First, an interview conducted by Alejandro Kirk for IPS/Terraviva with Susan George, Associate Director of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam and vice-president of ATTAC-France. George sees Lula's decision to travel to the Davos Forum as controversial: "I fear many people will be disappointed that virtually his first act as president is to travel a vast distance to join this group. The police won't let Lula's 'real' network, 'his' people, the protesters, get within 500 meters of the conference".
>> See full text of the IPS/Terraviva interview with Susan George.
Second, another IPS/Terraviva article surveying the opinions of a range of activists present at the WSF on Lula's decision to travel to Davos. A growing number of activists see President Jose Inácio Lula da Silva’s visit as a sign of the emerging political environment they are prepared to subscribe to, that of engaging with their political opponents to achieve change.
>> See full text of the IPS/Terraviva article.
