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Bolsanoro’s new government is full of contradictions and is unstable—that means that resistance has the potential to defeat it

Brazil’s new president Jair Bolsonaro will be inaugurated on 1 January. He associates himself with the military dictatorship that ruled between 1964 and 1985, a regime of death squads and torture.

The victory of Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election was a shock felt the world over. Jorge Almeida discusses the crises which led to this point.

It showed the sort of fighting unity we need against the lies and the division peddled by the racists and the far right.

Brazilian socialist Sandra Silva spoke to Socialist Worker about how people are resisting in the wake of Bolsonaro’s win

Far right Jair Bolsonaro is a threat to workers and the oppressed. But the potential power of those who oppose him means it’s possible to stop his project, argues Alistair Farrow

A fascist gunned down 11 Jewish people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, in the US, last week.

Jair Bolsonaro took around 55 percent of the vote and threatens to unleash brutal attacks on working class people

Brazilian socialist Valerio Arcary spoke to Socialist Worker about the dangerous advance of Jair Bolsonaro

The right are on the rise in Brazil.

At the end of May, Brazil faced the largest strike of truck drivers in its history. Member of left wing party PSOL Jorge Almeida reports on the background to the strike and its likely repercussions.

A truck drivers’ strike in Brazil has shown how repressive governments can be humbled.