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Porto Alegre Social Summit Sets Stage for Counteroffensive against Globalization

Distributed by Interpress Service | January 27, 2002 | By Walden Bello*

Sovereignty Could Come Up at Brazil Forum, Beaudoin Says

The Gazette (Montreal) | January 25, 2002 | By Allison Hanes

Press Release: Via Campesina on Porto Alegre

Via Campesina | press release | January 21, 2002 Via Campesina will be present with a strong delegation in Porto Alegre, Brazil at the second World Social Forum (WSF). This Forum is an important event that will reactivate our struggle against neo-liberal policies at an international level.

High-Profile Summits Will Take on "Globalization"

Institute for Public Accuracy | Presidential Campaign Press Materials | January 18, 2002 | Press Release For several days beginning Jan. 31, two global summits -- one in Manhattan, one in Porto Alegre, Brazil -- will offer dramatically different visions for the future of the world economy.

NGOs Prepare for the World Social Forum

Inter Press Service | January 9, 2002 | By Brahima Ouedraogo BAMAKO - Activists in Africa are preparing for the World Social Forum to be held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at the end of the month.

Common Ground - Davos and Porto Alegre: Mirrored Events? - February 19, 2001

Media pundits had fun last month portraying two major global meetings at Davos and Porto Alegre as totally opposed events symbolizing an unbridgeable divide between those who favor globalization and those who oppose it.

Alternative forum was first step toward democratic globalization - February 17, 2001

"Davos 2001," the Star Tribune's Jan. 30 editorial on the World Economic Forum, accurately points out the growing consensus that the global economy is leaving many behind. But the solution is not to defer to invisible hands of a handful of elites, as the editorial suggests.

Common Ground - Davos and Porto Alegre: Mirrored Events? - February 19, 2001

Alternative forum was first step toward democratic globalization - February 17, 2001

Protesters Invade ""Anti-Davos"" Forum in Brazil

Reuters | January 28, 2001 | By Shasta Darlington PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil - The "anti-Davos" forum in southern Brazil got a taste of its own medicine on Sunday when protesters stormed a press conference to denounce racism and demand greater participation for blacks.

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