São Paulo teachers are fighting not only against the local allies of the fascist ex-president Bolsonaro, but also against the unions that have isolated and betrayed their struggles.
In the two years that Nísia Trindade led the ministry, her tenure was marked by the largest dengue outbreak in the country’s history and the deepening of the “herd immunity” policy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bolsonaro is seeking to benefit from the election of Trump, whose government has promoted fascist forces to establish governments of, by and for the oligarchy globally.
After the PT’s collapse in last November’s municipal elections, the Lula government’s austerity measures threaten to pave the way for the extreme right’s return to power.
The pressure on the Lula government to deepen its austerity measures will intensify this year amid an escalation of multiple global crises and Trump’s return to the US presidency.
The charges in the report led to the arrest, on December 14, of Bolsonaro’s running mate and former Army chief General Braga Netto.
The plot included an operation dubbed “Green and Yellow Dagger”, which called for the the assassination of Lula and other top officials.
Sixty years after the US-backed 1964 military coup, revelations by the Federal Police have shown that Brazil was close to a new coup and the establishment of a dictatorship after Bolsonaro’s electoral defeat.
The 2024 elections in Brazil were marked by a significant repudiation of the political establishment, evidenced by a record level of abstention.
The attack on the Supreme Court came at a critical moment in international politics, with Bolsonaro enthusiastically celebrating Trump’s victory in the US.
The growing attacks on public education in Brazil and internationally are part of a shift by the world’s ruling elite towards dictatorship at home and war abroad.
The Workers Party government has failed to inform the population about the latest wave of the pandemic in Brazil, while continuing to misinform it about the science of COVID-19.
US imperialism has relied on the “Pink Tide” governments of Lula and Petro to secure its interests in a crisis that could lead to civil war or a “pro-democracy” foreign military intervention in Venezuela.
The politicians behind the Latin American version of CPAC have served as the most direct advocates of US imperialism’s agenda in the region.
The unions subordinated the strike to futile negotiations with the Lula government, isolating this powerful movement from the struggles of state teachers and other federal workers.
The anniversary was overshadowed by a US offensive on multiple fronts— diplomatic, economic and military—against China, Brazil’s leading trade partner.
The recent tour of the US by officials of the CSP-Conlutas union federation served to integrate it into support for the emerging US war against Russia and China.
President Lula is pursuing a corporatist agenda to integrate the unions into the state in order to suppress the class struggle in Brazil.
The financial markets have hailed the Lula government as its reactionary character has been exposed.
In response to the latest revelations in the Marielle case, the PT and PSOL have redoubled their efforts to prevent Brazilian youth and workers from drawing the necessary political conclusions.
