After the organisers of the ESF had already presented the concept of the Social Forum to the world's media yesterday, activists involved in the "Eur@ction Hub" followed today. They particularly presented their decentral and non-hierarchical approach and invited everyone to participate. The very different approaches of both models of organisation - that of the ESF and that of the Hub - already became apparent in the settings of the press conferences: While the ESF organisers sat down in front of the press and presented a statement, the Hub activists involved the journalists into a discussion, in which several journos participated with interesting contributions.

Meanwhile thousands of people are arriving in Florence. Dozends of activists are continuing to set up the Hub space close to the official ESF space to have it ready for the workshops starting tomorrow.

Pictures:
1: ESF press conference
2: Hub press conference
3: News about the ESF are sent around the globe...
4: ... by enthusiastic corporate media reporters.
5: Yomango are explaining the art of shoplifting.