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March 28, 2013

50,000 Activists Gather for World Social Forum in Tunisia 
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An estimated 50,000 activists from nearly 130 countries around the world
are gathering in Tunisia this week for the annual World Social Forum.
The five-day event kicked off Tuesday with a march in the capital Tunis,
viewed as the birthplace of the Arab Spring. Each year pro-democracy
activists opposed to the current economic model meet to envision a more
just world and mobilize around issues of debt, austerity, environmental
devastation, gender injustice and more. It is the first time the forum
has been held in an Arab country.

 

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