? In this episode: ⭕ Brazil’s Coronavirus death-toll reaches six hundred thousand ⭕ Chilean lower house of the Parliament passed a law to make abortion legal ⭕ Peruvian president Pedro Castillo announced the “second land reform” ⭕ Deaths in a factional dispute to control one of the largest Ecuadorian prisons at Guayas provinceeconomic recession ⭕ Virtual international plenary of International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggles: organizations from 13 countries attended the meeting #BrazilWorkersPodcast #BrazilWorkers #BrazilLabourStruggles #Labour #Labour ..read more

? In this episode: ⭕ Native-Brazilians have held daily demonstrations in Brasilia city against a deadline on land claims ⭕ Brazil faces the worst drought in 91 years  ⭕ Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE) announced the official report on estimated population ⭕ According to FORBES magazine, Brazil had 315 billionaires on June 30, 2021, despite the Covid-19-related economic recession ..read more

In this episode: - Justice sentences former Metalworker Union president to prison for organizing the defense of GM jobs - The earthquake and imperialism problems in Haiti  - Daniel Ortega invaded La Prensa daily newspaper premises - Solidarity with Justicia 11J cuban movement to free Cuban political prisoners - Solidarity with the families of the 28 Lebanese citizens who lost their lives in an explosion in Akkar  on August 15 ..read more

In this episode: - Military parade of Bolsonaro in Brasilia - The protests to demand jobs in Argentina - Solidarity with all political prisoners in Cuba - Solidarity with Zuheir Hammadi, suspended by the company Webhelp Maroc ..read more

In this episode: - The lack of funding for the Brazilian Olympic team - The protests for food and freedom in Olympics - Solidarity with the Syrian people in Idlib and Deraa ..read more

In this episode: - 2.5 million citizens receiving the Corona vaccine in Brazil - Eight thousand immigrants Honduras are heading to the US border - Brazilian Palmeiras wins the Libertadores Cup after beating Santos ..read more

? The 15o episode of Brazil Workers’ Podcast is available: In this episode, we address the general strike of October 23 in Italy, called by CUB Trasporti, to protest against the social and economic policies of the government. The main demands of the strike were against the precariousness and exploitation of work, for a guaranteed and decent income for workers and retirees, for the right to health, education and housing, but also against privatizations and military expenses of one of the main imperialist states of Europe. To talk about this struggle, we have an interview with Daniele Cofani, na ..read more

? The 14o episode of Brazil Workers’ Podcast is available: In this episode, we address the revolutionary process in Chile, with a brief report of Maria Rivera, an activist lawyer in defense of political prisoners and in struggle against Sebastián Piñera Neoliberal Government and its state and police violence ..read more

? The 13o episode of Brazil Workers’ Podcast is available: In this episode, we address an issue that concerns not only Brazil but the whole world: the destruction of forests in Brazil, especially the Amazon and the Pantanal region. The number of fires burning in standing Amazon rainforest spiked dramatically in recent weeks, threatening the forest’s biodiversity — a richness of flora and fauna not adapted to withstand the flames. The forest burned is estimated at roughly 4.6 million acres (1.8 million hectares) — an area about three-fifths the size of Belgium. The Pantanal, the largest flooded ..read more

? The 12o episode of Brazil Workers’ Podcast is available: Embraer announced in early September the dismissal of 2500 workers, among them metalworkers injured or in pre-retirement period, which makes the dismissals illegal.  The labor union, besides mobilizing against mass dismissal, also denounces the super salaries of some top-level employees of the company, a gross inequality that, if it were balanced in a reasonable and fair way, would already make it possible to have enough resources to maintain the jobs of these workers. To talk about the situation, we have in this edition the parti ..read more