press Club, Bangalore

Millions of women and men, organizations, networks, movements, trade unions from all parts of the world will act together all around the globe in January to show that ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE.

Millions of people all over the world will march, speak, celebrate, and dialogue in villages, rural zones, and urban centres. They will mobilize on the date of the 26th of January to coincide the Global Day of Mobilization and Action with the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland to confront this important neo-liberal gathering of the elites.

In these same days the "old" world, represented by the World Economic Forum complete with its economists, experts, and ideologies that produce violence, exploitation, exclusion, poverty, hunger and ecological disaster and deprive people of human rights, will meet in Davos as usual. In contrast, the people's movement of movements will raise their collective voices and take action all around the globe for the World Social Forum 2008.

World Social Forums have taken place at the end of January at different sites throughout the world each year for the past seven years, and their spirit will continue to be reflected in the activities planned at those same sites and worldwide in 2008.

The Global Week of Action and Mobilisation 2008 would consist of small decentralised and simultaneous activities conducted regionally and/or locally all across the world. A website will have a map on which organisations across the world will announce their various actions ( www.wsf2008.net)

All over the world people across nations and boundaries will rise up on January in a coordinated actions and mobilisations against the war, militarisation, violence, corporate onslaught of the capitalist forces to convey ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

In Asia one month of action is organised in Japan as part of the protest against the coming G 8 meeting to be held in Hokaido. In the Philippines, different organizations have come together for a week of "peoples camp", where workshops, forums, film showing, trade fair, concerts, etc will be held. In South Korea there will be a week of action involving various social movements in which each day will focus on one major theme. In Indonesia, farmer groups are responding to the call from Via Campesina and various events will be held in Thailand. In South Asia a meeting will be held in Kathmandu on January 12 th and 13th to have a regional look at activities to be organised in the region, as Pakistan has given a call and Sri Lanka has already sent a program.

In India, Women's groups are planning a conference and a march in Chennai. In Maharashtra there will be various activities in different districts, which will focus on farmers' suicide and agriculture policies. Letters will also be sent to the Prime Minister on cotton and agriculture policy, seminars will be organised and protests will be held. In Mumbai, there will be movie screening, conference, meeting, demonstration and a parade of more then 15 theme floats on issues related to Mumbai.

A rotating World Press Conference at exactly 12 noon (local time) will be organised on January 22nd 2008 in every part of the world (In Bangalore it is 12.30pm)

There is no end to imagination and you can think of your own ways to express and be a part of this Global Actions in January 2008 - posters, leaflets, local mobilisations, songs, dance, theatre, kala jathas, films, press conferences, radio, television, internet and anything else. We also invite all interested organisations and individuals to take part to the joint activities organised in Bangalore.

Proposed Programme in Bangalore
(All of us will be present on all the days;
the organisations mentioned will organise banners and get the slogans;
more issues can be highlighted;)

22 January: World Press Conference at 12.30 pm at Bangalore Press Club

23-30 January: Candle light vigils
6-630pm at Gandhi Statue, MG Road, Bangalore

23 January: Disabilities (KARO; Ram; 9916909713)
24 January: Dalits (REDS, Raj; 98451.44893)
25 January: Human Rights (SICHREM, Mathews, 98450.01338)
26 January: Labour (CIVIDEP, Gopi, 98454.04589)
27 January: Gender/Women/Sexuality (Sangama, Rex, 99452.31491)
28 January: Urban issues/Land/Water (Sight&Sound, Bernard, 98444.07522)
29 January: Global Freedom torch (Chitra, ISHR 98865.00273; the programme is different)
30 January: Children/Youth/Students (Elango, 97407.95490)

All are welcome.
Please do come for the PRESS CONFERENCE and for the VIGILS
Demonstrate that another world exists!

If you would like to be part of this/endorse the effort in Bangalore please send your organisation name to sichrem office to be included in list of organisations for the press release.