Brazilian Anarchist expert reveals Social War behind key Lula / Bolsonaro Vote
Despite the glowing picture that progressives and social democrats paint of Lula, it was under the PT (Worker’s Party) that Brazil’s government made its turn toward austerity. Given that this will likely be a second term in office for him, how effective do you think left organizations and movements will be at wringing concessions from a Lula-led PT government?
By Danny Shaw,
(The author has changed certain names and details to protect individuals’ privacy.)
When you arrive in another country, there is nothing more precious than new friends who adopt you, protect you, and teach you about their language, music, culture, and traditions. For an open-minded traveler, ethnographer and anti-imperialist organizer, this new family is more valuable than any air-conditioned hotel, amount of comfort or money.
Brazil: More Fascism and Neocolonialism or a Path Back to Self-Determination?
RIO DE JANEIRO – Four-plus years after the assassination of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco (38), social media giant Facebook has yet to provide investigators with the full stored data of Internet users who visited her social media account prior to the double homicide.
Big Tech Keeps Withholding Data that Could Help Solve Assassination of Rio de Janeiro Councilwoman Marielle Franco
From Rio de Janeiro, son of former Voice of America chief invents new cold war narrative
Tucker/Fox Rally Behind Bolsonaro
Brazil’s left-wing leader Lula da Silva says if he wins the 2022 presidential elections, “we are going to create a currency in Latin America,” called the Sur (“South”), to combat “the dependency on the dollar”
Brazil’s Lula proposes creating Latin American currency to ‘be freed of US dollar’ dependency
Previously:
US Coup Specialist Victoria Nuland Visits Brazil
Sadly, I doubt that Lula is going to become President, if this is true, or he won’t stay President very long. US’ interests (AKA Big Business/CIA/NED) won’t allow it. 🤷🏼♀️
Review: Securing Democracy: My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Bolsonaro’s Brazil, by Glenn Greenwald. 2021. Chicago: Haymarket Books.
Greenwald’s Bombshell Brazil Scoops Have Curious Blindspot for US Involvement
The National Endowment for Democracy can claim it is in the business of democracy promotion. In reality, it does anything but that, unless “democracy” is entirely synonymous with elite U.S. interests.
Documents Reveal US Gov’t Spent $22M Promoting Anti-Russia Narrative in Ukraine and Abroad
Carvalho was the apprentice of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and a relative of Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Donald Trump.
Olavo de Carvalho, a Brazilian far-right activist and President Bolsonaro’s “apprentice”, has died
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Traditionalism, Steve Bannon, and World Politics
Olavo leaves, above all, a tragic legacy, says B. Teitelbaum
Olavo de Carvalho, Bolsonaro’s Far-Right Guru, Dies at 74 (Posted because it’s linked in original article and it’s paywalled)
BY ALFRED DE ZAYAS JANUARY 14, 2022
Many politicians, academics, media pundits are wont of invoking the “rule of law”, a “rules-based international order”, “values diplomacy” etc. But what do all these benevolent-sounding slogans actually mean in practice? Who makes the rules, who interprets them, who enforces them? What transparency and accountability accompany these noble pledges?
Counterpunch: The Rule of Law Must Finally Evolve Into the Rule of Justice
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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