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Murder Wave of Brazilian Trans Causes International Alarm
The recent increase in murders of Brazilian trans and death threats to trans elected officials, encouraged by the Brazilian far right, is cause for …
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Lula’s brother Frei Chico: “Class struggle is the greatest of struggles”
Frei Chico, the brother of Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, shares a personal account of Lula’s early political formation, his history …
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Free Private Cities: Brazil’s New Libertarian Dystopia
An international Libertarian organisation is behind proposals to privatise Brazilian cities, creating vast luxury condominiums for the most wealthy, and removing democratic rights from their …
Missionaries spread disinfo and fear about vaccine to indigenous communities
By Nathalia Urban Indigenous communities are considered a priority group in vaccination against COVID-19 in Brazil, but due to the influence of missionaries some …
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Bolsonaro’s Neoliberal Disaster: An Interview With Esther Dweck
“The Bolsonaro government’s social and economic policies will have a huge negative impact on Brazil’s future. We are actually already seeing this, based on …
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Covid 19 and the right to the Brazilian city
The following speech was given by Brasil Wire editor Brian Mier on a World Social Forum webinar entitled: The Right to the City: Towards …
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Curitiba: beyond the myth of the perfect city
Curitiba is known around the world for innovative urban planning and European heritage. During a speech at the World Social Forum, however, Carol Dartora …
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Benedita da Silva’s 50 year fight for racial justice
The veteran congresswoman and civil rights leader speaks about her role in the 2020 municipal elections and the record number of newly elected Afro-Brazilian …
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Interview: Curitiba City Councilor Carol Dartora
“We view the state of Parana as a laboratory for all of Bolsonaro’s worst ideas,” says Dartora, who is the first Afro-Brazilian woman elected …
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Justice for João Alberto! Protesters attack Carrefour store in São Paulo
The murder of João Alberto Silveira Freitas by security guards at a Carrefour supermarket in Porto Alegre triggered mass protests on Black Consciousness Day, as Vice …
