A committed but critical anthology of essays on the theory and practice of the World Social Forum, with essays by wo/men from many parts of the world, with many different points of view. The online version of this book (http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/1557.html) is abbreviated from the printed original, published by Viveka, New Delhi. This is so that it might provide a taster for the print version (with its extensive Documents and Resources) rather than an alternative to it.