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Lula’s comeback: A popular victory that marks the start of a new chapter
The Socialist Left Movement offer a preliminary assessment of Lula’s historic win and outline some clear tasks for the left amid this new and acute stage of class struggle in Brazil.
Lula overturned his first-round deficit by mobilising on the streets and social media. Esquerda en Movimento argues converting this mobilisation into popular organisation will now be key given the opposition’s increased strength in Congress.
Lula’s extraordinary victory in Brazil
Lula’s re-election in Brazil is the most important defeat for the far right in recent times, and its impact will be felt worldwide, writes Iain Bruce.
André Singer on the pendulum swing of Brazilian elites between authoritarianism and democracy.
Trumpism and Latin America’s new right governments
While the far right surge can be seen as a response to the earlier leftward turn in Latin America, it also represents a genuine turning point, writes Eduardo Lucita.
Brazil: Lula and the race for a turnaround
Michael Löwy warns that democracy is at risk in Brazil and that, despite his contradictions, Lula is the only option to stop the “suicide train” of fascism.
Will French students protesting austerity ignite a wider social movement ahead of the 2027 presidential campaign? William Bouchardon takes a look.
Brazil’s presidential election this year pits the far right against a broad coalition led by Lula and including the Workers Party and PSOL, the party of the socialist left. Pedro Fuentes and Peter B look at what to expect.
Brazil: We must confront Bolsonaro’s supporters in the streets and at the polls
The Socialist Left Movement argue there is no middle ground in Brazil’s elections: either Lula wins or Brazil has its worst government ever, creating a dangerous situation.
Fires, floods and heatwaves are warning signs of a social order whose pursuit of endless accumulation is colliding with ecological limits, contends Phil Hearse.
When workers resisted deindustrialisation
Romain Castellesi discusses the nature of struggles against deindustrialisation in France and the importance of working class history and memory in the face of economic crisis.
DSA’s Ella Teevan: ‘Socialism has broken containment in the United States’
Ella Teevan discusses the US midterms, how the Democratic Socialists of America can build on its successes, and challenging US imperialism and President Donald Trump’s far-right agenda.