As part of the preparation for the WSF in Nairobi, 13 organisations came together in Johannesburg, South Africa, to exchange experiences on approaches to mobilisation against the hIV/AIdS pandemic. Nina benjamin* reflects on the workshop and on the plans for the WSF.

In this article Dlamini reflects on the impact of globalisation and neoliberalism on Swaziland and its working people, and also looks at the processes of organisation and resistance.

In this article Mondli hlatshwayo* looks at instances of forced evictions in luanda, Angola, human rights abuses, and at initiatives to build movements of resistance in that Country.

In this article lindsey Collen* outlines the popular resistance to growing economic and social crisis in Mauritius. She argues that social movements must not shy away from political organisation.

In this article Mondli hlatshwayo* reflects on the development of the social movements in South Africa since the late 1990s, and he also looks at the challenges facing these new social justice movements.

In this article Jubilee South Africa gives the backround to the campaign against forced removals in the platinum rich Bushveld complex in Limpopo, Northwest and Mpumalanga. The article also looks at community resistance to the forced removals

Brian Ashley argues that the primary task in South Africa is building a united front against neo-liberalism. Central to such a front is a revived, independent Cosatu.

Ashwin Desai argues that Cosatu has much to gain by linking up with the social movements and, in turn, offers these movements greater political clarity, national links and resources.