Editors' Preface

Acknowledgements

Foreword: Porto Alegre by Michael Hardt and Toni Negri

Introduction: The World Social Forum, or, the Reinvention of Democracy
Thomas Ponniah and William F. Fisher

Theme I: The Production of Wealth and Social Reproduction

Overview
William F. Fisher and Thomas Ponniah

External Debt: Abolish the Debt in Order to Free Development
Eric Toussaint and Arnaud Zacharie (Committee for the Annulment of Third World Debt)

Africa/Brazil: Synthesis of Conference

Controls on Financial Capital
ATTAC France

International Trade: Synthesis of Conference

Transnational Corporations
Joshua Karliner (CorpWatch) and Karolo Aparicio (Global Exchange)

A Strategic Perspective on the International Trade Union Movement for the 21st Century
Congress of South African Trade Unions

A Global Strategy for Labor 64
Jeff Faux (Economic Policy Institute)

Solidarity Economy: Resist and Build
Economic Solidarity Group of Quebec: Jean-François Aubin, René Lachapelle, Gérald Larose, Nancy Neantam, ESGQ delegates to the World Social Forum and François Lamarche, CSN delegate

Solidarity Economy: Synthesis of the Conference

Theme II: Access to Wealth and Sustainability

Overview
William F. Fisher and Thomas Ponniah

The Living Democracy Movement: Alternatives to the Bankruptcy of Globalization
Vandana Shiva (Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology)

Environment and Sustainability: Synthesis of Conference

Water - Our Common Heritage: Synthesis of the Conference

Discussion Paper on Intellectual Property and the Knowledge Gap
OXFAM

Knowledge, Copyright and Patents: Synthesis of the Conference

Medicine, Health and AIDS: Synthesis of the Conference

For the PeopleÕs Right to Produce, Feed Themselves and Exercise their Food Sovereignty
APM World Network (Alliance for a Responsible, Plural, United World)

Cities, Urban Populations: Synthesis of the Conference

Indigenous Commission Document
Dionito Makuxi, Piná Tembé, Simião Wapixana, Joel Pataxó, Lurdes Tapajós, Luiz Titiá Pataxó Hã-Hã-Hãe

Indigenous Peoples: Synthesis of the Conference

Theme III: The Affirmation of Civil Society and of Public Space

Overview
William F. Fisher and Thomas Ponniah

Democratization of Communications and the Media: Focus and Scope
Osvaldo León

Education: Synthesis of the Conference

Cultural Diversity, Cultural Production and Identity
Fatma Alloo, Luiza Monteiro, Aureli Argemí, Imruh Bakari, Xavi Perez

Domestic Violence:Violence against Women Ð The "Other World" Must Act
World March of Women

Culture of Violence, Domestic Violence: Synthesis of the Conference

Combating Discrimination and Intolerance:
National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (India)

Combating Discrimination and Intolerance: Synthesis of the Conference

Migrations, People Traffic (Women, Children), Refugees: Migration and the Contradictions of Globalization
Lorenzo Prencipe (Centre d'information et d'études sur le migrations internationales)

Discussion Document for the Conference on Perspectives of the Global Civil Society Movement
Latin American Social Observatory (OSAL) and Latin American Social Sciences Council (CLACSO)

Perspectives of the Global Civil Society Movement: Synthesis of the Conference

Theme IV: Political Power and Ethics in the New Society

Overview
William F. Fisher and Thomas Ponniah

International Organizations and the Architecture of World Power
Walden Bello (Focus on the Global South)

International Organizations and the Architecture of World Power: Synthesis of the Conference

Globalization and Militarism: Synthesis of the Conference

Human Rights (Economic, Social and Cultural): Synthesis of the Conference

Sovereignty, Nation, Empire
Daniel Bensaid

A Note on Participatory Democracy
M.P. Parameswaran (Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad)

Principles and Values
Michael Löwy and Frei Betto

Principles and Values: Feminism and the Triad of Enlightenment Ideals
Celia Amorós

Principles and Values: Synthesis of the Conference

Epilogue

Social Movements’ Manifesto – "Resistance to Neoliberalism, War and Militarism: For Peace and Social Justice"

Appendix

World Social Forum Charter of Principles

World Social Forum Contacts