IN THIS (special, all male) ISSUE OF FOCUS o­n TRADE

THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: From Florence to Porto Alegre, via Hyderabad: A Year in the Life of the World Social Forum
By Walden Bello

THE ASIAN SOCIAL FORUM: A Great Movement is Born
By Praful Bidwai

Purging pain to forge a new world
By Herbert V Docena

Statement of the Asian Social Mass & Peoples' Movements & Organisations

Statement of the Peoples Movements Encounter

WSF SOCIAL FORUM o­n PALESTINE: “At least they didn't shoot us”
By Herbert V. Docena

BEYOND ASIA
A Split Screen in Strike-Torn Venezuela
By Mark Weisbrot

“Deglobalization”? Sure, But…
Patrick Bond reviews Walden Bello's “Deglobalisation”