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.
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Israel鈥檚 state-owned water company Mekorot has played a key role in the theft of Palestinian water. "Fuera Mekorot" (Get Out Mekorot) campaign organiser Gisela Cardozo spoke to 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Ben Radford about Mekorot's nefarious activities in Argentina and the campaign against it.
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.
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.
Sergio Lirio speaks to Pablo Stefanoni about the recent resignations of key members of Brazil's military elite, and the growing discontent at Jair Bolsonaro's disastrous administration.