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United States Social Forum, the Glossary

The United States Social Forum is an ongoing series of gatherings of social justice activists in the United States which grew out of the World Social Forum process, bringing together activists, organizers, people of color, working people, poor people, and indigenous people from across the United States.^[1]

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Social forums

AFL-CIO

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a national trade union center that is the largest federation of unions in the United States.

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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the largest trade union of public employees in the United States.

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Amnesty International USA

Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is an American non-profit non-governmental organization that is part of the worldwide Amnesty International organization.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Atlanta Civic Center

The Atlanta Civic Center was a theater located in Atlanta, Georgia.

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The Boston Social Forum was the first North American social forum to use the methodology of the World Social Forum process and adhere closely to its Charter of Principles. United States Social Forum and Boston Social Forum are social forums.

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Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is a nonviolent Palestinian-led movement promoting boycotts, divestments, and economic sanctions against Israel.

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Chase Bank

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., doing business as Chase, is an American national bank headquartered in New York City that constitutes the consumer and commercial banking subsidiary of the U.S. multinational banking and financial services holding company, JPMorgan Chase.

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Community building is a field of practices directed toward the creation or enhancement of community among individuals within a regional area (such as a neighborhood) or with a common need or interest.

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Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! is an hour-long TV, radio, and Internet news program based in Manhattan and hosted by journalists Amy Goodman (who also acts as the show's executive producer), Juan González, and Nermeen Shaikh.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights

A Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights is legislation designed to grant basic labor protections to domestic workers.

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Durham, North Carolina

Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Durham County.

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Ecological crisis

An ecological or environmental crisis occurs when changes to the environment of a species or population destabilizes its continued survival.

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The European Social Forum (ESF) was a recurring conference held by members of the alter-globalization movement (also known as the Global Justice Movement). United States Social Forum and European Social Forum are social forums.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Georgia State Capitol

The Georgia State Capitol is an architecturally and historically significant building in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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Grace Lee Boggs

Grace Lee Boggs (June 27, 1915 – October 5, 2015) was an American author, social activist, philosopher, and feminist.

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Immanuel Wallerstein

Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (September 28, 1930 – August 31, 2019) was an American sociologist and economic historian.

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Indigenous Environmental Network

The Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) is a coalition of indigenous, grassroots environmental justice activists, primarily based in the United States.

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Jubilee USA Network

Jubilee USA Network is a nonprofit financial reform organization based in Washington, D.C. Jubilee USA's work began in conjunction with the global Jubilee 2000 movement, founded in the late 1990s to advocate for debt relief for developing countries.

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Labor rights

Labor rights or workers' rights are both legal rights and human rights relating to labor relations between workers and employers.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

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Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre (Brazilian) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

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Progressive Librarians Guild

The Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG) was founded in New York City in January 1990 by librarians concerned with the library profession's "rapid drift into dubious alliances with business and the information industry, and into complacent acceptance of service to an unquestioned political, economic and cultural status quo," according to the organization's statement of purpose.

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Radical Reference

Radical Reference is a distributed collective of library workers, students and information activists who work on social justice issues.

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Social justice is justice in relation to the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society where individuals' rights are recognized and protected.

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Sociologists Without Borders

Founded in Madrid in 2001, Sociologists Without Borders/Sociólogos Sin Fronteras (SSF) is a Non-Governmental Organization that advances a cosmopolitan sociology and its activities are considered to be public sociology.

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The Southeast Social Forum was a gathering of about 550 people that took place in Durham, North Carolina, from June 16 to June 18, 2006, at North Carolina Central University. United States Social Forum and Southeast Social Forum are social forums.

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The Southern African Social Forum(SASF) was a Social Forum conference held in a different Southern Africa county each year. United States Social Forum and Southern Africa Social Forum are social forums.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) is an American daily newspaper based in metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia.

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The Michigan Citizen

The Michigan Citizen (sometimes called just Michigan Citizen) was a weekly newspaper distributed in Detroit.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental organization, think tank, and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

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The World Social Forum (WSF, Fórum Social Mundial) is an annual meeting of civil society organizations, first held in Brazil, which offers a self-conscious effort to develop an alternative future through the championing of counter-hegemonic globalization. United States Social Forum and World Social Forum are social forums.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Social_Forum

Also known as US Social Forum.