The torrential Amazon rains did not prevent around 70,000 activists to participate in the first rally at the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil.

Composed mostly of representatives from Brazilian social movements but with a signifant presence of foreign activists, the march was charactherised by various colours and rhythms. The marchers, especially the young, shouted their own slogans to the distinctive tunes from samba drums.

Representatives from different social movements from different countries converged to demonstrate once again that the solidatiry of people can indeed make another world possible.

The women's contingent distinguished itself through the power and the rhythms of the slogans “I abort, you abort, we are all clandestines” and “another world for women is possible,” among others.