Black Brazilian Women and the Lula Administration
This piece was published in the March/April 2007 issue of the NACLA Report. The social sciences produced by black intellectuals ...
Brazil – “Abertura” on Trial?
In a trial that many saw as a test of Brazil's much-vaunted liberalization process, known as abertura, the Second Military ...
The AFL-CIO’s ‘New Internationalism’
Last December, when then President-elect Lula da Silva met with the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO in a celebratory gathering ...
BRAZIL Lula: “We can take power
Late for our interview, presidential candidate Luis InAcio "Lula" da Silva exploded into the room like the prover- bial gangbuster ...
Brazil – Metalworkers Strike
On May 11, the 41-day strike by Brazilian metalworkers ended in defeat for the workers, but its political implications go ...
Worker President Raises Workers’ Hopes in Brazil
On October 27, 2002, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvalathe operator, metalworker, undisputed leader of the independent labor movement that emerged ...
Lula Win Raises Hopes in Brazil
São Paulos Avenida Paulista is a monument to money: The wide avenue is lined with the solid concrete and glass ...
Can Democracy Challenge Empire in Lula’s Brazil?
Since trade unionist Luiz Inácio lula da Silva won Brazils 2002 presidential elections, he has surprised his own supporters as ...
