Another World Is Possible

100,000 people traveled to Brazil for the World Social Forum, where the looming war with Iraq dominated the agenda.

By Ben Ehrenreich

Porto Alegre, Brazil—If two words could conceivably sum up the mood at the 2003 World Social Forum, they would be urgency and jubilance—urgency as the war in Iraq creeps closer, and jubilance over Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s victory in the Brazilian elections, [RETURN TO ARTICLE]

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    What does the world get without leadership… chaos…  look at what happened post USSR braekup…  imagine trying to raise a fmaily without parents… Lord of the Flies…  We shuld learn from the animal kingdom… every species has a hierarchy which keeps things in check… who are we to do otherwise…  humans are so arorgant that we think we can all exist without law and consequence…  I think the only person more stupid than “W” is Lula…  How is it the world cannot vote in intelligent peace loving peoples who have a real perspectiveon life?  Scoialism only works when people are enslaved to work… what does evey communist country have in comon?  Slave camps….  Swedish and Candadian socialism works becasue it is not pure socialism…  There are as many homelss up north as there are down south… the bottom line is that poeple have to take some responsibility for their place in this world….  this is sad but true…  Wake up….

    United States Posted by Larry on Feb 5, 2003 at 1:16 PM

    I was just curious to know where did you get the idea that this meeting about anarchy or no leadership? How is it that only the real weathly can run for high offices in the US? Look, if you are going to talk about economic systems at least call a spade a spade. What does every capitalist country have in common? Exploitation and some claim that Dole Bananas & Coca Cola and a whole host of other transnational corporations also run slave camps. Just look at the history of capitalism.

    As for Swedish and Canadian socialism, well, its not socialism. These countries have free-markets with social programs. What is pure socialism anyway? For that matter what is pure capitalism? Further, these people are not sleeping. Actually, they are trying to do something to help the homeless and poor in both regions. Its it a shame that there are homeless people in a country as rich as the US or any other Western nation. The point is that they (West) have the means and capabilities to prevent and improve the condition of the poor & homeless.

    United States Posted by Kaaran Forsyth on Feb 10, 2003 at 10:33 AM
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