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“We will be together, marching forward.”

by Gaía Passarelli. I never thought I’d get here. And sometimes I want to believe that it will not get worse. But then I pinch myself: I did not think Dilma would fall, I did not think Doria would be Mayor of São Paulo, I did not think Trump would be US President. I never […]

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Elections 2018: Possible Scenarios

Brazilian Economist Marcos Arruda,  from the PACS Institute (Alternative Policies for the Southern Cone) in Rio de Janeiro, and the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, makes a political economy analysis of possible scenarios in the 2018 presidential elections. by Marcos Arruda Understanding a very complex historical situation, like that of Brazil today, is not an easy […]

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Bolsonaro: The Violence Of Voting Against Democracy

Fascism isn’t funny, but I had to smile when I saw a photo from the ‘Ele não’ (not him) protest in São Paulo last Saturday in which a smiling woman is holding a sign that reads ‘Sou coxinha, mas não sou fascista!’ (I’m a coxinha, but I’m not a fascist) A coxinha is a fried […]

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Bolsonaro says he won’t respect electoral defeat

On the eve of the #EleNão protests, as military police raid communist party headquarters across Minas Gerais, neo-fascist candidate Jair Bolsonaro tells reporter he will not respect the election results unless he wins. He is currently trailing PT candidate Fernando Haddad by 6% in the polls for the final round. by Brian Mier Speaking to […]

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DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2018

Supreme Court disenfranchises 3.3 million voters, 11 days before election

On September 26, the Federal Supreme Court upheld the exclusion of 3.3 million registered voters who did not attend an special electoral review between before a deadline of May 2018. Most of those cancelled did not register their biometrics, which became mandatory in 1,248 cities, unevenly distributed around the country, and concentrated in the traditionally left voting North East. The move has […]

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Interview with Danny Glover: Lula arrest is travesty of democracy

There are many forces outside of Brazil – those that have moved to the right – who want to crush this peoples’ response to democracy and justice and economic justice. We have to fight against that in any way that we can. Danny Glover is an American actor, producer and activist who has a long […]

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TV Globo ambush attempt against Haddad backfires

“Calm down, let me answer,” PT presidential candidate says during one of his 64 interruptions. by Brian Mier Formed with government support during the military dictatorship, TV Globo has a long history of performing character assassination against Workers Party politicians, as shown in the documentary Beyond Citizen Kane, which Globo worked to censor in Brazil, and […]

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Brasil Needs The Biggest Anti-Fascist Mobilisation In Contemporary History

These are sombre times for Brasil. An election looms, its leading candidate is in jail on politically motivated charges, and has been withdrawn. His distant challenger now sits in first place. He is a fascist and a white supremacist, in a country with well over half of its population of African or Indigenous descent. To his supporters, Jair Bolsonaro’s rape […]

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Weisbrot: Knowledge Of US Role In Coup, “Tip Of Iceberg”

In interview, Center for Economic and Policy Research Director Mark Weisbrot talks about how the US government has worked to destroy progressive governments across the Americas. In a web TV interview conducted by Brasil Wire co-editor Brian Mier for the news medium Brasil 247, economist Mark Weisbrot explains that the US role in overthrowing Dilma […]

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Wall Street’s New Man In Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro

“No room for feelings” say Wall Street insiders as they back another Neofascist to deliver Neoliberalism, at the point of a gun, in the most resource-rich nation on earth. New York Times, July 1993. In an article called “Conversations/Jair Bolsonaro; A Soldier Turned Politician Wants To Give Brazil Back to Army Rule“, Journalist James Brooke […]