Brazil: Did the Left’s Victory Avoid the Worst?

Brazil: Did the Left’s Victory Avoid the Worst?

November 1, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from French. With 50.9% of the vote, Lula, the candidate of the Brazilian left, won against the far-right President, Jair...
Brazil: Elections on October 2 and Pro-Democracy Letters

Brazil: Elections on October 2 and Pro-Democracy Letters

This is a translation of an article by Rafael Santos of the Partido Obrero (Workers’ Party) in Argentina, published on its website, Prensa Obrera on Aug. 18, 2022. Its analyses are those of a Trotskyist current, with information and perspective that should be...
Brazil: Anti-Racist Protests Explode

Brazil: Anti-Racist Protests Explode

On Jan. 24, a twenty-four-year-old Congolese migrant named Moise Kabagambei was killed after demanding to be paid for his overdue wages. His death awakened the fury of thousands of people in Brazil who demonstrated on Feb. 6. Moise came to Rio de Janeiro when he was...
Brazil: Demonstrators Cry, “Bolsonaro Out!”

Brazil: Demonstrators Cry, “Bolsonaro Out!”

In another inspiring account of people’s revolt and anger, thousands took the streets March 29 to protest Bolsonaro’s murderous mishandling of the pandemic. Jair Bolsonaro was elected on the promise of bringing “change” to the alleged corruption and violence...