Tens of thousands of people descend on Venezuela for the ever-growing movement against imperialism and the mainstream media closes its eyes:
"The overarching WSF [World Social Forum] theme 'Another World Is Possible' and opposition to 'imperialism' and war are the common denominators among the broad range of organisations and individuals gathered in Caracas this week, where one of this year's three Forums is taking place. The first phase was held Jan. 19-23 in Bamako, Mali, and the third is scheduled for late March in Karachi, Pakistan.
"he wide variety of organisations and participants was expressed by the multicoloured march, in which some 15,000 activists representing dozens of local and visiting organisations took part starting on Tuesday evening and stretching into the wee hours of the morning along two avenues in the southern part of the capital.
"Some 70,000 participants had registered for the WSF as of Wednesday, for around 1,800 activities organised by just over 2,000 different civil society groups."
For more information, see here, here and here.
"The overarching WSF [World Social Forum] theme 'Another World Is Possible' and opposition to 'imperialism' and war are the common denominators among the broad range of organisations and individuals gathered in Caracas this week, where one of this year's three Forums is taking place. The first phase was held Jan. 19-23 in Bamako, Mali, and the third is scheduled for late March in Karachi, Pakistan.
"he wide variety of organisations and participants was expressed by the multicoloured march, in which some 15,000 activists representing dozens of local and visiting organisations took part starting on Tuesday evening and stretching into the wee hours of the morning along two avenues in the southern part of the capital.
"Some 70,000 participants had registered for the WSF as of Wednesday, for around 1,800 activities organised by just over 2,000 different civil society groups."
For more information, see here, here and here.
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Yes, but the assassins Pat Robertson prays for (and that have no doubt been discussed) won't be on the list.
They might pop Hugo one of these days but the massive movement of South American peoples away from the US won't be stopped by a lone gunman; a whacking might even galvanise it further. The Bush admin is so reliably cack-handed they might even do it.
Saw footage of Harry Belafonte during the week - destroying a fool called Wolf Blitzer (who rather shamefully played the Holocaust card in an unintentionaly revealing moment) on CNN. There were clips of Harry and Chavez at rallies in Venezuela, hugging and shaking hands.
The two of them more accurately represent the hopeful future of the Americas than anything the Beltway has to offer.
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