Civil society tends to become a sort of artificial reservoir for an endangered species: the democratic intellectual, protected by the international institutions
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Thomas PonniahThomas Ponniah is co-editor of the book Another World Is Possible: Popular Alternatives to Globalization at the World Social Forum (Zed Books, 2003). He is a PhD student in the Graduate Program of Geography at Clark University, Massachusetts and holds an MA in cultural studies from Birmingham University in England. In 2002 he interned with the World Social Forum Secretariat for five months. Recent articlesUnder a tree in Porto Alegre: democracy in its most radical sense What are the main points of disagreement – and agreement – among the world’s social movements? In the first book in English on the World Social Forum, two American activist/academics talk about the process, the people, and their vision for a future world. Thomas Ponniah and William Fisher spoke to openDemocracy's Solana Larsen under a tree in Porto Alegre. |
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