In 2001 the first World Social Forum was held in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The meeting was viewed by many at the time as a new manifestation of the global Left, a p

The World Social Forum quickly became the largest political gathering in human history and continues to offer a direct challenge to the extreme inequities of co

Brecher, Costello, and Smith chart out a dynamic and innovative strategy for building the movement to challenge unchecked coporate globalization.

This book explores how the World Social Forum has developed in response to the current period of profound crisis and transition in the history of Western capita

Leading sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos makes an impassioned case for the politicisation of the World Social Forum, arguing that its full potential as a