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22 January, 2001In his new opinion column, the IMF general secretary welcomes the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, as a labour movement alternative to Davos.
GENEVA: Marcello Malentacchi, IMF general secretary, has welcomed the new Porto Alegre initiative as an alternative to the World Economic Forum in Davos. He has for some time proposed establishing an alternative, that is a labour movement alternative, to the Davos forum.
Trade unions, he says, with all their experience and pragmatism, provide the only realistic counterweight to unfettered capitalism. Consequently, the initiative for the World Social Forum, taking place in Porto Alegre, Brazil, during the same period as the World Economic Forum, January 25-30, 2001, can provide a new international arena for opening up a debate about globalisation from a social perspective.
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Trade unions, he says, with all their experience and pragmatism, provide the only realistic counterweight to unfettered capitalism. Consequently, the initiative for the World Social Forum, taking place in Porto Alegre, Brazil, during the same period as the World Economic Forum, January 25-30, 2001, can provide a new international arena for opening up a debate about globalisation from a social perspective.
Read the entire opinion by clicking on the first associated link.