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2001 Jan 25 |
The first World Social Forum (WSF), originated by Oded Grajew, opened in Porto Alegre, Brazil, organized by many groups including the French Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens (ATTAC). Links: Brazil, WSF 
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2003 Jan 23 |
In Porto Alegre, Brazil, the 3rd World Social Forum began as anti-globalization activists demonstrated at the start of the third annual summit on ways to limit the excesses of global capitalism. Links: Brazil, WSF
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2004 Jan 16 |
In Bombay, India, activists gathered for the 6-day World Social Forum. The meeting, which attracts activists, political workers and intellectuals from around the world, is meant to be a counterpoint to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland later this month. Links: India, WSF, WEF
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2004 Jan 20 |
Amnesty Int'l. released a report at the World Social Forum in Bombay, India, that charged North Korea with public executions of people stealing food. Links: India, North Korea, Food, WSF
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2004 Jan 21 |
The 6-day World Social Forum ended in Bombay, India, as thousands marching against the Iraq war. Some 80,000 people from a hundred countries participated in the forum. Links: Iraq, India, WSF
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2005 Jan 26 |
The 5th annual World Social Forum opened in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Activists from some 4,000 non-governmental organizations and 112 countries gathered under the theme “Another World Is Possible.” Links: Brazil, WSF
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2005 Jan 31 |
In Brazil leftist activists opposed to the spread of American influence ended the fifth World Social Forum with a protest against unfettered capitalism and the war in Iraq. Links: Iraq, Brazil, USA, WSF
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2007 Jan 20 |
In Nairobi, Kenya, more than 80,000 people from around the globe descended on the massive Kibera shanty-town, home for at least 700,000 of Kenya's poorest, to kick-off the seventh annual World Social Forum. Links: Kenya, WSF
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