Every one of these 'G' meetings becomes now an occasion for the developing countries - say the emerging economies - to turn that extra energy into a louder voice in the business of global decision-taking.

The last WSF International Meeting, in May, approved to hold the next World Social Forum in Dakar, in Senegal in 2011. According to the African Social Forum organizers, the Dakar proposal is supported by several social movements in the region, such as feminist organizations and trade unions.

From October the 9th until the 12th it will be held in Canada the second edition of the Quebec Social Forum. More than six people are expected to participate in the several programmed activities. Some of the event's cross-cutting themes address resistance and the creation of alternatives to capitalist, patriarchal, racist and homophobic forms of oppression, and of a “Reinventing the Quebec of tomorrow”.

NGLS, in collaboration with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Third World Network (TWN), organized a side event to brief Geneva-based government delegations and NGOs on the outcome of the UN Conference on the crisis and begin discussion on the challenges ahead.

The state is back; neo-liberal policies have failed; and the liberalisation of trade should be halted. These are some of the findings and recommendations from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for the poorest countries, most of which are in Africa.

At the end of a G8 that was set for disaster, a last minute announcement of $20 billion to tackle the food crises provides a small glimmer of hope within a Summit that been characterized by a lack of ambition and no connection to the depths of crises.

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Ahead of the G8 summit in L’Aquila that takes place from 8-10 June 2009, Italy, members of civil society movements gathered in Sardinia in the alternative G8 summit called "Gsott8".

The military coup in Honduras comes four days after president Zelaya fired the chief of the armed forces for refusing to assist in carrying out a referendum. The president was put on a plane to Costa Rica.