FWD: World Social Forum in Porto Alegre

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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

The articles include:

"Bad Capitalist! No Martini!"
by Naomi Klein, Tompaine.com

Two World Forums: Ideology vs. Pragmatism?
by Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet

Today, Porto Alegre; Tomorrow ...
by Jennifer Block, MotherJones.com

The End of the Beginning?
Paul Kingsnorth, OpenDemocracy.net

Listening In on the World Economic Forum
Doug Henwood, The Nation

The Anti-Globalization Movement Changes Its Tune
Walter Truett Anderson, Pacific News Service

All these articles, and much more, can also be found on
AlterNet's Globalization page:
http://www.alternet.org/?IssueAreaID=21

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