In which we update the latest from Brazil, post-election. What will Bolsonaro's government look like? We plot best & worst case scenarios and discuss how bad this really is (really, really bad). And is "fascism" the correct term to use?
Readings:
Bolsonaro Rising (Alex) https://thebaffler.com/latest/bolsonaro-rising-hochuli
Bolsonaro: more dangerous than Trump (Alex) https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/brazil-presidential-election-who-jair-bolsonaro-popular-candidate-more-dangerous-ncna925011
What Bolsonaro's election victory means (Ben) https://mg.co.za/article/2018-10-28-what-bolsonaros-election-victory-could-mean
Fascism has arrived in Brazil (Ben) https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-election-results-president-fascism-far-right-fernando-haddad-a8606391.html
Privilege vs Democracy in Brazil (Alfredo Saad-Filho) https://jacobinmag.com/2018/10/brazil-election-bolsonaro-haddad-lula-pt-democracy
/207/ Pangolin vs Lobster, pt 1 ft. Paolo Gerbaudo
Excerpt: /206/ Three Articles: Post-Liberalism
/205/ The World In One Country: The Final ft. Many Guests
/204/ Three Articles: People's Republic of Fleeing
Excerpt: /203/ Positive Biopolitics? ft. Benjamin Bratton
Excerpt: /202/ 3 Articles: Clerisy, War, Football
Excerpt: /201/ Reading Club: The New Class War
/200/ The World In One Country ft. Many Guests
Excerpt: /199/ Aufhebonus Bonus (June)
/198/ Universal India ft. Achin Vanaik
RE-RELEASE: /100/ What Was the End of History? ft. Many Guests
Excerpt: /197/ Reading Club: The Breakaway
Excerpt: /196/ Cosmopolitan Dystopia
/195/ No Shock China ft. Isabella Weber
Excerpt: /194/ Anti-Politics & Non-Movements
/193/ The New 20 Years' Crisis
Excerpt: /192/ Three Articles: Pandemic (Dis)Satisfactions
Excerpt: /191/ Reading Club: Ever Closer Union?
/190/ Top 5 Fetishes ft. Elena Louisa Lange
UNLOCKED /183/ Acid Bunga Bunga ft. Mike Watson
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