TERRAVIVA - THE INDEPENDENT FAMILY OF PUBLICATIONS FROM INTER PRESS SERVICE. http://www.ipsterraviva.net World Social Forum 2006 Copyright © 2006 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. en-US : Participants Declare Bush "Guilty" http://www.ipsterraviva.net/tv/wsf2006/viewstory.asp?idnews=558 Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Jan 29 (IPS) - An informal International Women's Tribunal, meeting at the sixth World Social Forum in the Venezuelan capital, found "imperialism" and U.S. President George W. Bush guilty of violating the human rights of people in countries like Iraq and Cuba. : ORGANISED CIVIL SOCIETY TAKES ACTION ON A GLOBAL SCALE http://www.ipsterraviva.net/tv/wsf2006/viewstory.asp?idnews=559 Jorge González D. How can citizens change their social, economic and political realities? Can Brazil's indigenous peoples halt the destruction of the Amazon? Will Bolivia's legal coca-growers be able to modify anti-drug policies? Can Chilean women influence a misogynist judicial system? : Series of Global Protests to Begin in March http://www.ipsterraviva.net/tv/wsf2006/viewstory.asp?idnews=560 Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Jan 29 (IPS) - A day of international protests against the occupation of Iraq, on Mar. 18, will mark the start of a series of demonstrations and mobilisations organised at the sixth World Social Forum, which ended Sunday in Venezuela. CHAVEZ: "AN OFFENSIVE HAS BEEN UNLEASHED AGAINST IMPERIALISM" http://www.ipsterraviva.net/tv/wsf2006/viewstory.asp?idnews=540 The Venezuelan president greeted the audience, telling them they are fighting for "a different world, a better world, of peace and justice, which is not only possible, it is necessary now! Not tomorrow!" With the tens of thousands of WSF participants from around the world, Caracas "has been filled with magic," he said. INTERVIEW WITH VENEZUELAN AUTHOR LUIS BRITTO GARCIA: "THE FOURTH WORLD WAR IS AGAINST NEOLIBERALISM" http://www.ipsterraviva.net/tv/wsf2006/viewstory.asp?idnews=541 Eric Contreras "I always say that on February 27, 1989, the fourth world war begain in Venezuela. The third was the Cold War, and the fourth is the war against neoliberalism, which began in Caracas on that day." A SEEMINGLY NEVERENDING DEBATE: SHOULD THE WSF BECOME A POLITICAL MOVEMENT? http://www.ipsterraviva.net/tv/wsf2006/viewstory.asp?idnews=542 Carolina Gerendas Key elements of politics, including representation, are in crisis; governments need to open themselves up to popular participation; purely representative democracy is part of neoliberalism. Or is it? The debate became galvanised during the 6th WSF. : Politicisation Vs "Purity" Debate Comes to a Head http://www.ipsterraviva.net/tv/wsf2006/viewstory.asp?idnews=543 Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Jan 28 (IPS) - Politics, especially party politics, on which representative democracy is based, is in crisis. But not even the social movements brought together under the umbrella of the World Social Forum (WSF) are doing enough to respond to the demands of the societies in which they are active. ALTERNATIVE NETWORKS EMERGE ACROSS THE CONTINENT: ANOTHER COMMUNICATION IS INDISPENSABLE http://www.ipsterraviva.net/tv/wsf2006/viewstory.asp?idnews=522 Carolina Castro The fight for journalism that serves a social function, prevailing over the notion of profit, should be part of the South's efforts to oppose the bombardment of media satellite signals from the North. AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE ALTERNATIVE: HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD WITHOUT TAKING POWER http://www.ipsterraviva.net/tv/wsf2006/viewstory.asp?idnews=523 Elisa Ruiz For Marxism, the problem of the revolution is the problem of power, but John Holloway, economist and university professor in Mexico and Ireland, says that doesn't have to be the case. He is accompanied by the groups that are alternatives to the alternative, who see Chávez as just another reactionary. What would Bush say? OPINIONS FROM THE GRASSROOTS, WORDS ON THE STREET: WHY HAVE A WSF? http://www.ipsterraviva.net/tv/wsf2006/viewstory.asp?idnews=524 Oscar Lloreda O. The more young people, the better: the better they see the Forum as a space for rebuilding hope, dialogue and efforts for a better world, and that it's possible. The theme of the WSF is interpreted in the words of the participants, who turn it into a sort of mantra for internalising this experience.