MONTREAL: Anti-globalization activists will gather in Montreal on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) for the first World Social Forum (WSF) to be held in the northern hemisphere, hoping the location will provide fresh impetus for the movement.

A march through downtown Montreal is to kick off the event, which was first held in Brazil in 2001 seeking to promote alternatives to neoliberalism.

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