A Way Out for Brazil

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1654 ... August 22, 2018
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A Way Out for Brazil

João Pedro Stédile

Brazil is going through a grave economic, political, social and environmental crisis. Many factors have contributed to the emergence of this crisis, principally the subordination of the economy to finance and international capital that steal from the whole society.

The coup of 2016 [which saw the overthrow of president Dilma Rousseff] was an attempt by the bourgeoisie to save itself from the crisis by placing the weight of it on the working class. To do this, it used its media, judicial and parliamentary power. The plan was to rob public resources, take away rights, subordinate the country completely to international interests, hand over natural resources like petroleum, minerals and water and companies like Petrobras, Electrobras and... Embraer [companies in the petroleum, power and aeronautics sectors].

They began to do dirty work against the people in the most rapid and sneaky way possible. And what was the result? The economic crisis got worse. The social crisis reached the levels of barbarism, with 66 million workers at the margins of the economy and the six wealthiest families earning more than 104-million Brazilians. The political crisis has also gotten worse: the popularity of the coup-supporting government has plunged to historic depths. And no one believes in the politicians!