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Title: All Out Against Bolsonaro! Author: CrimethInc. Date: December 27, 2018 Language: en Topics: Brazil, resistance, fascism Source: Retrieved on 17th June 2021 from https://crimethinc.com/2018/12/27/all-out-against-bolsonaro-an-appeal-from-brazil
On January 1, 2019, Jair Bolsonaro will assume the presidency of Brazil.
His candidacy, his government, and his allies represent the worst in any
society: authoritarianism, sexism, racism, homophobia, and xenophobia.
Capitalism combined with strong fascist tendencies! We are calling on
everyone to resist.
The new president has already shown that his government sees political
minorities as their primary targets. He will attack the rights of
workers, of women, of the poor, the black and suburban populations, the
entire LGBTTIQ community, indigenous peoples, and immigrants, putting
their lives put at risk.
Using fake news, rumors, and distortions of the facts, Bolsonaro and his
supporters have influenced millions of people, evading debate about
their intentions.
They are threatening the environment with their agenda of repealing
ecological protections, their refusal to acknowledge global warming, and
their plan to deliver ecological reserves and indigenous lands to
agribusiness and the international market. The scandals involving his
aides show that Bolsonaro’s administration will be just as corrupt as
the previous governments.
Bolsonaro’s politics have been praised by white supremacists including
David Duke of the Ku Klux Klan; his campaign received support from Steve
Bannon, the strategist for Donald Trump—the American president to whom
Bolsonaro promises total subservience.
So we can’t wait: 2019 must be a year of even more intense struggle for
everyone who wants a world of justice and equality.
We invite all communities, movements, collectives, associations,
students, workers, and unemployed people to organize a broad struggle
outside and beyond any party. The false opposition of right and left
parties functions as a distraction, obscuring everything these
symmetrical institutions of power have in common while leaving the root
of the problem intact: the domination of the state and the capitalist
structure of of society.
Remember, the anti-terrorist laws that criminalize protests and social
movements were introduced under the supposedly left-wing governments of
Lula and Dilma Rousseff. Now, the Bolsonaro government hopes to use them
to suppress any popular opposition on the streets.
Bolsonaro himself has promised to eliminate all forms of opposition and
activism. Police violence will intensify even further and the mobs
influenced by the hatred that emerged over the last five years will grow
even more rabid. They too will be on the streets.
We must not back down.
We were on the streets against the increase of bus tickets and the
Confederations Cup in 2013, against the impact of the World Cup in 2014
and the Olympics in 2016. We were in the school occupations in 2015
opposing the education cuts. We occupied schools and cultural
institutions against Michel Temer in 2016. We were in all the strikes,
occupations, and marches of 2017 and 2018. Now we will take the streets
again to resist, delegitimize, and expose the absurdities defended by
Bolsonaro as a threat to all people, the environment, and future
generations.
We will respond with protests, popular organization, and direct action.
We call on everyone who has been systematically harmed by governments
and capitalism throughout their lives, and will be impacted even more
now; we call on everyone who recognizes that we have to fight the
authoritarian, conservative, neo-liberal, and fascist groups that have
sought to capture the streets and political institutions over the past
several years.
From the day of his inauguration, January 1, we will take action against
every measure imposed by his government. The struggles for land, for
housing, for justice and equality, for our very existence will be more
intense than ever. We must also turn out in force for the days that mark
popular struggles:
March 8, International Women’s Day; April 19, the day of Indigenous
Resistance; May First, International Workers’ Day; June 28, LGBTTIQ
Pride Day; September 7, the Cry of the Excluded against so-called
Independence Day; November 20, Black Consciousness Day.
We must seize every opportunity to demonstrate that there is no
consensus. Most of the population did not vote for this authoritarian
government that is opening the door for the further militarization of
society—for fascism and for patriarchal white supremacy.
For those outside of Brazil who want to show solidarity, mobilize in
front of Brazilian embassies! Support the struggles in Brazil with
demonstrations, banners, and direct action. The new president’s
xenophobic and nationalist policies will affect people outside Brazil as
well. The rise of right-wing and fascist governments is an international
phenomenon that demands a global response.
We will not stop fighting until the state and capitalism fall throughout
the entire world!
No rest for Bolsonaro and his minions in 2019!