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Betrayal and love between Soledad Barrett and Corporal Anselmo during the Brazilian dictatorship
Soledad Barrett By Urariano Mota These days, when the right comes back to power in several countries wearing its modern mask for fascismo, it's worth sharing a message I received about my books. A teacher and researcher, after reading “Soledad no Recife”, my book that tells the last days of the guerrilla Soledad Barrett in Recife, sent me this message on Instagram this week: "Hello, good afternoon. What can you tell me about the narrator's alienated love for Soledad? And what

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Jun 283 min read


The Future of Democracy Requires an End to Fossil-Fueled Fascism
The fossil fuel industry is aligning itself with fascist forces to remain profitable. To survive, it is prepared to take the whole planet, as well as liberal democracy, down with it. Donald Trump attends a roundtable with energy officials and executives from the oil industry in the East Room of the White House, Friday, January 9, 2026 -- public domain image By Cynthia Kaufman, Common Dreams The fossil fuel industry is the most powerful and destructive industry in the history

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Apr 298 min read


Chile: Pinochetism Returns to Power
Kast campaigning in October, 2025 -- Equipo Kast, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Atilio A. Borón José A. Kast’s resounding victory in the runoff election is bound to have a profound influence on Chile. A solid, neo-fascist, extreme right-wing force consolidated as a result of the convergence of two radical variants of Pinochetism —one led by Kast and the other, even more extreme, by Johannes Kaiser— to which rushed to join the standard-bearer of a political fiction calle

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Dec 16, 20254 min read
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