I attended the World Social Forum (WSF) in Belém, Brazil, from January
27 - Feb 1, 2009 with the Network Institute for Global
Democratization. Writings from previous forums are available on my Trip Reports page.
"Snubbing Davos: The Presidents at the World Social Forum," NACLA Report on the Americas 42, no. 3 (May/June 2009): 4-5.
The World Social Forum Returns to Brazil, Upside Down World (February 5, 2009)
Some photos and some more photos
Audio recordings, edited down into a Third World View feature for WORT in Madison, Wisconsin (February 22, 2009) play / download
Youtube videos:
- Indigenous dance at pan-amazon day (January 28)
- Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales enter meeting with social movements (January 29)
- Closing of the Indigenous Tent (February 1)
- Reading of Indigenous statement at the closing of the forum (Febuary 1)
I've also assembled a page on Indigenous peoples at the forum.
For a good introduction to the Forum, see Mario Osava, "World Social Forum: Crisis as Opportunity for 'Another World'" (Interpress Service, January 21, 2009)
See Terra Nova on reports from the Belem Forum.