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COLUMN: Porto Alegre and Davos
News Wire article from: University Wire ...the people of Porto Alegre hosted the...counter-Davos" gathering...he said. "Davos, the planet...superrich, Porto Alegre, the planet...concerned. Here in Porto Alegre, we are ...
Peace of my heart. (don't get me started).(author attends World Social Forum,...
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) ...the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The international...World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland--where...been invited to speak at Davos. Before he left on a night...his reasons for going to Davos. All without a TelePrompTer...
GIVE DISSENT A CHANCE.(Editorial)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer ...John Foster in a history of global civil society. "The first World Social Forum (the so-called `anti-Davos') held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in January 2001, may have inaugurated a new era in global civil politics. It was remarkable in...
NOTES FROM THE EDITORS.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
Magazine article from: Monthly Review ...unregulated free trade. In his column on the Op-Ed page of...World Social Forum in Porto Alegre in January 2001. Each...World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to work...Forum was being held in Porto Alegre, Brazil at the ...

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