Newsclick presents a series of images and videos of the recently concluded 13th World Social Forum's opening ceremony in Tunisia, reminding us of the core WSF slogan; Another World is Possible!

NewsClick presents a series of images from the opening ceremony of the World Social Forum, 2013, Tunisia.

The World Social Forum 2013 kicked off this year on 27th March with tens of thousands of people marching through the heart of Tunis.

The savage murder of Chokri Belaid, one of Tunisia’s progressive political figures, brought over a million Tunisians onto the streets of Tunis and other cities for his funeral held on 6 February 2013. The General Workers Union(UGTT) called for a strike, the first in more than thirty years to coincide with the funeral. Tunisians ponder who will be next after such a political assassination?

The assassination of the highly respected opposition figure Chokri Belaid has thrown Tunisia into turmoil and could mark a turning point in Tunisian politics.

I am one of those who out of principle condemn all military interventions by Western powers in the countries of the South, these interventions being by nature subject to the requirements of the deployment of control of the planet by the capital of the monopolies that dominate the system.

The reports filtering out of Northern Mali are appalling: a young couple stoned to death, iconic ancient shrines dismantled, and some 365,000 refugees fleeing beatings and whippings for the slightest violations of Sharia law.

Leonce Ndikumana: Tunisia to audit foreign debt and reject loans embezzled by former dictator

Vijay Prashad discusses with Newsclick how the US and its allies have struck back against the mas movements that overthrew Ben Ali and Mubarak. This is what he terms as the Libyan Winter. He analyses the forces that the US and its allies are putting together and the danger to the region from these forces.