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Lula Picks Up Endorsements of Rivals - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Reporters Cross Picket Line - WVU Staff Walk Out

Mike Elk Oct 07, 2022 0 Comments

Folks, Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, where I’ve just gotten back from touring Pontifical Catholic University, a school where I studied journalism in Portuguese nearly 15 years ago. It was a very moving experience reflecting on all my memories. Recently, the university dedicated the student villa where activist groups

Victory Parties Canceled as Brazilian Dig In for Runoff Election Fight

Mike Elk Oct 03, 2022 0 Comments

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 to the Dr. João Firmino Correia de Araujo Elementary School voting location to catch a glimpse of Lula voting the morning of the election. “This

Biden’s Pro-Union Speeches Helped Brazilian Unions Fight Bolsonaro

Mike Elk Oct 02, 2022 0 Comments

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 out in support of workers seeking to unionize at Amazon in Alabama. The speech was widely hailed as a historic move in the United States,

Datafolha Poll: Lula 50% - Bolsonaro 36% - Lula Could Avoid Runoff & Create Momentum for Down-ballot Workers Party Races

Mike Elk Sep 30, 2022 0 Comments

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 and a hotbed of support for Lula. Ahead of Sunday’s union election, I’ve had a busy day visiting with the tire workers

Washington Brazil Office Warns of Militia Violence Ahead of Sunday’s Election

Mike Elk Sep 28, 2022 0 Comments

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 Green, President of the Washington Brazil Office, an NGO that advocates for measures to protect Brazilian democracy. With Lula up by double digits over fascist

Lula Picks Up Endorsements of Rivals - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Reporters Cross Picket Line - WVU Staff Walk Out

Victory Parties Canceled as Brazilian Dig In for Runoff Election Fight

Biden’s Pro-Union Speeches Helped Brazilian Unions Fight Bolsonaro

Datafolha Poll: Lula 50% - Bolsonaro 36% - Lula Could Avoid Runoff & Create Momentum for Down-ballot Workers Party Races

Washington Brazil Office Warns of Militia Violence Ahead of Sunday’s Election

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