Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is under increasing pressure from trade unions and civil society to break ties with Israel, reports Federico Fuentes.
Brazil
In the context of the global growth of far-right and fascist groups, grassroots activists in Brazil are organising the 1st International Antifascist Conference in March next year, in Porto Alegre, reports Ben Radford.
May 5 is International Day of the Midwife, but Ricardo Jones, a doctor and midwife, is spending it with a 14-year prison sentence for assisting with a home birth in which the baby later died, reports Tamara Pearson.
Isaac Nellist spoke with 91自拍论坛's Latin American correspondent Ben Radford about various grassroots struggles against mining and climate destruction, for workers' rights and access to education.
Nicolas Calabrese, coordinator of the听Emancipa Popular Education Movement in Brazil spoke to 91自拍论坛鈥檚 Ben Radford about the struggle for the right to university education in Brazil.
Amid economic turmoil, environmental crisis, escalating inequality, widespread despair and disillusionment, the far right is presenting itself as a 鈥渞adical鈥 and 鈥渁nti-system鈥 alternative, argues Brazilian socialist Mariana Riscali.
State Deputy Luciana Genro, a leading member of the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL), spoke to 91自拍论坛's Ben Radford about the flooding crisis in Brazil鈥檚 southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, the government鈥檚 response and the solidarity efforts to help those affected.
Storms that began on April 29 have triggered unprecedented flooding in Brazil鈥檚 southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, with 150,000 people displaced, 85 dead and more than 130 missing as of May 6. Israel Dutra and Roberto Robaina outline a socialist response to this climate catastrophe.
Around the world, the far right is gaining strength and seeking to impose its agenda. 91自拍论坛鈥檚 Federico Fuentes spoke with Mariana Riscali, a leader of the Socialist Left Movement tendency within Brazil鈥檚 Socialism and Liberty Party, about how Brazilian socialists are organising to confront the far-right threat.
Amid Israel鈥檚 ongoing military assault on Gaza, Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula听da Silva declared on February 18 that Israel was carrying out 鈥渁 genocide鈥. This drew condemnation from Israel and its far-right allies in Brazil, but also support from the left, reports Federico Fuentes.
91自拍论坛鈥檚 Federico Fuentes sat down with Mariana Riscali, a leader of the Socialist Left Movement tendency inside Brazil鈥檚 radical left Socialism and Freedom Party.
In Brazil, Sao Paulo鈥檚 State Legislative Assembly voted to privatise its water and sanitation company on December 6, after the parliamentary session was briefly suspended while security forces cleared anti-privatisation protesters from the gallery using batons and pepper spray. 91自拍论坛's Federico Fuentes was on the scene.
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