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Sat 11 Nov 2002More humane form of globalisation shows current model not inevitableWORLD VIEW: If Davos is a key annual event in networking the leading proponents of what we can call "real existing globalisation", Porto Alegre has become an important moment in bringing together those who believe this form of globalisation is undermining human well-being and democracy around the world, writes Peadar Kirby'Do not keep calling us an anti-globalisation movement because we believe in pro-active thinking and in change for the better," said Mr Flavio Lotti of the Italian movement, Lilliput, last week. He was referring to the opening in Florence of the European Social Forum, itself a step in the globalisation of a significant event that has been held in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre for the past two years.