The Brazilian Left in the 21st Century
Conflict and Conciliation in Peripheral Capitalism
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This book aims to reconstruct the role played by left movements and organizations in Brazil from their process of renewal in the 1980s as they fought against the civil-military dictatorship, going through the Workers' Party's governments in the 2000s, until the Party’s dramatic defeat with a parliamentary coup in 2016. Henceforth, there have been attacks on social and political rights that severely affect the lower classes and reverted progressive policies on various issues. Through a historical reconstruction, this book analyzes how different left movements and organizations contributed to the democratization of Brazilian society, and how their contradictions contributed to the actual conservative turn. The essays also focus the development of Brazilian Left in the light of socialist politics and especially Marxism, both in terms of political organizations and theory. In this sense, the essays in this collection represent an effort to rethink some aspects of the history of the Brazilian left and how it can reorganize itself after the conservative turn.
This book aims to reconstruct the role played by left movements and organizations in Brazil from their process of renewal in the 1980s as they fought against the civil-military dictatorship, going through the Workers' Party's governments in the 2000s, until the Party’s dramatic defeat with a parliamentary coup in 2016. Henceforth, there have been attacks on social and political rights that severely affect the lower classes and reverted progressive policies on various issues. Through a historical reconstruction, this book analyzes how different left movements and organizations contributed to the democratization of Brazilian society, and how their contradictions contributed to the actual conservative turn. The essays also focus the development of Brazilian Left in the light of socialist politics and especially Marxism, both in terms of political organizations and theory. In this sense, the essays in this collection represent an effort to rethink some aspects of the history of the Brazilian left and how it can reorganize itself after the conservative turn.
Offers a wide scope of analyses about the Brazilian Left from different academic disciplines, including Marxist readings, perspectives from the fields of political sciences, sociology, gender and queer studies, and decolonization and subaltern studies Introduces debates about and problems in actual Brazilian left-leaning movements and organizations to an English-speaking audience Provides a reconstruction of Brazilian contemporary history, focusing on different political actors and social groups and movements
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Vladimir Puzone
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“This volume offers a superb critical assessment of past triumphs and failures of the Brazilian Left. It is a must-read to whoever is committed to struggling against social inequality, racism, sexism, and homophobia anywhere.” (Sidney Chalhoub, Professor of History and of African and African American Studies, Harvard Univesity, USA)
“An outstanding examination of the achievements, trials, and limitations of the Brazilian left from the origins of the Workers’ Party to the downfall of Lula and Dilma Rousseff. This book is indispensable reading for scholars and students of Brazil.” (Alfredo Saad-Filho, Professor of Political Economy, SOAS, University of London, UK)
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