Brazil

Brazil: First-round elections leave Lula in right-wing straitjacket

Far right control of senate and parliament will hobble Lula's presidency if he wins

Workers Power  ·  07 October 2022

Brazil: armed demonstrations threaten coup

By Carlos Uchoa Magrini and Assiria Conti ON 7 SEPTEMBER Brazil’s far right president Jair Bolsonaro called hundreds of thousands of his supporters onto the streets across the huge country—100,000 in Sao Paolo alone. Contingents from the army, especially the military police, marched in uniform, carrying their guns. Truckers blockaded highways for hours. Counter-demonstrations by […]

Liga Socialista  ·  27 October 2021

Only Brazil’s working class can solve the health, political and economic crises

3,000 deaths per day.

Alex Rutherford  ·  10 April 2021

Motorcades against Bolsonaro

Motorcades won't bring down the Bolsonaro government. But a united front of resistance can.

Liga Socialista  ·  02 February 2021

Hypocrisy and fundamentalism: the attacks on women’s rights in post-coup Brazil

Abortion rights under threat.

Liga Socialista  ·  24 September 2020

Brazil’s Days of Fire

With the onset of the dry season in the Amazon region, an inferno of forest fires has hit the Brazilian states of Rondônia, Pará, Mato Grosso and Amazonas. Satellite images show rainforest the size of one and a half football pitches being consumed every minute.This is a disaster not only for the inhabitants of the Amazon region itself but for everyone on the planet.

Workers Power  ·  06 September 2019

“We will continue to fight for our rights!” Interview with a Brazilian socialist

Interview with a member of the Liga Socialista

Workers Power  ·  12 March 2019

Motion: Solidarity with the people of Brazil

A motion for use in promoting solidarity with the people of Brazil following the election of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro

Workers Power  ·  14 November 2018

Brazil: Their fight is our fight!

Statement – 29 October 2018 JAIR BOLSONARO’s victory in the presidential election poses a deadly threat to Brazil’s working class and progressive movements. His supporters have already unleashed a wave of terror against Black, indigenous, LGBT and social rights activists. US President Donald Trump congratulated Bolsonaro, claiming the two would form “great partnerships”. But claims […]

Workers Power  ·  29 October 2018

Neo-fascist Bolsonaro on verge of victory in Brazil

The massive political and trade union movements of Brazil’s industrial workers, landless farmers and poor in the favelas, face a deadly danger; the election of a semi-fascist, Jair Bolsonaro. He scored 49 million votes in the first round of the presidential elections, 46 per cent of the total, as against Fernando Haddad, the candidate of […]

Workers Power  ·  08 October 2018

Brazil: The truck drivers’ uprising

By Pericles da Lima, Liga Socialista IN THE last days of May almost nothing moved in Brazil. Crucial economic links such as motorway junctions, ports, airports and refineries were paralysed by some 500 blockades, each with around 150 trucks. South America’s largest port, Santos, near Sao Paolo, was closed, as were several major airports. Schools […]

Workers Power  ·  13 June 2018

Brazilian left unites in response to arrest of Lula

By Liga Socialista, Brazil THESE ARE tense days in Brazil. The political instability, which began with the parliamentary coup, heightened in the days leading up to the Federal Supreme Court hearing of Lula’s request for Habeas Corpus last Wednesday, April 4. On the eve of the trial, the Army General, Villas-Boas, issued a social network […]

Workers Power  ·  15 April 2018

Marielle lives on amongst us!

Liga Socialista, Brazil  ON THE evening of March 14, Marielle Franco (38), a city councillor from the Maré favela in Rio de Janeiro, was shot dead in her car in the street. Her driver died with her in a hail of bullets. Her secretary survived but was seriously injured. Marielle was a member of the […]

Workers Power  ·  26 March 2018

Brazil: From resistance to the struggle for socialism

Statement of the Liga Socialista to the Brazil Social Forum SINCE the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff of the Workers’ Party (PT) we are essentially in a coup situation. Today it is also clear that it is not only a constitutional overthrow by Congress. There is a consistent front extending from the powerful entrepreneurial association […]

Workers Power  ·  19 March 2018

Dilma Rouseff’s reformist dreamworld

The leftwing PT is set for a return to power in Brazil, but has it learned the lessons of its past mistakes?

Workers Power  ·  02 December 2017

General strike in Brazil: Unions, social movements and students, all out together!

The general strike in Brazil on 28 April was rated a great success

Workers Power  ·  11 May 2017

Fora Temer! Working class joins anti-government protests in Brazil

March 15 was a remarkable day with strikes and protests throughout Brazil. The working class, along with the youth movement, took to the streets on massive demonstrations across the country. According to Guilherme Boulos a coordinator for the Homeless Workers’ Movement, MTST, “Today is a historic day. It was a turning point. Until this moment, […]

Workers Power  ·  28 March 2017

Solidarity with students’ protests in Brazil!

Red Flag supports this solidarity statement published by the communist youth group, REVOLUTION. Also available in Portuguese. The members of REVOLUTION, an international communist youth organisation, express our full solidarity with the school and university students  protesting against the austerity policy of the Brazilian government. The occupation of over 1000 schools and some 100 universities is […]

Workers Power  ·  15 November 2016

Organising resistance: Brazil after the coup

This article from a socialist activist in Brazil is republished from www.fifthinternational.org By Eloy Nogueira After the initiation of the impeachment process against President Dilma Roussef of the Workers’ Party, PT, by the House of Representatives on 17 April 2016 and its confirmation by the Senate, which then suspended the President for 180 days, the […]

Workers Power  ·  07 November 2016

Brazil: the left and the PT dilemma

Rico Rodriguez 5 May, 2015 In the face of recent protests and the general political situation, the Brazilian left faces a dilemma. On the one hand, there have been mobilisations of hundreds of thousands for the impeachment of the president, Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers’ Party, PT, led by groups like “Movimento Brasil Livre”, “Vem […]

Workers Power  ·  05 May 2015

The social cost of the World Cup’s fun and games

It is estimated that over 3 billion people will watch at least some of the World Cup live on TV this summer, but how many will see the depth of poverty in the host country, Brazil, asks Rico Rodrigues The remaining months of 2014 will be very important politically for Brazil. The World Cup begins […]

Workers Power  ·  13 June 2014

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