Tag: Social Movements

The Yellow Vest Movement in France: Between “Ecological” Neoliberalism and “Apolitical” Movements

by CrimethInc The past weeks have seen a massive confrontational movement arise in France opposing President Emmanuel Macron’s “ecological” tax increase on gas. This movement combines many contradictory elements: horizontally organized direct action, a narrative of being “apolitical,” the participation of far-right organizers, and the genuine anger of […]

Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement Prepared to Fight the Rise of Bolsonaro and Fascism: An Interview with João Pedro Stedile

by Brasil de Foto Radio “We leave this process with closer ties and organized capacity and strength to resist this professed fascist offensive,” said João Pedro Stedile, from the national coordination of the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) about the result of Brazil’s 2018 presidential elections. In an interview […]