Unite to change the world, WSF says

Wed, 27 Jan 2010

The 10th World Social Forum (WSF) has kicked off five days of criticizing capitalism in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Participants want to remind the world that capitalists are exploiting the poor.

Meanwhile, its antithesis, the 14th World Economic Forum (WEF), a meeting of rich nations, opens on Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland. It is an annual meeting held to debate issues facing the global economy.

The WSF, set up to counter the "worldview" of rich nations, on Tuesday called on activists worldwide to "unite to change the world."

Brazilian human rights activist Sergio Bernardo proclaimed that "the rich have driven the capitalist system into chaos, but the WSF will be letting them know that we can create a world free of exploitation that will help the poor."

More than 25,000 trade unionists and social, environmental, and political activists from around the globe kicked off the first of almost 30 WSF events that will take place throughout the world this year.

Catholic liberation theologist Francisco Whitaker pointed out that "lingering fallout from the financial crisis is proof that the world economy must be re-tooled to benefit people, not big companies."

The WSF is only "a tool" and must not be confused with the global movement for another world, Whitaker said.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=117145§ionid=351020706.