World Social Forum 2005 The World Social Forum is an international framework for all those opposed to globalisation and building alternatives to think and organise together in favour of human development, social and cultural international relations. In 2001, the first World Social Forum brought together some 20,000 participants, around 4,700 of them delegates for a wide range of organisations from 117 countries. At the 5th World Social Forum, organisers are seeking to enlarge convergences and multiply dialogues during the event. The agenda is proposed by WSF 2005 participant organisations and will map themes that include:

Common good versus commodification

Peace, demilitarisation and struggle against war, free trade and debt

Autonomous thought, reappropriation and socialisation of knowledge and technologies

Defending diversity, plurality and identities

Social struggles and democratic alternatives

Communication: counter-hegemonic practices, rights and alternatives

Arts and creation: weaving and building people’s resistance culture The 5th World Social Forum will take place from Jan 26-31 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. For further information, visit www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/home.asp