Comments on: Crossing the Planet http://www.nowtopians.com/general-musings/crossing-the-planet economy, 'technology', public space, San Francisco past and present, class, books Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:54:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Bacu de Sunga » Fórum Social Mundial 2009 - Bicicletada http://www.nowtopians.com/general-musings/crossing-the-planet/comment-page-1#comment-376 Bacu de Sunga » Fórum Social Mundial 2009 - Bicicletada Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:20:05 +0000 http://www.nowtopians.com/?p=498#comment-376 [...] do Chris Carlsson Crossing the planet Waterworld Soggy socialists and everyone else too Posts Relacionados22/set - Dia Mundial Sem Carro [...] [...] do Chris Carlsson Crossing the planet Waterworld Soggy socialists and everyone else too Posts Relacionados22/set – Dia Mundial Sem Carro [...]

]]> By: Deb http://www.nowtopians.com/general-musings/crossing-the-planet/comment-page-1#comment-375 Deb Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:41:52 +0000 http://www.nowtopians.com/?p=498#comment-375 Thanks a lot Chris for this exciting post. Please keep us informed about(also with pictures). Always enjoy your great blog. Thanks a lot Chris for this exciting post. Please keep us informed about(also with pictures). Always enjoy your great blog.

]]> By: JP Amaral http://www.nowtopians.com/general-musings/crossing-the-planet/comment-page-1#comment-374 JP Amaral Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:02:02 +0000 http://www.nowtopians.com/?p=498#comment-374 Hi Chris Carlsson, I am João Paulo (JP) from Coletivo Ecologia Urbana. Always interesting to read your posts. The 'Coletivo' will be in the march of FSM today in the bicycle block. Let's try to meet during the march! Look for JP in the bicycle block or talk to Thiago. See you soon JP Hi Chris Carlsson,

I am João Paulo (JP) from Coletivo Ecologia Urbana. Always interesting to read your posts.
The ‘Coletivo’ will be in the march of FSM today in the bicycle block. Let’s try to meet during the march!
Look for JP in the bicycle block or talk to Thiago.

See you soon

JP

]]> By: ccarlsson http://www.nowtopians.com/general-musings/crossing-the-planet/comment-page-1#comment-373 ccarlsson Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:59:10 +0000 http://www.nowtopians.com/?p=498#comment-373 I'm accumulating contacts and stories as quickly as i can... in the program guide there are a number of Talks scheduled with Arabic speakers, stuff on Gaza and Israel, some Egyptians I think... but it's hard to tell... the program guide is extremely out of sync with what a lot of folks are doing here. I am supposed to give a Talk on Nowtopia under the aegis of Ecologia Urbana of Sao Paolo, but neither the talk nor the organization is listed anywhere. There are two campuses, 80,000-100,000 people expected (many are pouring in as I write), and by all accounts, things are poorly organized at best. Lots of good will, sweet contacts with Belem locals, and a fun time earlier today sitting between some Members of Parliament from Aruba (trying to change $2,000!) and Cedric Gina the head of the South African National Union of Metal Workers and his colleague Dr. Aquina Thulare, Deputy Chairperson of the South African Medical and Dental Practitioners... we commiserated about Obama as a representative of the U.S. ruling class and how naive the big hope is for him... Gaza is on the news here in Brazil too... horrendous destruction, explicit, lengthy interviews with victims in hospitals and neighborhoods... my South African friends asked me if I could explain why Israel did it, but of course I could not... only at the level of a national madness... anyway, Gaza is having a big impact on people's thoughts, at least based on very preliminary contacts and discussions... more to come. I’m accumulating contacts and stories as quickly as i can… in the program guide there are a number of Talks scheduled with Arabic speakers, stuff on Gaza and Israel, some Egyptians I think… but it’s hard to tell… the program guide is extremely out of sync with what a lot of folks are doing here. I am supposed to give a Talk on Nowtopia under the aegis of Ecologia Urbana of Sao Paolo, but neither the talk nor the organization is listed anywhere. There are two campuses, 80,000-100,000 people expected (many are pouring in as I write), and by all accounts, things are poorly organized at best. Lots of good will, sweet contacts with Belem locals, and a fun time earlier today sitting between some Members of Parliament from Aruba (trying to change $2,000!) and Cedric Gina the head of the South African National Union of Metal Workers and his colleague Dr. Aquina Thulare, Deputy Chairperson of the South African Medical and Dental Practitioners… we commiserated about Obama as a representative of the U.S. ruling class and how naive the big hope is for him… Gaza is on the news here in Brazil too… horrendous destruction, explicit, lengthy interviews with victims in hospitals and neighborhoods… my South African friends asked me if I could explain why Israel did it, but of course I could not… only at the level of a national madness… anyway, Gaza is having a big impact on people’s thoughts, at least based on very preliminary contacts and discussions… more to come.

]]> By: Fhar http://www.nowtopians.com/general-musings/crossing-the-planet/comment-page-1#comment-372 Fhar Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:47:59 +0000 http://www.nowtopians.com/?p=498#comment-372 The graphic designers of the Workers' Party need to have better communication with its translators. The Arabic version of "Welcome, Citizens of the World" is written backwards. In other words, it reads like "Citizens global you we welcome". Design programs often have a problem with right-to-left languages like Arabic and Hebrew, but this is something else entirely. I'd be curious to know if the Hebrew is correct. Was there anybody in attendance from the Arabic-speaking world? The graphic designers of the Workers’ Party need to have better communication with its translators. The Arabic version of “Welcome, Citizens of the World” is written backwards. In other words, it reads like “Citizens global you we welcome”. Design programs often have a problem with right-to-left languages like Arabic and Hebrew, but this is something else entirely. I’d be curious to know if the Hebrew is correct. Was there anybody in attendance from the Arabic-speaking world?

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