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World Social Forum for Global Equity, Says Activists

Agence France Presse | February 2, 2002 | By Claire de Oliveira and Sophie Lautier PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil - Activists at the second annual World Social Forum here Friday rejected the label "anti," saying they were working for democracy and equitable distribution of wealth.

Anti-Globalizers at Brazil Summit See Wars and Conflict if Capitalism Unchecked

Associated Press | February 2, 2002 | By Tony Smith PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil - Wars over energy, wars over water, wars over who's rich and who's poor. Participants at the second World Social Forum paint a grim picture of the future in a world dominated by global capitalism.

Activists at Brazil Forum Say Traditional Farming Threatened by Intellectual Property Rules

Associated Press | February 2, 2002 | By Tony Smith PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil - Ask Wilson Campos about intellectual property rights and the Costa Rican will tell you they are designed by multinational companies to make farmers like him dependent on expensive, patented seeds.

Key Participants WEF

AP Online | February 1, 2002 Key participants in the five-day World Economic Forum, meeting at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Some 3,000 corporate and political leaders and others were expected to attend: King Abdullah II of Jordan Kofi Annan, secretary-general of United Nations Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, president of Philippines

U.S. Accused Of ""Stalling"" Lumber Talks

London Free Press | by ALLAN SWIFT | February 1, 2002 International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew says a settlement in the cross-border lumber dispute will be impossible unless "hardline interests" stop believing they can overhaul Canada's forestry management policies. Pettigrew also accused the Americans yesterday of stalling on talks to settle the lumber fight.

Jospin Calls for Mastered Globalisation

EUobserver | February 1, 2002 | Written by Daniela Spinant, Edited by Blake Evans-Pritchard

WEF Survey on Globalization

PR Newswire European | February 1, 2002 People around the world increasingly favour globalisation but worry about jobs, poverty and environment - World Economic Forum survey of 25,000 citizens across 25 countries

In Manhattan, Lofty Thoughts and High Security

Washington Post | by Christine Haughney | February 1, 2002 With snow-capped Alps replaced by rain-slicked skyscrapers, the 31st World Economic Forum meeting, held for the past three decades in Davos, Switzerland, began here today amid an avalanche of talk and muted protest.

WTO Procedural Fight Boosts Developing Country Agenda

Inside US Trade | February 1, 2002

French Activist Tailed in Rio

The Guardian (London) | February 1, 2002 Four policemen have been tailing Jose Bove, the French farmer and activist, who is in Brazil to attend the second World Social Forum - the anti-capitalist counterpoint to the Davos World Economic Forum in New York.