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More than 5,000 organizations and over 60,000 participants took part in this year’s World Social Fórum. The four day event was held at the University of Tunis on the outskirts of the Tunisian capital. Among the 1000 workshops offered, popular themes were climate change, women, migration, globalization and economic justice. However, workshops on issues related to sub-Sahara Africa, The U.N., and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were absent. On the third day, two groups, one supporting President Assad, the other one supporting the opposition were confronting each other. A scuffle ensued and Forum organizers had to intervene. Some organizers proposed that the next Forum, to be held in two years, also take place in Tunisia to build on the contacts and structures built during this year's forum.