The future is taking shape around us, but the past continues to exert its pull. This is a time when everything is in contention; new social forces emerge, while old reactionary forces […]
Federica Dadone, Namaa AL-Mahdi , Neil Faulkner: Black Lives Matter in Britain
Sônia Guajajara, Preta Ferreira: Covid-19, Bolsonaro and the resistance in Brazil (video)
This videoconference was held on June 16 featuring indigenous leader Sônia Guajajara and housing and antiracist leader Preta Ferreira in conversation with Jacobin Brasil editor Sabrina Fernandes. The event was hosted by […]
Sônia Guajajara: Indigenous women in Brazil leading in the fight for justice (part 2)
As of June 18, Brazil is reporting 955,377 confirmed coronavirus infections and 45,510 Covid-19 deaths, second only to the United States and assumed to significantly undercount the real totals. Far-right President Jair […]
Sônia Guajajara: Indigenous women in Brazil leading in the fight for justice (part 1)
As of June 16, Brazil is reporting 888,271 confirmed coronavirus infections and 43,959 Covid-19 deaths, second only to the United States and assumed to significantly undercount the real totals. Far-right President Jair […]
Gippò Mukendi Ngandu: Racial Oppression and the Police in Italy
As of June 15, Italy is reporting 236,989 coronavirus infections and 34,345 Covid-19 deaths, suffering a per capita mortality at least 50 percent higher than that of the United States. The Italian government, […]
Valerio Arcary: Revolutionary patience
Valerio Arcary is the author of several books including O Martelo de História (History’s Hammer) and a leader in the Resistência current of the Party for Socialism and Freedom. Here he discusses some of the […]
Julien Salingue: France joins the anti-racist revolt
As of June 11, France is reporting 155,561 confirmed coronavirus cases and 29, 346 Covid-19 deaths, 25 percent more deaths per capita than the United States and centered in Paris. Despite the […]
Aaron Grabin, Axel Farkas, Hamel Mighty: Black Lives Matter in Belgium
Belgium is reporting 56,569 confirmed coronavirus cases and 9,629 Covid-19 deaths, the worst per capita death rate in the world, 250 percent higher than the United States. As elsewhere, immigrant and poor […]
Martina Gomes: Black Lives Matter and the antifascist struggle in Brazil
As of June 10, Brazil is reporting 739,503 confirmed coronavirus infections and 38,406 Covid-19 deaths, but the real figures are likely significantly higher. Meanwhile, far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is trying to compensate […]
Vinod Mubayi: Criminalizing dissent and Covid-19 in India
As of June 9, India is reporting 266,598 confirmed coronavirus infections and 7,466 Covid-19 deaths although the actual toll could be far higher. The pandemic comes on the heals of a fading […]
