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The strategic stakes of Brazil's October elections in the international situation

Israel Dutra — 2026-08-18T07:47:07Z

A victory for the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (“Lula”) in Brazil's October 2026 presidential election and an increased vote for the left wing Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL) would constitute points of support for coordinating an international anti-fascist movement, combining the fight against the global far right with the defence of the sovereignty of the peoples.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / Brazil

The spectre of the far right is haunting Latin America

Eduardo Lucita — 2026-08-15T06:33:15Z

Far-right movements have come to power in numerous countries across the region. They are linked to Trumpism; resisting them requires the broadest possible coordination of these resistance movements at both local and regional levels.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / United States (USA), Brazil, Argentina, Latin America, Far Right

Super El Niño: Chronicle of a Tragedy Foretold

Israel Dutra — 2026-07-22T08:42:10Z

“To confront the climate catastrophe—accelerated by neo-fascist denialism—the emergency brake lies in the struggle and mobilization of the social majority”

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Brazil, Climate

Latin America: A hostage to Trump's United States

Ana C. Carvalhaes — 2026-07-18T09:07:41Z

The largest region of the Americas is the only part of the planet where Trump has managed to make significant progress toward his national security policy goals. Trump faces significant difficulties on the domestic front, where he is trying to limit the predicted defeat for the midterm congressional elections in November.

- IVP618 - July 2026 / United States (USA), Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Latin America, Bolivia

Porto Alegre and the Rebirth of Internationalism

Sushovan Dhar — 2026-06-13T17:29:52Z

Across continents, something is beginning to take shape again. It's not yet a finished alignment, nor a settled strategy nor even a unified political perspective. But a movement, hesitant, uneven, and sometimes contradictory, toward renewed internationalism.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Brazil, Internationalism

Notes on the Political Situation in South America

Ana C. Carvalhaes, Israel Dutra — 2026-05-28T06:34:16Z

“In these notes, we address South America, where the complexity of societies, scandalous socioeconomic inequality, the presence of a so-called “middle” economy with its own influence in the region (Brazil), a tradition of struggle and organization on the left, and governments less subservient than the liberal right (such as those of Colombia, Brazil, and Uruguay), imperialist interventionism faces more obstacles and has to moderate its attacks. In light of important electoral processes and tests in the class struggle posed by far-right and right-wing governments, such as those in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, and Ecuador, it is worth considering the commonalities across national contexts in the region in the coming months.”

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Cuba, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia

BRICS media are not an alternative for anti-imperial resistance

Farooq Sulehria — 2026-05-17T13:31:37Z

Farooq Sulehria is a member of CADTM-Pakistan. He was in Brazil to attend the First Anti-Fascist Conference in Porto Alegre (March 26-29, 2026). He is the author of the recently published Media Subimperialisms and the Rise of the Global South (Palgrave Macmillan).

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Brazil, South Korea, China, India

The PSOL and the Anti-Fascist Struggle

Mariana Riscali — 2026-05-10T08:46:34Z

“We need not only an electoral and party alliance, but also one rooted in the grassroots and social movements. We believe that PSOL is fundamental to this process—combining the re-election of our combative legislators with increasing our seats in Congress and state assemblies, while simultaneously driving social struggles forward.”

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Brazil, Antifascism

The Anti-Fascist and Anti-Imperialist Conference in Porto Alegre: Great achievements, challenges and opportunities

2026-04-12T10:23:29Z

“It is through all these events that the alliances necessary to counter fascism and imperialism are being forged. It is up to us to involve the trade unions, human rights organizations, feminist and LGBTQI+ movements, anti-racist organizations, those campaigning for Palestine, and those standing in solidarity with the Ukrainian and the Iranian people. It is in this way – and by defending our eco-socialist revolutionary perspectives – that we will build the movement needed to change the world.”

- Features / Brazil, Latin America, Antifascism, Anti-imperialism

Three general characteristics of the new era of fascism

Ivan Drury Zarin — 2026-04-04T06:51:27Z

Fascism has been, over the last decade, and especially more recently, an object of vigorous debate on the left. But, as a long editorial from the Salvage collective bemoaned about debates over what to make of Russia's war on Ukraine, much of this debate has been stuck in the ditch of historical analogy. Is Trumpism more like Mussolini's or Hitler's fascism? When we stack up all the measures of rights violated and attacked, does the far right today pass the test of comparison with major fascist events of the 20th century?

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Brazil, Antifascism