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The first WSF was organized by a lot of alternative globalization movement, like the French Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens ( ATTAC). The WSF had been sponsored, in part, by the Porto Alegre government, direct by Brazilian Worker's Party (PT). It was held from January 25 to January 30, 2001 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, one of the PT's strongholds. 12,000 people attended from around the world.
The second WSF, also held in Porto Alegre from January 31st to February 5th, 2002, had over 12,000 official delegates representing people from 123 countries, 60,000 attendees, 652 workshops, and 27 talks. One famous speaker was United States dissident Noam Chomsky.
The third WSF was again held in Porto Alegre, in January 2003. There were many parallel workshops, including, for example the Life After Capitalism workshop, which proposed focussed discussion on non- communist, non- capitalist, participative possibilities for different aspects of social, political, economic, communication structures [1].
The fourth WSF was held in Mumbai, India, from 16-21 January 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co. The attendance was expected to be 75,000 and it shot over by thousands. The cultural diversity was one notable aspect of the forum. The other notable decision that was taken was the stand on Free Software. One of the key speakers at the WSF 2004 was Joseph Stiglitz.
The fifth World Social Forum for 2005 will be held in Porto Alegre, Brazil between January 26-31.
The WSF has prompted the organising of many regional social forum s, including the European Social ForumThe European Social Forum (ESF) is an annual meeting held by members of the anti- globalization movement (also known as the Global Justice Movement). It aims to allow social movements, trade unions, NGOs, refugees, peace and anti-imperialist groups, anti-, the Asian Social ForumThe Asian Social Forum will be held from 2-7 January 2003 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. There are likely to be at least 90 venues. Issues The different groups involved have so far identified the following issues dalit rights water rights housing ri and the European Education ForumThe education system in Europe may become corporatized due to pressure from international treaties like GATS. Some people think that since education is a human right, it should not be subject to the free market, and that since corporations usually have th. All social forums adhere to the Charter of Principles drawn up by the World Social Forum.