SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008  
  
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A lot of critique is being heard once more at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, but take a while to read stories and commentaries about some alternatives, groups that are marginalised, and attempts to create ‘another world’ in VOICES-VOZES'’.

Editorial Team:
Johanna Son (Editor) / Sonny Inbaraj / Ranjit Devraj / Marwaan Macan-Markar / Bester Gabotlale / Gustavo Gonzalez / Humberto Márquez / Qurratul Ain Tahmina / Satya Sivaraman / Sandhya Srinivasan / Constanza Vieira

Photographer:
Buddhika Weerasinghe

Translators:
Nanci Vieira / Adalberto Wodianer Marcondes / Alfredo Martins / Cecilia Gonzalez / Veronica Firme

'Voices' is a TerraViva Supplement produced by IPS Asia-Pacific in
Bangkok, Thailand (ipsasia@ipsnews.net) in association with ActionAid International.

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