From the activists: Monica Weinheimer, Holly Wren Spaulding and Eartha Meltzer Reports from Brazil with images, click here. Dear Friends, We write to offer you a way to be involved in the World Social Forum (WSF) . . . click here for details
Links: World Social Forum http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/eng/index.asp The World Social Forum is an open meeting space designed for in-depth reflection, democratic debate of ideas, formulation of proposals, free exchange of experiences and planning of effective action among entities and movements of civil society that oppose neoliberalism and a world dominated by capital and any form of imperialism and that are engaged in building a planetary society centered on the human being. GLOBAL JUSTICE'S NEW FACE AlterNet's guide to the World Social Forum http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=12424 Two weeks ago, over 50,000 people gathered in Porto Alegre, Brazil, for the World Social Forum. The six-day whirl of workshops, rallies and celebrations overshadowed the simultaneous World Economic Forum in New York and showed that the global justice movement is alive and well in the aftermath of September 11. But what exactly happened? Why should we care? And what does it mean for the future of globalization and "free trade?" AlterNet has put together a package of stories to answer those and many other questions: http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=12424 Porto Alegre, Brazil: 'Bad Capitalist! No Martini.' http://www.TomPaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/5103 Do The Public Floggings At The World Economic Forum Represent True Progress? by Naomi Klein Democratizing Communications And The Media: Focus And Scope By Osvaldo León for the World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil, http://www.mediachannel.org/views/oped/leon.shtml January 31-February 5, 2002. The World Economic Forum http://www.weforum.org/ (offical site of the WEF) The World Economic Forum serves as a platform for discussion, debate and action on the key issues on the global agenda. Indymedia's Guide to the World Economic Forum http://www.nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=16217&group=webcast ACTIVISTS PLAN UPCOMING WEF PROTESTS http://www.alternet.org/?IssueAreaID=21 Scott Harris, Between the Lines Michael Dolan of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch discusses his concerns and hopes about the upcoming World Economic Forum protests in New York City.
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