Saad-Filho: Fascism In Brasil, A Tragedy In Four Acts
Brazil elected its new President on 28 October 2018 – the improbable, unspeakable fascist former army captain Jair Bolsonaro won against the affable unimpeachable …
Saad Filho: The attack on Lula and threats to Brasil’s Democracy
Speech at SOAS, University of London, April 12, 2018 Transcribed and edited for readability by Brasil Wire Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was the …
Diretas Já: Brasil’s political rupture and the left’s opportunity
Alfredo Saad-Filho 23 May 2017. Originally published at OpenDemocracy. “Out with Temer – direct elections now!”. Amid meltdown in Brazil, the left calls for democracy, while …
Overthrowing Dilma Rousseff: It’s Class War, and Their Class is Winning
Every so often, the bourgeois political system runs into crisis. The machinery of the state jams; the veils of consent are torn asunder and …
June 2013: A Retrospective
“Brazil: Social Change from Import-Substitution to Neoliberalism and the ‘Events of June’” By Alfredo Saad Filho originally published at nuvole.it Introduction [1] Large demonstrations …