‘The human rights abuses in Congo have been aided and abetted by the business community, those companies in pursuit of natural resources…but if ‘we’ go, who delivers services, provides
I never did meet John Vidal for a beer. He may be the only journalist from a mainstream British newspaper in Porto Alegre for the WSF, and is busy as
Porto Alegre is a warm, welcoming city. I spent half my life gallivanting around the world as a student and journalist, but it is still the place I consider home.
It's not just the MST who are unhappy with Lula this year. Greenpeace is staging a protest at the Gigantiho stadium where Lula is speaking and Caspar (and
Who says the media don't care about the World Social Forum? While reporting might be negligible in most mainstream Western media, Porto Alegre's two major daily
A few more jottings from the now well-underway Forum. I spoke to one of the participants in yesterday's opening march, who complained that the Brazillian media only cover
Focus on the Sachs report. The room is crammed with ministers, business and thought leaders, civil society leaders and me…around the room, blackberry’s seem to be what binds
Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva came to town this morning and got a warm welcome, but not all the warmth was friendliness. As around 12,000 people packed into the
The MST (Movimento Sem-Terra), Brazil's landless peasant movement, have their own campground at this year's World Social Forum (WSF). According to MST coordinator Cedenir Oliveira, 1,
Evening falls on Davos, and roughly two and a half thousand people – the vast majority of which have paid up to $50,000 for the pleasure – make tracks through the
We’re all a bit sunburnt after today’s opening march. It was big. It was loud. And fun to check out people’s badges: everyone has an orange tag
It's not just the bright sunshine and Brazilian colours that mean there are no shades of grey at the forum. Much of the politics is in black and
