A Socialist Perspective on Brazil's Presidential Election

In this episode, Samuel Karlin speaks to André Barbieri about the upcoming election in Brazil, in which current president Lula is in a dead heat with far-right candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. They discuss the context of declining U.S. hegemony, in which President Trump seeks to subordinate Latin America — including Brazil — to U.S. imperialist interests. Importantly, André describes how Lula's conciliatory stance toward the Right has fueled Flavio Bolsonaro's rise, and the need for the Brazilian working class to organize, independently and from below, to defeat the Right and U.S. imperialism for good. Learn More: - Beyond Trumpification: Latin America's Deepening Organic Crisis - Brazil’s Supreme Court in Crisis as Alexandre de Moraes Faces Investigation - At the Global Progressive Mobilization Conference, Lula’s Speech Was a Confession by a Neoliberal Administrator - Lula-Trump Meeting: “Love at First Sight” in Submission, Dependence, and the Surrender of Natural Resources Support this podcast on Patreon Follow us on social media! We’re on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok as @left_voice and Facebook as @leftvoice. Follow us on Bluesky at leftvoice.bsky.social.