09/08/2026
š Global South and the Global Polycrisis: Challenging Inequality, Reclaiming Sovereignty, and Advancing Peopleās Alternatives
On 7 August 2026, LDC Watch, SAAPE, RRN and APSF, together with members and co-organisersāAssociation for Research and Cooperation in Support of Endogenous Development (ARCAD), SEATINI Uganda, Zambia Social Forum (ZAMSOF), Coordonnateur National CERDYSOC (Democratic Republic of Congo), and Oxfam Internationalābrought together diverse voices from across the Global South at the World Social Forum 2026 in Benin.
The discussion confronted deepening inequality, neoliberalism, authoritarianism, debt, climate and food crises, and called for reclaiming peopleās sovereignty, strengthening global solidarity, and advancing transformative alternatives that put people and communities at the centre. āš½š
Another world is not only possibleāit is being built through collective action and solidarity across the Global South.
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