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Dozens of student protesters partake in the World Social Forum march against capitalism in Porto Alegre, in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2001. The Jan. 25-31 forum coincides with and is meant to be a counter-weight to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Douglas Engle) Keystone

World Social Forum 2002: A protester dressed as Uncle Sam rides a mock tank during a demonstration in the streets of Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, where thousands protested the U.S.-proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas on Monday, Feb. 4, 2002. The march was the climax of the five-day World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, held as a counter to the World Economic Forum in New York, which also ended Monday.(AP Photo/Dado Galdieri) === BRAZIL OUT DIGITAL IMAGE === Keystone

World Social Forum 2003: Tens of thousands wave flags demonstrating in a march against a possible U.S.-led war in Iraq and a proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas, or FTAA in the last major event of the III World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil on Monday, Jan. 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Dado Galdieri) === BRAZIL OUT === Keystone

World Social Forum 2004: Tribal men from India participate in a march in during the World Social Forum in Bombay, India on Sunday 18 January 2004. The six-day anti-globalization event, which took place for the first time in 2001 in Brazil as a counter balance to the World Economic Forum, is held for the first time outside Brazil. About 80,0000 people from 150 countries are attending. EPA/HARISH TYAGI Keystone

World Social Forum 2005: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures as he speaks during the launching of the "global call against poverty", written in Portuguese in background, at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) **EFE OUT** === BRAZIL OUT **EFE OUT** === Keystone

World Social Forum 2006: An activist wearing a hat which read's "Radical Subversion, No to capitalism" marches during a rally as part of the 6th World Social Forum in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 27, 2006. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) === EFE OUT === Keystone

World Social Forum 2007: Delegates from the World Social Forum demonstrate on the streets of Nairobi against Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA'S) on Wednesday, 24 January 2007. The demonstrators called for the European Commission to end unfair trade agreements with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON Keystone

World Social Forum 2008: An immigrant peers through a hole in a banner during a rally of solidarity to close the two-day third World Social Forum of Migration in Madrid, Spain on 14 September 2008 in Madrid, Spain. EPA/ACERO Keystone

World Social Forum 2009: Brazilian indigenous men of the Assurini people participate in the debate 'Indigenous People of the Amazonia, Present and Future of the Humankind' at the World Social Forum taking place in Belen, Brazil, 28 January 2009. The World Social Forum, the annual countercultural gathering to protest the simultaneous World Economic Forum in Switzerland, will be held from 27 January until 01 February 2009. EPA/OSWALDO FORTE Keystone

World Social Forum 2010: People in customs participate in a peace rally at the beginning of the World Social Forum against globalization and the goal to try to solve the 'left ideology crisis', in Porto Alegre, Brazil on 25 January 2010. The event coincides with the World Economic Forum, which meets this week in Switzerland. EPA/NECO VARELA Keystone

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WSF celebrates ten years.

At a World Social Forum event in Porto Alegre from January 25 to 29, 2010, civil society groups will seek alternatives to neo-liberal policies and reflect on ten years of work.