Read the article of Heikki Patomäki and Teivo Teivainen: The World Social Forum: an Open Space or a Movement of Movements, followed by a critique by Peter Waterman.
Marc Becker writes on the return of Hugo Chavez to the WSF, and Peter Waterman poses questions around the enthusiastic reception Chavez, however not Lula, received this year.
In 2007 the World Social Forum will be held in Africa. Trevor Nwgane shares with us two essays in connection to the WSF 2007 coming to Africa. The first essay is on the WSF 2007 in Africa needing to build a mass movement again capitalism and the second one elaborates on ten reasons why the WSF must not go to South Africa.
The debate is closed with "The Third way" by Heikki Patomäki, written in response to the articles of Trevor Nwgane and Andile Mngxitama. The Third way is a reflection on the NGO-reformism versus radical, spontaneous grass-roots activism dichotomy often posed also in relation to the WSF. This is followed by a commentary of Patrick Bond on Heikki´s "Third way".

• Heikki Patomäki and Teivo Teivainen:"The World Social Forum: An Open Space or a Movement of Movements?" , Theory, Culture & Society Vol. 21, No. 5, 2004, pp. 145-154).
• Comment by Peter Waterman
• Teivo Teivainen's Reply to Peter Waterman
• Heikki Patomäki's Reply to Peter Waterman
  
  
• Marc Becker : Hugo Chavez returns to the World Social Forum, followed by a comment from Peter Waterman.
  
  
• Trevor Ngwane : Two essays on the WSF
  WSF 2007 in Africa must build a mass movement again capitalism
  10 reasons why the WSF 2007 should not come to South Africa
  
• Andile Mngxitama : WSF : the colonization of resistance?
  
  
• Comment by Heikki Patomäki : The Third Way to the articles of Trevor Ngwane and Andile Mngxitama. This is followed by a comment to Heikki by Patrick Bond