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AbstractAt the turn of the century, the process of “dissemination” of social forums and of counter- summits has accelerated, gradually spreading to every nation, continent and region. The movements of the Have-not, almost absent from the first world social Forum (FSM) and under-represented in the second, gradually imposed their presence in these spaces, putting forward the importance of their fight, as being at the heart of social struggles. As a group constantly mobilized in social struggles against the liberal order, the Have-not (unemployed, beneficiary income support, disabled, people with illnesses, illegal immigrants, people without housing or without land), endowed with a role of social repellent, excluded from any kind of social status and often with no institutional representation, be it political or from a trade-union, increase the number of cultural and territorial identities which are flattened by the liberal globalization. With reference to the sociology of action, this analysis concentrates on social actors, multi polarised on sectors of struggles. It attempts to shed some light on the variety of the demands brought forward by the actors in the social forums. In doing so, we shall counter-balance the simple messages and partial representations which are usually delivered by politicians and traditional media. We shall show how this social group of Have-not, which was virtual and latent in the 1990s, joined in the forums by successive affiliation to different movements in France, in Europe and on other continents, until they became a “group in themselves”, bringing to the forefront the urgency of dealing with social issues, especially that of class domination, of cast, race, or gender. We shall also analyse how this actor-subject we call Have-not can be perceived as the vessel of the collective memory of social struggles over time and space, as it offers a double frame, both interpretative as far as the ravages of liberal globalization are concerned, but also prospective, as a political space producing solidarities in response to repressive policies led against the poor, outcasts and activists of their cause.
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The "profession of faith of a centre of research in Women and Gender Studies" is designed to suspend, in the span of a utopian dream, the dynamic and generous teaching which Mireille Calle-Gruber makes available to students and researchers at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, so that the specificity of what is at stake may be grasped. A "profession of faith" can be understood in various ways. In the active sense of the expression, meaning that a doctorate student makes (poiein) a "profession" (confession) of her faith in the urgency to preserve a spacio-temporal domain for writing and for literary research, in a society where monetary and temporal gain are the number one priority. And taking the expression in its literal sense: to vouch for a "profession" that is different but vital in preserving what is "human". Where faith stands for wealth and hospitality is the law.
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