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# Fred Halliday: Bin the WSF?
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/fred-halliday-bin-wsf/
- Published: 2005-01-31T16:01:17.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:32:54.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:15

Oh Dear. Fred Halliday in Sunday's Observer in the UK, on why he thinks the World Social Forum belongs in the "Third Dustbin of History". I don't think he's arguing that all activists need PhDs before they're worth listening to. But he is on a quest for "tougher" thinking, and on that it's hard to disagree. Link: [It's time to bin the past](http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1401742,00.html?ref=opendemocracy.net)