Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by ZIRIN Dave
I traveled to Brazil last September to investigate preparations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. It was painfully evident that the social disruption of hosting two mega-events in rapid succession would be profound. Everyone with whom I spoke in the community of social movements agreed (…)
, by Correspondent(s)
A contribution from Franco A., an undergraduate student of International Relations at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, translated from French.
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It’s true: I do think all the signs in Portuguese are a problem for those who wish to (…)
, by Correspondent(s)
Gonzalo G. is a friend of our group at “Truth is a Beaver” and an undergraduate student of the social sciences at Sciences Po’s Latin American campus in Poitiers. He comes from Rio de Janeiro.
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1) Why are the recent protests in Brazil something new ?
Despite all the (…)
, by PSOL
This statement by the Partido Socialismo y Libertad [Party of Socialism and Freedom] was adopted on 14 June 2013.
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The Partido Socialismo y Libertad [Party of Socialism and Freedom] expresses its total support for the mobilizations that have taken place (…)
The road that connects the international airport of Rio de Janeiro with the city immediately reveals the beautiful form of that city to us. Also it reveals a “petista” government which boasts of its social advances and with walls alongside the highway wants to render invisible to the world the (…)
, par War on Want
A leader of the Brazilian landless movement MST was shot dead by gunmen last Saturday in the north-east of the Rio de Janeiro State. Cícero Guedes dos Santos, father of five children, fought with landless peasant families to have an equitable redistribution of land and sustainable agricultural (…)
, par CLOC-LVC (Via Campesina Haïti), La Via Campesina
(Santiago, 28 January 2013). Within the framework of the People’s summit in January 2013, we, the delegates of CLOC VC, express our heartfelt regret and indignation following the murder of the director of MST Brazil and Coordinator of the Luiz Maranhão encampment at the industrial park in Usina (…)
, by SANTAELLA Rodrigo
Recently, we interviewed Rodrigo Santaella, a member of the revolutionary socialist organization Enlace .
PSOL emerged out of the Brazilian Workers Party (PT) in 2004. The PT was originally a radical left party which the FI section in Brazil was instrumental in building. With the election of (…)
, by COUTINHO Júnior José
More than 200 people from various social movements, political parties and NGOs gathered this past Sunday (12/9), at the National School Florestan Fernandes (ENFF) for the Meeting of Friends and Friends of the MST. João Pedro Stedile, MST leader, began the meeting with an analysis of the forces (…)
, by HORTA Celso, STEDILE João Pedro
Founder and coordinator of the MST estimates that the moment is the ebb of the popular movement.
For more than 30 years in the struggle of landless rural workers, João Pedro Stédile, a gaucho of Italian descent, became known for the direct way he manifested his political opinions. In this (…)
, by COUTINHO Júnior José, MAURO Gilmar
The Milton Santos settlement, where 68 people live on 100 hectares in the town of Americana in the region of Campinas in the interior of Sao Paulo state, is at risk of being wiped out.
Despite the fact that it’s existed for seven years and has produced food for the towns of Americana and (…)
, by COUTINHO Júnior José, Dos SANTOS Marina
Agrarian Reform came to a stop in 2012 and there were few investments by the government in production, in family farmers and in the settlements.
Because of this, there is a new narrative that ¨now we need to develop the already existing settlements and not expropriate more lands.¨
In that (…)
, by BRUCE Iain, SILVA Renato, VIEIRA Henrique
Iain Bruce talks to Renato Silva and Henrique Vieira of the Brazil’s Party of Socialism and Liberty, PSOL
On 7 October Brazilians vote in local, municipal elections that will be an important barometer of the political balance in the country. In spite of the popularity of President Dilma (…)
, by MACHADO João
João Machado was a leader of DS throughout the period in question. This text draws on parts of a written contribution to the Seminar dedicated to Daniel Bensaid, held at the IIRE in January 2012. However, Bensaid’s role in DS’s discussions was not singled out just for that reason – he really (…)
, by PHILLIPS Tom
Stance against homophobia has made former Big Brother contestant a hate figure for religious zealots, but he has vowed to keep battling.
In the sitting room of his eighth-floor Copacabana apartment, Jean Wyllys has hung a multicoloured portrait of one of his closest allies: the dragon-slaying (…)
, by LÖWY Michael
Brazil is an immense country in terms of population (180 million in habitants), area (half of Latin America) and natural resources. And yet it is a country where the majority of the population live in the direst poverty. In fact, in a recent United Nations international ranking, Brazil emerged (…)
, by LA BOTZ Dan
Workers in Brazil—in heavy industry, services, the public sector, and agriculture—are involved in a series of strikes and mass protests such as the country hasn’t seen in decades. Driving the new labor upsurge is the strength of the country’s economy, the powerful position of unions in the (…)
, by PSOL
The Party of Socialism and Freedom (PSOL) expresses its profound grief over the death of one of its leading members, comrade Paulo Piramba, who died last Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, and sends its condolences to his family, friends and comrades, and especially to his dear partner, Luciene (…)
, par PSOL
More than a hundred people, including delegates and observers, took part in the PSOL’s first ecosocialist gathering in the Brazilian city of Curitiba, in Paraná state, from 1 to 3 April. A series of panels focussed on aspects of the ecosocialist agenda both in the region and worldwide, on (…)
, by PSOL
The first round of the Brazilian presidential election was held n the 3rd of OCtober 2010. Despite her long lead in the polls, Dilma Roussef, the PT candidate, descrbed by Lula as “by voting for her you are voting for me” did not achieve a first round victory. The second round will be held on (…)
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