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My experience at the U.S. Social Forum was beyond inspiring. It was clear that political visions and practices born in the Global South like Zapatismo and the Social Forum process themselves impacting social justice communities in the Global North. And the immigrant communities are the bridge between the two worlds. The CIW and MJB are indicated of new forms of social struggle being waged in the heart of the American Empire.
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