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Brazilian elections – A day of shame for the far right
As the PT and Brazilian left made modest gains, the Bolsonaro coalition imploded By Brian Mier On Sunday, November 15, over 147 million Brazilians …
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Election Day: A Left Challenge in Bolsonaro’s home town
The Bolsonaro family stronghold of Eldorado is a bastion of conservatism but on this election day they might lose control of the local government …
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Municipal elections promise gains for left, losses for Bolsonaro
Sunday’s elections promise to provide solid, but not breathtaking advances for the Brazilian left. On the other hand, all signs show that it will …
Fernando Haddad & Manuela D’Ávila’s stand will be judged by history
With a politics of hope over hate, of education over arms, of development over privatisation, at the head of a broad pro-democracy front which includes …
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Bolsonaro and the Institutionalization of Necropolitics
One part of Bolsonaro’s supporters believe in a democracy on paper and a dictatorship on the streets. Another part of his supporters openly defends …
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Accused Of Electoral Fraud, Bolsonaro Could Face Disqualification
By Lu Sudré. An investigative story published by the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo today proves that companies are paying for WhatsApp bulk messaging …
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Thanks to the Northeast, Haddad faces Bolsonaro in second round
The most fraught election since re-democratisation ended with extreme-right Jair Bolsonaro on 46,03%, short of a first round victory, to the relief of progressive …
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Ciro Gomes: Brasil’s best chance for a developmentalist left turn?
by Karina Patrício and Thomas Cooper Patriota. The first round of the forthcoming Brazilian presidential election is set to take place on 7 October 2018. This …
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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 …
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MST: Brazilian election is a class struggle
“Our weapon is our vote….We need to elect people who are committed to the working class, instead of their own individual interests or mediocre …
