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brazil/guyana/suriname/fguiana / the left / non-anarchist press Monday March 30, 2015 - 19:31 by Alfredo Saad-Filho
Hundreds of thousands of chiefly white middle class protesters took to the streets in Brazil on 15 March in an organized upsurge of hatred against the federal administration led by President Dilma Rousseff of the Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT). These protests are far more cohesive and better organized than the previous wave of anti-government demonstrations, in 2013; their demands are unambiguously reactionary, and they include primarily the country's elite. ... read full story / add a comment
brazil/guyana/suriname/fguiana / the left / non-anarchist press Monday January 13, 2014 - 18:17 by Alfredo Saad Filho
This article reviews the background and the implications of two transitions in Brazil: the political transition from a military regime (1964-85) to democracy (1985-present), and the economic transition from import-substituting industrialization (ISI, 1930-80) to neoliberalism (1990-present). It subsequently examines how neoliberal economic policies were implemented in a democracy, under the centre-right administrations led by Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-98, 1998-2002), and the centre-left administrations led by Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula, 2003-06, 2007-10) and Dilma Rousseff (2011-present). The article concludes with a reflection about the limitations of these policies, and of neoliberal democracy more generally. ... read full story / add a comment
brazil/guyana/suriname/fguiana / the left / non-anarchist press Thursday July 18, 2013 - 19:51 by Manuel Larrabure
Introduction: The Limits of a Good Idea It started as a good idea. Rather than taking the path of the old Latin American left, in the form of the guerrilla movement, or the Stalinist party, Brazil's Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT), aided by strong union and social movements, decided to try something new. The challenge was to somehow combine the institutions of liberal democracy with popular participation by communities and movements. The answer eventually became participatory budgeting (PB). Introduced in the city of Porto Alegre in 1999, PB was a highly innovative experiment in co-management and de-centralization (Weyh, 2011). It allowed communities of diverse political stripes to democratically manage a small portion of their city's budget. Not only did this result in more and better services for poor communities, it also opened a space where people could learn new democratic skills and build new solidarities. In PB, a virtuous cycle of democracy was unleashed: the more people participated, the more people learned to participate. Add to this, a number of poverty reducing programs at the national level, such as Bolsa Familia, and you suddenly had a new path to social transformation: peaceful, gradual and pluralist. ... read full story / add a comment
brazil/guyana/suriname/fguiana / the left / non-anarchist press Wednesday July 17, 2013 - 20:51 by Alfredo Saad Filho
The mass movements starting in June 2013 were the largest and most significant protests in Brazil in a generation, and they have shaken up the country's political system. Their explosive growth, size and extraordinary reach caught everyone – the left, the right, and the government – by surprise. This article examines these movements in light of the achievements and shortcomings of the democratic transition, in the mid-1980s, and the experience of the federal administrations led by the Workers’ Party since 2003. ... read full story / add a comment 
brazil/guyana/suriname/fguiana / la izquierda / non-anarchist press Saturday November 06, 2010 - 19:01 by Raúl Zibechi
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Es preciso tener la firmeza y la madurez para asumir que hay gobiernos que mejoran la vida de las mayorías y no construyen proyectos de poder para que estas mismas mayorías sean dueñas de sus destinos. ... read full story / add a comment
brazil/guyana/suriname/fguiana / a esquerda / non-anarchist press Tuesday August 10, 2010 - 20:09 by Mark Weisbrot
O que José Serra está tentando fazer? Em sua campanha pela Presidência do Brasil, ele acusou a Bolívia de cumplicidade no tráfico de drogas e criticou Lula por tentar mediar a disputa entre Washington e o Irã, e por recusar (em companhia da maioria dos demais países sul-americanos) reconhecimento ao governo de Honduras, "eleito" sob uma ditadura. ... read full story / add a comment |
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