Clampdown on Housing Rights Activists in Bolsonaro’s Brazil Clampdown on Housing Rights Activists in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
The far-right president’s violent, discriminatory rhetoric has unleashed a rise in attacks on marginalized populations.
Aug 27, 2019 / Feature / Michael Fox
Take Action Now: Stop Bolsonaro’s Attack on the Amazon Take Action Now: Stop Bolsonaro’s Attack on the Amazon
Help put pressure on the disastrous Brazilian president, then get involved with the environmental movement.
Jul 30, 2019 / NationAction
The Making and Unmaking of Brazilian Democracy The Making and Unmaking of Brazilian Democracy
A new one-volume history of Brazil reminds us, despite its Whiggish orientation, that democratic institutions in the country have existed only in troubled spurts.
Apr 16, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Alex Cuadros
The International Olympic Committee Builds a New Headquarters After Leaving Rio Crippled by Debt The International Olympic Committee Builds a New Headquarters After Leaving Rio Crippled by Debt
Rio’s Olympic organizers all but begged the IOC to help them pay off their debts, but they refused to lend a hand.
Apr 4, 2019 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
Education Is in the Crosshairs in Bolsonaro’s Brazil Education Is in the Crosshairs in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
The president-elect seeks to ban from the classroom political opinions, debates, and any issues that could be construed as leftist.
Nov 12, 2018 / StudentNation / Michael Fox
A Blue Wave for Progressives and Women—With Some Heartbreakers A Blue Wave for Progressives and Women—With Some Heartbreakers
John Nichols and Joan Walsh on the Midterms, plus Andy Robinson on Brazil.
Nov 8, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Supercharged Right-Wing Cultural Politics Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Supercharged Right-Wing Cultural Politics
The new president-elect is an agent of the world’s most reactionary tendencies, many of them exported from the United States.
Oct 29, 2018 / Greg Grandin
A Letter to Brazil, From a Friend Living Under Duterte A Letter to Brazil, From a Friend Living Under Duterte
Brazil is on the verge of electing a Duterte-style fascist. What can the left do?
Oct 26, 2018 / Walden Bello
Brazil’s Northeastern Resistance Brazil’s Northeastern Resistance
Brazil’s northeast overwhelmingly rejected Bolsonaro’s far-right agenda; now leftists worry that they aren’t welcome in their own country.
Oct 26, 2018 / Kaspar Loftin
A Genuine Fascist Is on the Verge of Power in Brazil A Genuine Fascist Is on the Verge of Power in Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro, now far ahead in the polls, approves military dictatorship and has called for violent destruction of the left—and investors seem to approve.
Oct 24, 2018 / Andy Robinson