The current Brazilian political scenario requires a lot of lucidity and coolness for all popular organizers and their analysis of reality. We of Coordenação Anarquista Brasileira (Brazilian Anarchist Coordination) modestly seek to give our contribution to the understanding of the convulsing social and political situation, which is defined by the legal-parliamentary coup that deposed Worker’s
The presidential elections in Brazil are reaching its final stretch. The far right wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro, front runner in the first round of votes and favourite according to the recent pools for the second round, openly proposes an authoritarian and anti-popular programme for the country. Bolsonaro supports the military dictatorship that devastated Brazil for
The Criminal Court of Rio de Janeiro sentenced 23 people to imprisonment for partaking in protests against FIFA World Cup. The World Cup was held in Brasil in 2014. Prior to the games, Brasil experienced a wave of largely grassroot protests, which culminated in a popular uprising in June 2013. The sentences for rioting, gang membership,
Why are so many people against immigration while so many of them desperately want to leave?
The execution of Marcellus Williams is a shocking example of power dictating its fatal whims to those society deems lesser ~ Daniel Adediran ~ The case against Marcellus Khalifa Williams, given his last meal and executed in Missouri on September 25, was riddled with miscarriages of justice, including a complete lack of DNA evidence, two
Beneath the surface of electoral change, political parties are entrenched in a system of corruption and unprincipled manoeuvring ~ Mark McEwan ~ The transition from Tory to Labour might provide a momentary sigh of relief, but corruption courses through the veins of our political system.
Site occupations have been a significant tactic in slowing or stopping new coal mines and power stations ~ From Coal Action Network ~ Smoke filled the sky across the industrial parts of the UK, as coal powered the industrial revolution.
The “Robin Hood” of banks, who gave half a million euros in un-returned loans to social projects, was jailed under a more recent accusation of e-commerce fraud ~ Esther Fayos, Directa ~ Catalan activist Enric Duran is on trial in Nanterre, France, having been imprisoned preventively in the Osny-Pontoise penitentiary centre, 40 kilometres from Paris,
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