Tag: Brazil

  • Socialism From Below Podcast Episode 2: Subverta, Bancada Feminista, and Expanding Democracy

    Socialism From Below Podcast Episode 2: Subverta, Bancada Feminista, and Expanding Democracy

    https://media.blubrry.com/socialismfrombelowpodcast/archive.org/download/sfbpe002/E2Official.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:09:40 — 72.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | RSS | SubscribeThis week we are joined by Natalia Chaves from the Brazilian socialist organization Subverta to talk about Bancada Feminista do PSOL the socialist feminist collective candidacy as well as democratizing electoral campaigns, ensuring accountability…

  • Rightwing demagogue Jair Bolsonaro wins Brazilian Presidency, Left Organizes Resistance

    Rightwing demagogue Jair Bolsonaro wins Brazilian Presidency, Left Organizes Resistance

    On October 28 rightwing demagogue Jair Bolsonaro was elected Brazil’s president. On November 11 the National Directorate of the Party of Socialism and Liberation (PSOL) adopted the resolution Organize Resistance and Popular Unity against Bolsonaro outlining PSOL’s tactics for the next period. Brazilian supporters of the Fourth International (FI) participate in PSOL, which makes it…

  • Organize Resistance and Popular Unity Against Bolsonaro

    Organize Resistance and Popular Unity Against Bolsonaro

    Resolution on tactics for the period 1. Many uncertainties surround the future government of Jair Bolsonaro. On one hand, he is surrounding himself with establishment names to gain the confidence of the elites – Paulo Guedes, Onix Lorenzoni, Alberto Fraga, Sergio Moro. On the other, he continues to threaten the press, social movements and opposition…