- Three days of joy
The second European Social Forum (ESF) was held in Paris and its suburb.
A success for the activists for an alter-globalization who managed to gather 50 000 people not only from Europe but also from all over the world. - An extraordinary opportunity for meetings and exchanges. I have been enthusiastic about all the contacts I made during these three days.
Since the first world Forum of Porto Alegre in January 2001, what a progress! It has become a large movement, it has been growing more and more active, more influential and it has put forward an alternative to capitalism. In this enthusiasm, carrier of future achievements, there is a same desire shared by all: another world is possible.
In one of these forums I pinpointed these words from Che Guevara that characterize well the participants:- " Most of all, be always able to resent profoundly inside yourself any injustice done to anybody, anywhere in the world. It is the best quality of a revolutionary…"
Associations, Unions, Movements, Networks, NGO, collective groups were coming together to exchange experiences, to compare strategies, to organize struggles and social resistance against all inequalities and oppressions. 
- For these social activists, the fundamental human rights should prevail over financial and commercial interests; the neo-liberal capitalism does create more victims than wars.
Two mobilizing actions were engaged:
On March 20, 2004, anniversary of the beginning of war in Iraq by the United States and their allies, there will be a day of demonstration for a just and lasting peace. 
On May 9 we will see the fulfillment of actions for another Europe to oppose to logic of commerce and competition propelling the construction of Europe. - Already a world social forum is under preparation for January 2004 in Bombay, India and also a European Social Forum (ESF) in London in Autumn 2004.
