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, by CARINHANHA Ana Míria dos Santos Carvalho
When Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman, was shot to death in downtown Rio on March 14, her killing moved the world.
Protesters took to the streets in New York, Paris, Buenos Aires and elsewhere, pledging to continue Franco’s fight against racism, poverty, inequality and (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
The people and organizations signing this declaration: Demand that the government and the judicial system of Brazil immediately release Luis Ignacio “Lula” Da Silva, leader of the Workers’ Party. Demand freedom and full restitution of his political rights so that he can participate in the (…)
, by DSA (USA), ISO (USA), Left Roots, Philly Socialists, Socialist Alternative, Solidarity (USA)
On March 14, Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Pedro Gomez were murdered in cold blood after leaving an event promoting Afro-Brazilian women’s civil rights. Marielle was a Black, queer, feminist member of the Party for Socialism and Freedom (PSOL) who served on the Rio de Janeiro city (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
WE DEMAND JUSTICE FOR MARIELLE FRANCO
On March 14th, one of Brazil’s most courageous social leaders was brutally assassinated on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Marielle Franco, a city councilwoman and human rights defender, was shot four times in the head by unknown assailants in a passing (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
Prominent activists, film-makers and writers demand an independent investigation into the killing of the campaigner and her driver, Anderson Pedro Gomes, in Rio de Janeiro.
Last week one of Brazil’s most courageous social leaders was brutally assassinated on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. (…)
, by Insurgência
The president and his party-gang are directly responsible for the economic crisis and the violence that tears the social fabric of Rio de Janeiro and that allowed the political assassination of Marielle and Anderson.
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Dear Mr. President of the Republic (who no one elected) (…)
, by MAHONY Ella
Last week, Brazilian socialist Marielle Franco was assassinated on the streets of Rio. The questions surrounding her death are dangerous ones for Brazil’s reactionary right.
“Who killed Marielle Franco?”. That is the question splayed across banners, spray-painted on walls, Sharpied onto (…)
, by GREENWALD Glenn
Just as U.S. Media Does With MLK, Brazil’s Media Is Trying to Whitewash and Exploit Marielle Franco’s Political Radicalism.
ON SUNDAY NIGHT, Brazil’s most powerful television outlet, Rede Globo, devoted 45 minutes of its highly watched “Fantastico” program to the assassination of Rio City (…)
, by GREENWALD Glenn
As thousands take to the streets of Rio and São Paolo to protest the politician’s brutal murder, Glenn Greenwald remembers a formidable and fearless advocate for Rio’s poorest citizens.
One of Brazil’s most promising, charismatic and beloved political figures was brutally murdered on (…)
, by Inprecor, International Viewpoint, PSOL
Activist of the LGTB movement, the World March of Women, City Councilor of the Party Socialism and Liberty (PSOL) in Rio de Janeiro and in charge of the commission of inquiry into the violence perpetrated by the army and the police against young people Afro-descendants in Rio, Marielle Franco (…)
, by BRITO Giambatista
On 14 March, Marielle Franco, a city councillor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, of the Socialism and Freedom Party, was assassinated. In a piece originally published on the website of the Brazilian New Socialist Organisation (NOS) (…)
The bars across Rio’s South Zone were packed with fans watching Flamengo defeat Ecuadorian team Emelec. The Rio football team was surging on social media as well, leading Brazil’s trending topics on Twitter on Wednesday night. Amidst thousands of tweets about the players who turned the game (…)
, by PHILLIPS Dom
Marielle Franco, known for criticism of police tactics, was killed in apparent assassination.
Protests were held across Brazil after a popular Rio city councillor and her driver were shot dead by two men in what appears to have been a targeted assassination.
Marielle Franco, 38, was a (…)
, by Esquerda Online
A well-known socialist in Brazil was assassinated Wednesday night in Rio de Janeiro. Marielle Franco, a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberty (PSOL) and a Rio city council member representing the poor community of Favela da Maré, was shot dead along with her driver—an adviser was also (…)
, by WMW Brazil
The World March of Women expresses its sadness and deep indignation at the murder of Marielle Franco, a feminist militant and city councillor of PSOL - Partido Socialismo e Liberdade in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was shot dead inside her car on Wednesday, March 14. In this moment of (…)
, by Reuters
Sweeping changes to legislation, dubbed the forest code, are a blow for campaigners seeking to protect the Amazon and other rainforest areas
Brazil’s supreme court has upheld major changes to laws that protect the and other biomes, reducing penalties for past illegal in a blow to (…)
, by MACHADO João
On January 24, the Regional Court of Brazil’s Fourth Region confirmed the conviction of former President Lula for corruption, in a case concerning the alleged ownership of an apartment in Guarujá (São Paulo). Lula became ineligible from running for political office under a law promulgated by his (…)
, by ROMBALDI Mauricio
This paper analyses to what extent the Decent Work Campaigns Towards and Beyond 2014 (World Cup) and Towards and Beyond 2016 (Olympics) by the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) initiated a process of coordinating activities between national and international trade unions of the (…)
, by Anticapitalistas
Given the recent events in Honduras, Anticapitalistas joins the international call of the Honduran people to denounce the electoral fraud by the current President and candidate for re-election Juan Orlando Hernandez of the National Party, who did not accept the first published results of the (…)
, by FERNANDES Sabrina
The Brazilian right’s efforts to destroy abortion rights are key to their broader crusade against the Left.
Brazil’s right wing has gotten ahead through a series of dirty tricks. The 2015 impeachment.
One proposal sought to establish conception as the moment when life begins. But that was (…)
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