Victory Parties Canceled as Brazilian Dig In for Runoff Election Fight
SÃO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, BRASIL – Ever since Lula was first elected as Brasil’s president 20 years ago in 2002, 39-year-old Fernando Selestrino has come…
Biden’s Pro-Union Speeches Helped Brazilian Unions Fight Bolsonaro
SÃO PAULO, BRASIL – On the front cover of São Paulo’s April 2021 tire workers union newsletter is a photo of President Joe Biden speaking…
Datafolha Poll: Lula 50% – Bolsonaro 36% – Lula Could Avoid Runoff & Create Momentum for Down-ballot Workers Party Races
Folks, Greetings from Rua de Primeiro de Maio in Santo André, Brasil, a street that celebrates May Day in an industrial city of about 700,000…
Washington Brazil Office Warns of Militia Violence Ahead of Sunday’s Election
WASHINGTON, D.C. – “I don’t see any way that Lula cannot win the election in the second round — unless they kill him,” says James…
Help us Cover the Brazilian Presidential Election This October
This October, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former auto worker turned union leader and former president of Brasil from 2003 to 2010, will face…
Brazilian Police Warn of “Unprecedented” Political Violence – Alabama Prison Labor Goes on Strike – NYT Reporters Move Closer to Strike
Greetings from Washington, D.C., where I’m getting ready to fly out to Rio de Janeiro in less than 24 hours. Thanks again to all our…
YouTube Pushes Bolsonaro’s Election Theft Conspiracy – 1,000 SF Airport Workers Strike – Utah Movie Theater Workers Strike
L’Shana Tova from Washington DC, where I’m writing this newsletter from Politics & Prose, which recently became the first bookstore in DC to win a…
Bolsonaro Gives Aid to Uber Drivers – Bernie & Tim Kaine Threaten Military Aid to Brasil – 800 Texas Nurses Unionize
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where in two days I’ll begin the first leg of my journey to Brasil. But before I head off, I’m…
Happy Hour Brazilian Election Fundraiser Send-Off Party
Folks, Next Sunday, I am leaving Pittsburgh and heading to Brasil. I’ll be gone for about six weeks, and while I’m excited to be in…
Rest in Power: Saladin Muhammad, Founder of Black Workers for Justice & UE Veteran, Dies
Late yesterday, Black Workers for Justice announced that retired United Electrical Workers (UE) organizer Saladin Muhammad died the age of 76. In addition to his…