[APCPress] APCNews - From the World Social Forum 2005

[Karen Higgs]

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APC was among 155,000 people from 135 countries at the World Social 
Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil which took place from January 26-31. The 
WSF is the world's largest gathering of social movements, non-profits, 
and progressive groups who believe that "another world is possible". 
More than 2,000 activities took place in almost 300 
especially-constructed tents and 200 meeting venues.

The following articles are all linked to from our WSF site:
http://www.apc.org/english/wsf2005/
Other articles primarily in Spanish and Portuguese are collected on
APC’s Spanish site: http://www.apc.org/espanol/wsf2005/
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Building a news-coverage agenda for social movements in Latin America

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, 01/30/2005 -- Tens of representatives from a
variety of communications organisations came together on the morning of
Saturday 29 January at the World Social Forum to take advantage of the
rare 'face-time' to share information about the events that they believe
are critical for the media to cover in Latin American and the Caribbean
in 2005 and to schedule news coverage in collaboration. - APCNews
http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=30564


What do communication rights mean to people on the ground when they are
denied them?

PORTO ALEGRE, 01/28/2005 -- Activists from Tunisia, Italy, Paraguay and
Brazil reported on conditions in their countries and the response of
civil society. APCNews reports from the V World Social Forum. - APCNews
http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=30525


Meeting of illustrious “hackers” at the World Social Forum

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, 01/30/2005 -- “I’m a minister and a musician but
I’m a hacker at heart” – Gilberto Gil, Brazilian minister for culture
and pop icon. The roundtable on the "Digital Revolution" at the World
Social Forum brought together some of the biggest names in the internet
debate including Spanish academic Manuel Castells, open content and open
source guru, lawyer Lawrence Lessig, and now Brazil’s most illustrious
musician. This report from RITS translated into English by APC. - RITS
http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=30602


Internet governance: An opinion report on the UN working group leading
the debate

“How many of you DON’T know what ICANN is?” the audience at a seminar on
internet governance was asked. More than half present raised their
hands. Carlos Afonso, former chair of APC and member of the UN body
charged with coming up with a definition of what ‘internet governance’
should encompass gave attendees a brief but detailed overview of the
US-based body that controls the servers that run the internet. Here for
the first time his opinionative report on the first meeting of the UN
Working Group on Internet Governance, November 23-25 2004, Geneva is
published in English. Translation by APC.
http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=30629 [English]
http://www.apc.org/espanol/news/index.shtml?x=29858 [Spanish]
http://www.apc.org/espanol/news/index.shtml?x=29860 [Portuguese original]