Brazil
5 June 2020 · · Brazil, Chile, Covid-19, Ecuador, Latin America
For lessons in protest during the pandemic, look to Latin America
Socially-distanced street protests, moves to impeach a president – Latin America has begun to lead the way, not only in the gravity of the Coronavirus crisis, but in the scale and character …
23 May 2020 · · Brazil, Covid-19
Gripezinha – the little flu: neofascist Bolsonaro in the face of the pandemic
One of the most disturbing phenomena of recent years is the spectacular rise, worldwide, of far right-wing, authoritarian and reactionary governments, in some cases with neo-fascist traits: …
13 March 2019 · Brazil
14M - One year after her murder: Justice for Marielle!
This 14 March 2019 marks a year since the brutal and planned political assassination of Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes. Marielle, a woman, black, LGBT, and a city councillor f…
9 November 2018 · Brazil, Latin America
Brazil in the shadow of the far right
Marcelo Ramos, a member of PSOL, reports on the dangers and the prospects for resistance in Brazil after the election of Bolsonaro - the "Trump in the tropics". This is the text of his speec…
5 November 2018 · Brazil, Indigenous struggles, Latin America, Peru, Reviews
Hugo Blanco: From Trotskyism to Indigenous Vitality
Andrew Ryder discusses We the Indians: The Indigenous Peoples of Peru and the Struggle for Land : Hugo Blanco is a figure of great significance for contemporary thought on revolutionary pote…
9 May 2018 · Brazil
Brazil: For the many not the few - Boulos for president!!!
Manifesto from Boulos for president in Brazil – UK committee The coup in Brazil – and the Temer government In 2016, a parliamentary coup took place, overthrowing an elected government and gi…
30 April 2018 · · Brazil
Resisting the coup in Brazil like Marielle Franco did
This year, 2018, is the 30th anniversary of the Brazilian federal constitution, which marked the end of a long period of military dictatorship (From 1964-85) and the reestablishment of democ…
26 April 2018 · · Brazil
Assassination in Brazil unmasks the deadly racism of a country that would rather ignore it
When Marielle Franco , a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman, was shot to death in downtown Rio on March 14, her killing moved the world, writes Ana Míria dos Santos Carvalho Carinhanha. Protes…
18 March 2018 · Brazil
Marielle Franco, presente!
Our comrade Marielle Franco murdered Activist of the LGTB movement, the World March of Women, City Councilor of the Party Socialism and Liberty (PSOL) in Rio de Janeiro and in charge of the …
28 November 2016 · · Brazil, Reviews
Sport’s dance with the devil
Jane Shallice reviews Brazil's dance with the devil : The World Cup, the Olympics and the fight for democracy by Dave Zirin Haymarket Books $17.95 The Olympics! Who still harbours any illusi…