2002 - April

As thousands of young people gathered in New York City to protest the World Economic Forum in early February, their counterparts from different countries around the world participated in the 2nd World Social Forum held in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Immediately after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, George Bush gave his now famous ultimatum: "You are either with us, or against us," meaning you either support US imperialism and the murderous aggressive war Bush would soon initiate or you support the criminal and inhuman attacks of September 11.

The terrorist attacks of September 11 took thousands of innocent lives; women and men of all races, nationalities, classes, and faiths. Those responsible for this crime against humanity must be brought to justice. But these attacks did more than kill, they created a dangerous atmosphere in the world. Now the US government is unleashing its own terror on the rest of the world in the name of making the world safe.