Today the 8th World Social Forum, initiated in Porto-Alegre, Brazil in 2001, is mobilising all around the planet for a Global Day of Action. Hundreds of trade unions and progressive organisations have responded to the WSF’s call for a decentralised action that best illustrates the diversity of civil society concerns about the current process of globalisation. The WSF event coincides with the closing days of the Davos World Economic Forum, meeting at the same time in Davos, Switzerland.