Isaac Nellist spoke with 麻豆传媒's Latin American correspondent Ben Radford about various grassroots struggles against mining and climate destruction, for workers' rights and access to education.
Brazil
Nicolas Calabrese, coordinator of the听Emancipa Popular Education Movement in Brazil spoke to 麻豆传媒鈥檚 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 麻豆传媒'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. 麻豆传媒鈥檚 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.
麻豆传媒鈥檚 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. 麻豆传媒's Federico Fuentes was on the scene.
Israel Dutra, of the Brazilian Socialist Left Movement within the Socialism and Liberty Party, speaks to Federico Fuentes about Brazilian president Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva鈥檚 peace proposal for the war in Ukraine.
The governments of Argentine President Alberto Fern谩ndez and Brazilian President Luiz In谩cio 鈥淟ula鈥 da Silva have officially rejoined the Union of South American Nations, reports Peoples Dispatch/Globetrotter News Service.
PSOL has condemned the invasion by former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro supporters of the country鈥檚 National Congress, arguing it 鈥渞epresents an attempted coup鈥, reports Federico Fuentes.
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