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A Space for Rebels: MST’s Florestan Fernandes School

A look into the Landless Rural Workers Movement’s autonomous,  international political formation school. By Maria Gorete Sousa* ENFF (Escola Nacional Florestan Fernandes/Florestan Fernandes School), was born out of a decision made by the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (Movimento de Trabalhadores Sem Terra/MST) to create a political education system for activists from the cities and the […]

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AMAZON EDUCATION SCIENCE SOVEREIGNTY

A Plea for the Protection of Science in Brazil

From Science without Borders Fellows September 05, 2019 We, fellows of the Science without Borders Program, join forces with the Brazilian and international academic communities to express our concern with the current political scenario that threatens Brazil’s scientific legacy. Recently, Brazilian federal universities were attacked and deemed unworthy by the Bolsonaro’s administration. Researchers of national […]

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EDUCATION SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Anti-austerity protests: Students and Unions paralyze 200 cities

3rd “Education Tsunami” shut down schools and traffic in the downtown areas of cities in all 26 Brazilian states, but was whitewashed in the international media. Brazilian students and union members blocked major thoroughfares in over 200 cities on August 13th to protest the Bolsonaro government’s austerity cuts to the public education system. The protests […]

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AUTHORITARIANISM EDUCATION SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

National Strike: Brasilian students fight against privatization

The National Student Union and 187 allied student associations calls  a national strike against Bolsonaro’s privatization plan to open public university system to private sector investment and control.  by Marcos Hermanson Brazil’s National Students Union (UNE) announced a schedule of social and institutional mobilization during August to stop Jair Bolsonaro’s government from implementing a program […]

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Students and unions unite: One million march against Bolsonaro

Far right President Jair Bolsonaro’s Education Minister Abraham Weintraub calls on population to snitch on teachers who took part in protests. After the massive demonstrations on May 15, when one million people took to the streets in Brazil to protest against the education budget cuts announced by the far-right Jair Bolsonaro administration, students and professors […]

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DEMOCRACY EDUCATION POLITICS SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

May 30 Brazilian Education Strike: Meet the Organizers

Hardly spontaneous, the May 30 National Education strike was planned through democratic people’s assemblies which have been taking place in towns and cities across Brazil. Meet some of the groups involved in the organization of this historic protest. By Brian Mier Wednesday’s national student and teacher strike has been democratically organized by a coalition of […]

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About last night: Brasil takes to the streets in defence of its future

On March 15 2019, a nationwide education strike became the platform for the biggest anti-government protests since Bolsonaro took power. With over 1 million demonstrators on the streets nationwide (some estimating up to 2 million), it was the coming together of unions, professors, teachers, students, campaign groups, political parties and other diverse factions – the […]

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AUTHORITARIANISM DEMOCRACY ECONOMY EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT

It’s time to stop Bolsonaro

Liberals can argue that the national interests are in the Market and developmentalists can say they are in the State. The Bolsonaros, in contrast, don’t have the slightest idea about what the national interests even are. by Luis Nassif Brazil has not yet recovered from the trauma of Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment. The institutional dismantling which […]

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Workers Day 2013: Brasil’s Cancelled Future

Six years ago today, President of the Republic Dilma Rousseff made her customary televised Workers Day address to the Brazilian people. With towering public approval, up to 79%, exceeding that of her predecessors Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Lula da Silva, Brazil’s first female President looked unassailable in her push for re-election in the coming year. […]

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AUTHORITARIANISM DEMOCRACY ECONOMY EDUCATION ELECTION 2018 FASCISM SOVEREIGNTY

Chile-Brazil: A New Laboratory For The Far-Right

The Neoliberal model implemented in Chile after the 1973 Military Coup gives us hints as to what will happen in Brazil under a future Jair Bolsonaro Government. The resemblance is no mere coincidence. By Joana Salém Vasconcelos and Rejane Carolina Hoeveler. Still shocked by the electoral results in Brazil, many Brazilians are asking how an […]