From the archive record
Archival footage shows crowds of activists, workers, and civil society delegates participating in the World Social Forum held in Mumbai, India, in 2004. Marchers move along tree-lined roads beneath yellow banners from the South Asian Peoples’ Initiative welcoming visitors to the gathering. Delegates wearing blue caps raise their hands and fists while chanting and singing, with some women carrying identification cards around their necks. Performers on stilts wear white costumes displaying the logo of a building and the woodworkers’ federation and hold hands above the crowd. In another scene, a demonstrator lies on the road in a symbolic protest while holding a cola bottle, with a Tamil-language banner visible behind him. The footage captures the demonstrations, street performances and diver