INFORMATION ABOUT THE V WORLD SOCIAL FORUM
(01/26/2005 to 01/31/2005)
Links to some sites with information about the event:
Information on Porto Alegre - WSF Host City, Rio Grande do Sul Capital, Brazil:
City description by site Wcams
City's General Data from Porto Alegre Government
City's General Data from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS
Main locations for the WSF activities:
1) Parque Marinha do Brasil: 1, 2
2) Harmonia Park (or Maurício Sirotzky Sobrinho): next to Porto Alegre downtown area. See images: 1, 2, 3
3) Usina do Gasômetro: beginning of Andradas Street, downtown. See image: 1
PICTURES FROM THE 5th WSF:
07 January 2005:
Preparing infraestruture for the big event:
12 January 2005:
How the infrastructure works for the big event have evolved. It will have more than 150,000 square metres of tents where dozens of WSF activities will be held. See here:
21 January 2005:
How the infrastructure works for the big event have evolved. See here:
22 January 2005:
Pictures
taken all over the area of the 5th World Social Forum – Alfândega Square,
central docklands area, gasometer, Beira Rio Avenue, Harmonia Park, Sunset
Amphitheatre, Marinha Park, and back to Harmonia Park towards the city centre
again. See the latest days before the event: hundreds of tents (measuring over
150,000 square metres overall), series of toilets, and fire ladders. They also show the early arrival
of Canadian youngsters, concern with security and several other aspects of this
large global event which is scheduled to begin on 26 January 2005.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67
Some pictures taken along the way:
- group of Canadian youngsters setting up their tent at the Youth Camp: 1
- "heavy sleep" probably due to excessive work in the latest days before the event: 1
- inside the WSF territory, a demonstration that "another world is possible": 1
26 January 2005 (Wednesday):
Opening Walk (Wednesday):
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
29 January 2005 (Saturday):
Pictures of the 5th WSF territory:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
30 January 2005 (Sunday):
Last moments of the WSF:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
=> In addition, see again other pictures and data concerning the:
- and the III WSF (2003)
