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Political Science: What is the difference between the World Economic Forum and the World Social Forum?

• And who is referred to as the propaganda system and the globalists in the following article ? Quote from Wikipedia: American linguist and public intellectual Noam Chomsky   has characterized the term "globalization" as propaganda as used in  connection with trade policies advanced by the World Economic Forum: "The dominant propaganda systems have appropriated  the term 'globalization' to refer to the specific version of  international economic integration that they favor, which privileges the  rights of investors and lenders, those of people being incidental. In  accord with this usage, those who favor a different form of  international integration, which privileges the rights of human beings,  become 'anti-globalist.' This is simply vulgar propaganda, like the term  'anti-Soviet' used by the most disgusting commissars to refer to  dissidents. It is not only vulgar, but idiotic. Take the World Social Forum,  called 'anti-globalization' in the propaganda system—which happens to  include the media, the educated classes, etc., with rare exceptions. The  WSF is a paradigm example of globalization. It is a gathering of huge  numbers of people from all over the world, from just about every corner  of life one can think of, apart from the extremely narrow highly  privileged elites who meet at the competing World Economic Forum, and  are called 'pro-globalization' by the propaganda system. An observer  watching this farce from Mars would collapse in hysterical laughter at  the antics of the educated classes." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_economic_forum#Criticism

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  The World Economic Forum is a non-profit foundation based in http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_City, Switzerland. It is known for holding a yearly meeting in Davoshttp://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Economic_Forum#cite_note-1 in the mountains of Graubünden. Important leaders from politics (such as presidents) and the economy are given an opportunity to talk about subjects that concern everyone. Very often, these subjects concern globalization. Usually the Swiss army helps secure the area. These meetings are often criticised because they are seen as a vehicle to further capitalism in the world. There is an organisation called Public Eye On Davos that organizes public information during the meeting. During the meetings, which invole the G8, access to the village of Davos is heavily controlled. A small demonstration happens every year in Davos during these meetings. This is one of the rights given by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Bigger demonstrations are normally in the other cities in Switzerland during the World Economic Forum. On the other hand, The World Social Forum is an annual meeting which members of the alternative globalization movement to coordinate world campaigns, share and refine organizing strategies, inform each other about the different movements around the world and their issues. Tends to meet in January when its "great capitalist rival", the World Economic Forum meets in Davos (Switzerland). It has convened primarily in Porto Alegre, Brazil but also convenes in other places. It's supposed to represent world civil society (ie people who aren't in government such as NGOs, social activists, judges, etc.).  It's been criticized to be controlled by NGOs. The WSF is also subject to the same criticisms leveled against the anti-globalization movements or alternative globalization or globalization and capitalism that are opposed are inevitable. The participants at the WSF responded that this idea of ' inevitability of globalization is a mere ideological myth, then embracing the slogan "Another world is possible." The right-wing opponents to the current global order have criticized the alleged http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluralismo of the WSF, as it comprendebbe only leftist movements (social-democratic anarchists). Even some of the activities of the participants in the WSF have been criticized, as in 2001, when some activists invaded and destroyed an experimental plantation of transgenic Monsanto . Sources: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_sociale_mondiale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Economic_Forum