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January 8, the Brazilian January 6
From the CrimethInc. collective (10/01/2023) … Tracking the Rise of Fascism from the United States to Brazil On January 8, 2023, far-right supporters of defeated former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasília, apparently in grotesque imitation of … Continue reading
For Pelé (1940-2022)
To describe a sport as an art may appear to be exaggerated. And yet the mastery of sporting technique married to creative imagination does engender moments of artistry. And while this may not be analogous to the art of painting … Continue reading
Left Electoralism, Fascist Direct Action, and Anti-Fascist Resistance – The Brazilian Elections of 2022
From the CrimethInc. collective (06/11/2022) … The 2022 elections pitted the authoritarian nationalism of Jair Bolsonaro against the institutional leftism of Workers Party candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Each of these rival strategies for governance presented itself as the … Continue reading
Brazil: Between election rounds
Reflections on the Brazilian elections and anarchism, from the Black Rose Anarchist Federation … Anarchism in the Face of Fascism and the Electoral Debate 05/10/2022 By Rafael V. Da Silva, Kauan Willian and Victor Khaled Translated by S Nicholas Nappalos … Continue reading
For Elza Soares (1930-2022)
Não tenho medo de nada. Temos que ensinar o medo a ter medo de nós./I am not afraid of anything. We have to teach fear to be afraid of us. Elza Soares For her courage and resistance, for her rebellious … Continue reading
Brazil: Only Revolt Can Bring Down Bolsonaro
From the CrimethInc. collective (12/08/2021) … Ahead of the 2022 elections, Brazil is now reprising the same dramatic showdown that the United States faced in 2020. As the pandemic intensifies alongside corruption scandals and the unrestrained plundering of Indigenous lands, … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, brazil, Indigenous peoples, insurrection, revolution, State terror
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Brazil: Epicenter of the Virus of Populism
Posted the CrimethInc. collective, anarchist reflections from Brazil (22/02/2021) … Brazil: Epicenter of the Virus of Populism – A Year of Catastrophe and Resistance In the following analysis, anarchists in Brazil examine how the pandemic and rising far-right populism coincide … Continue reading
Brazil: Militant mutual aid – the “Kasa Invisível” of Belo Horizonte
It may be deemed an exaggeration to say that mutual aid, as theorised and practised by anarchists, is both the distillation of perennial human practices of care underlying/surviving/resisting forms of centralised appropriation and domination, and the most important basis for … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, anti-capitalism, brazil, mutual aid, Occupations, Okupations
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COVID-1984: Power, control and the struggle for freedom
From antimidia (brazil) posted with koletiva.media … The struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic has been used by different governments to implement a variety of means of social control and to increase the powers of the police. Yes, the threat of … Continue reading
Brazil: The struggle against the erasure of rebellion
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the June 2013 uprising in brazil and a narrative begins to take form: the Bolsonaro government was the child of the protests that occurred against the policies of the PT government then in … Continue reading →