Naples, Italy, 6th September 2012
Over 250 local, national and international inhabitants’ organisations and networks for rights related to habitat, engaged in the struggle for decent living conditions in cities and territories, participated in 42 initiatives which were organized as part of the 2nd Urban Social Forum (USF) in Naples, Italy, from 3-7 September 2012. The USF is completely independent, self-managed, self-financed and presents an alternative to UN-Habitat’s sixth World Urban Forum (WUF 6). The USF is collectively responsible and committed to defending the right to the city and territories of common goods.
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- Difendiamo i beni comuni per il futuro delle città e dei territori (Comitato Cittadino San Giorgio a Cremano, 14/9/12)
- Forum Sociale Urbano: a Napoli, il forum alternativo al WUF 2012 (La Rosa Nera, 11/9/12)
- Napoli 3-7/9, Forum Sociale Urbano (Forum italiano dei movimenti per l'acqua, 8/9/12)
- Il futuro delle città: riflessioni da World Urban Forum e Forum Sociale Urbano (m.a.i.o., 8/9/12)
- International Alliance of Inhabitants: "Difendiamo i beni comuni per il futuro delle città e dei territori" (Welfare Cremona Network, 8/9/12)
- World Urban Forum e Forum Sociale Urbano di Napoli: dignità e sostenibilità (unimondo.org, 8/9/12)
- La strada in salita per la partecipazione (Una spiaggia per tutti, 7/9/12)
- Forum contro forum: la rivoluzione urbana di Napoli divide la città (Fanpage.it, 7/9/12)
- II Forum Sociale Urbano (Focus, 7/9/12)
- A Napoli quali spiagge per tutti (Risonanze mediatiche, 7/9/12)
- I giorni della merla al Forum Sociale Urbano di Napoli (iconfronti.it, 6/9/12)
- L'altro Forum (Il Corriere del Mezzogiorno.it, 6/9/12)
- Protesta di giovani al Wuf "L'acqua è un bene di tutti" (La Repubblica Napoli.it, 6/9/12)
- FSU di Napoli, la marcia continua (L'INDRO, 6/9/12)
- Difendiamo i beni comuni per il futuro delle città e dei territori (radiovostok.com, 6/9/12)
“Sorry if I arrived late and I haven’t been able to follow your talk, but I left my headset for interpretations in another room.” Thus the person representing UN-Habitat began the dialogue with civil society organisations at the World Urban Forum.
We publish the official report of the Round Table at f the World Urban Forum in Naples, which challenges the propaganda that claims a pretended unanimous acceptance for ‘Manifesto for the Cities’, revealing, rather, an unprecedented breakaway from? the UN-Habitat’s handling of the issue that contradicts the ‘human rights’ approach which should be part of its very DNA. This is a new challenge to defend democracy for the civil society.