In January 2018, shooting began on film ‘Marighella’, the much anticipated biopic based on book by journalist Mário Magalhães, which follows the trajectory of Brazilian Marxist Writer & Communist Party politician turned urban guerrilla who became one of the main exponents, and a symbol of resistance against the 1960s Neofascist Military dictatorship. Born in Bahia in 1911 […]
By Fernando Horta. Plan A was for us to pressure the coup-mongers in 2013, investigating who was financing the Movimento Brasil Livre, Vem para Rua and other proto-fascist groups and stopping things there. Plan B was for the Supreme Court to order Eduardo Cunha’s arrest the first time it was requested and immediately stop the […]
On the day of former President Lula’s appeal hearing, which upheld a sentence that is widely considered to be politically motivated, leaders Gilmar Mouro of the MST landless rural workers movement, and Guilherme Boulos, of the MTST homeless workers movement and popular front Povo Sem Medo, delivered impassioned speeches in his defence to tens of thousands of assembled social movement militants […]
By Gabriel Deslandes. Rio de Janeiro Carnaval parade groups, called Samba Schools, are preparing social and political criticism for the 2018 carnaval, with parades that will denounce politicians, social problems and recent political scandals. Of the 13 most important Samba Schools, 4 will focus on protests during their parades in the Rio Samba stadium, the […]
The story of how an overlooked Bush-era Foreign Policy edict led to Brazil’s Coup of 2016 and its consolidation in the conviction of Former President Lula. Despite public ignorance, and its root in the media blindspot on this matter, US involvement in Brazil’s Anti-Corruption Operation Lava Jato, which has already resulted in $3bn payout to […]
Translated and edited for readability by Brian Mier On January 24, 2018, after three conservative judges rejected ex-president Lula’s appeal against charges that he received illegal reforms in an apartment that prosecutors were unable to prove he ever owned or set foot in, a crowd of some 70,000 people gathered on Praça de Republica in […]
Contributing editor Brian Mier interviewed for the Real News Network on the publicly admitted role of the United States in Brazil’s controversial Anti-Corruption Operation Lava Jato (Carwash) and the prosecution of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. [qpp]
January 24th, 2018. Today marks the culmination of 4 years of US-backed efforts to destroy Brazilian social democracy. Ex-president Lula, who’s Keynesian economic policies, including massive minimum wage increases, lifted 36 million people above the poverty line and ended famine in Brazil, is going up in front of a group of 3 judges to appeal […]
Brazilian democracy has historically been truncated and as such, a continued work in progress. A recent development in this direction is that, on January 24th, an appellate court will decide the electoral fate of Luis Ignacio “Lula” da Silva – the most popular candidate, leading in the polls, and a successful two-term president from 2002-2010. […]
On January 24, a team of three conservative judges will decide on ex-president Lula’s appeal against a 9.5 year sentence for allegedly receiving illegal reforms to a penthouse apartment in Guaruja, São Paulo, which prosecutors were unable to prove he ever owned or set foot in. The fact that there is no physical evidence implicating […]