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Richard Matousek
After Bolsonaro, Can Brazil Move Beyond Neoliberalism and Toward Greater Global Cooperation?
23 Nov 2022
Lula da Silva's return to the Brazilian presidency is seen as a victory for the left. But he will have to struggle against forces who want to continue neo-liberal policies.
Federico Neiburg
The Brazilian Army in Haiti – Foreign Intervention and Domestic Politics
02 Nov 2022
The recent re-election of Lula da Silva to the Brazilian presidency is a reminder of the role that he played in the occupation of Haiti. The Brazilian military took the lead in the occupation and…
Eduardo Campos Lima
Brazilian Muslims Demand Harvard Return Skull of Enslaved Man Who Fought in Uprising
19 Oct 2022
Universities and museums around the world still hold human remains in their collections. Harvard University follows this discredited practice and has the skull of an enslaved Brazilian who took part…
Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
Brazil’s Haitian Training Ground
05 Oct 2022
Brazil is setting up for a run-off election between right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and “leftist” former President Lula da Silva.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Reighan Gillam’s Book, “Visualizing Black Lives”
14 Sep 2022
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Reighan Gillam. Gillam is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology…
Brian Mier
‘Go back to the plantation’ – Curitiba, Brazil Moves to Impeach Black City Councilor
17 May 2022
The first impeachment process against a city councilor in the 329-year history of Curitiba – the Brazilian city that most cherishes its “European heritage” – is underway, and it has nothing to do…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
EXCERPT: Genocide: The Social Lynching of Africans and their descendants in Brazil, Abdias do Nascimento
17 Nov 2021
The late Brazilian intellectual, artist, and activist Abdias do Nascimento argues that racial democracy is premised on an idea of racial mixing that not only valorizes whiteness, but is predica
Mekim-na-Save Projek
Martyred Marielle Franco speaks about her background & political perspective on May 15, 2017
20 Mar 2019
Brazilian feminist Marielle Franco da Silva, a Rio de Janeiro city council member, a lesbian and leading critic of the Temer and Bolsonaro regimes was assassinated along with her driver after deliv
Seu Jornal -- Rede TVT , Mekim-na-Save Projek
Brazilian Police Massacre 13 Youth in Bolsonaro “Crackdown”
20 Feb 2019
In keeping with the new president’s declaration
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Brazilian Fascist Is Grave Danger to Blacks
13 Nov 2018
Policing killings in Black areas “will continue on a much wider scale” when president-elect Jair Bolsonaro, widely viewed as a fascist and racist, takes office on the first of the year, said