World Social Forum 2005, Porto Alegre, Brazil. From forumsocialmundial.org

2 From the Editor's Desk

4 Is Another World Possible?
By Arnie Alpert
If the Forum is not -- or not yet -- able to chart a course for the broad agenda of "other worlders," it still can be an important gathering point for the more focused movements, such as the growing web of campaigns to stop the corporate takeover of the world's water.

6 Have the Slaves Left the Master's House?
By Amanda Alexander and Mandisa Mbali
Delegate after delegate emphasized that Africa's poverty, wars, and disease pandemics are causally related to a global economic system that is predicated on the poverty of the many.

8 Global Debt Cancellation Prospects
From 50 Years is Enough
Debt campaigners have identified 2005 as a potential breakthrough year. The finance ministers of the most powerful countries of the world have been discussing 100% multilateral debt cancellation for a number of the world's most impoverished countries.

10 Bringing the Peace Movement Home: A Report from the Second United for Peace & Justice Assembly
By Noah Merrill
The mood and direction of the delegates demonstrated a shift from the politics of protest to the politics of practical action.

12 No More Nuclear Hypocrisy: Defending the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
By Joseph Gerson
Another and more secure world is possible. It was described and agreed to in one of the most important bargains of the 20th century -- the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty -- but it has yet to be fulfilled.

15 Two Minneapolis Juries Support "International Law" Defense
By Steve Clemens
The defendants entered excerpts from The Hague Treaty, The Geneva Accords and Protocols, the UN Convention of Conventional Weapons, and the Nuremberg Principles as evidence for the jury to consider.

16 Let Us Be Worthy: A Eulogy for Ossie Davis
By Harry Belafonte
With history as witness, and his uncompromising allegiance to truth, Ossie Davis stands validated and revered.

18 How to Use Jail/Court Solidarity
By Katya Komisaruk
Jail/court solidarity is a combination of non-cooperation techniques and collective bargaining that groups of activists can use to take care of each other in the legal system.

20 Unnatural Disasters -- Ending Landmines One Step at a Time
By Bequie Lake
"We declare our commitment to press forward with the fight to rid the world of landmines, and our determination to finish the job in our lifetime."

23 Pieces (Events, Campaigns, Opportunities, Resources)

24 Hope and Hard Work: Another America is Possible
Join us in building a movement to challenge the Bush Administration's dangerous priorities.

Short Takes:
Peace Tax Return to Protest War 9
Sample Letter to Support the Peace Tax Fund 9
March 19: The World Says End the War! 11
Letter from Athol, MA 11
Judge Christopher Weeramantry Speaking Tour 12
Nihon Hidankyo Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 13
AFSC Launches SOS! Campaign on the US Budget 14
Stop the CAFTA Vote 21
Honoring Archbishop Romero 22

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