The Genoa Social Forum opens its initiatives of dissent to the summit and the G8 international policies on next Monday with the beginning of the Public Forum "Another word is possible". With an intense and diverse interesting program (5 plenary sessions, around 10 sessions on specific themes and many selfmanaged debates, more than 200 seminars among which more than 50 represented by associations and various nets from the South) the GSF is willing to launch an important message, critically analyzing the most important themes of the G8 Agenda.

"The Genoa mobilization against G8 sets itself inside that international movement that was born in Porto Alegre this last January with the "World Social Forum", says on behalf of GSF Raffaella Bolini, Arci international responsible, and Fabio Lucchesi, from the Lilliput Net National Secretary. A very important movement that is the real news in the international politics field, and that first dared to opposse the statement.according to which there are not alternatives to economic globalizations and marked dictatorship. The GSF is therefore nestled into a movement that not only contest the legitimm… of summits as the G8 one, and is not only, generically, "anti-globalization" but constructively work for building a globalization of justice, rights, solidarity, enviromental respect.

The Genoa Social Forum does not represent obviously the whole movement, and therefore it invited during the Public Forum many international representatives, expecially from the South, to discuss together on the alternatives perspectives to the "word of the Big Eight".

The Public Forum, that opens on July 16^th to close on Sunday, July 22^nd, is a completely self-managed initiatives of the GSF and of the international movements and explicit in the program the messages that the movement intends to launch.

With the Forum Plenary Sessions, it is intended to recall the main points, the "fundamental steps" of the movement rethinking for a different globalization: "This word is not on sale" (July 16^th, 15:30), "Which mechanism for a global democracy" (Tuesday, 15:30), "Our alternatives to economic globalization" (Wednesday 18^th, 15:30), " Court on crimes of this word order" (thursay 19^th, 9:30).

The first plenary, Monday 16^th, will concentrate on denouncig unfair and unsustainble international politics. Partecipants to this session include Susan George (Observatory on mondialization, France), Walden Bello (Focus on the global south , Filippine), Ellen T’Hoen (World Campaign on drugs access), Lucia Marina Dos Santos (Sem Terra, Brasile).

The second session, Tuesday 17^th, will be attendend by: Antonio Papisca (Studies on Human Rights, Padova University), Raffaella Chiodo (Peace Table), Nicola Bullard ("Focus on the Global south", Thailand), Tom Benettolo (Arci).

On Wedneday 18^th, partecipans are: Miguel Rossetto (vice governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), Bernard Pecoul (Director of World Campaign on drugs access), Gianni Tognoni (President of the court for people rights), Lidy Nacpil ("Jubilee South", Filipinas), Ac. Krtashivananda (community development, India), Francuccio Gesualdi (responsible consume), Tonino Perna (ethic finance), Giorgio Del Fiume, Gianfranco Bettin.

On July 19^th, the following attendances are scheduled: Jose Bové (Confederation Paysanne, Aurora Donoso, Ecuador), Gianfranco Bologna (WWF), Ermete Realacci (Legambiente), Giulio Marcon (ICS). Finally, on the 19^th, after the Migrants’ Manifestation, the last plenary sessions is scheduled, attended by many representatives of organizations from the South, and concentrating on the fundamental request of the movement: obtaining the right of a global citizienship for all the people of the word (the session will be attended by the Porto Alegre mayor).

During the week, there will be some specific thematic sessions:

Monday 16^th: "Figthing poverty" (Sabina Siniscalchi Mani Tese, Red Jubilee 2000 Net, Perù; Joaquim Palhares, Brazil; Social Watch, Uruguay). At the end, a debate promoted by the Gay movement.

Tuesday 17^th: "Globalization and Gender", promoted by the Women Net Against War, Violence and Povery, with Lisa Fithina and Starhawk (Rant, USA). Following "Work problems" (Raffael Freire, national executive of Brasilian sindacates, and representatives of the Italian sindacates). Then, "Public access to knowledge" (Marco Revelli, Isidoro Mortellaro, Stefano Benni and Kailash Satyarthy, Global March Against child Ladour, India). Finally, it will be extremely interesting also the debate on "Market Liberalization and WTO" (Susan George, Walden Bello, Eduardo Missoni, Maurizio Meloni and Mario Agostinelli).

Wednesday 18^th: thematic sessions will concentrate on "Peace", with representatives of Kurdo and Palestinian people, representatives of Balcanian countries and Cecenia, and attendances from many Italian peace association. Then, "Ecological and Social debt of the North of the world" (Oronto Douglas, gas extraction in Nigeria, Shamali Guttal Thailand, Titi Soentoro Indonesia, Carlos Fazio Uruguay and Carito Basa Filipinas). Then, "Food is not a common good" (Jose Bovè, Sem Terra, Via Campesina and other international movements). Finally, "Human and Civil Rights" (Don Ciotti, Hebe de Bonaffini, Mother of the Plaza de Mayo) and "International Financial Control" (Bruno Bosco, Turin University and Neli Watchins) and "Debt of the South" (Riccardo Petrella, Lovanio University, Edmilson Rodriguez, Belem do Para major, and Susanna Chu, economics and Social Rights in Ecuador).

During the Public Forum, more than 200 events are scheduled, among which 50 represented by associations and movements from the South. Also, a large number of selfmanaged initiatives are included during the week, and a special session on Sunday 22^nd, dedicated to "G-occhio", observatory on the G8 policies and the decisions of the Genoa summit, with the attendances of many internationl experts.