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Brazil: Clashes as Senate approves 20-year austerity plan – BBC News
The Brazilian Senate freezes public spending for the next 20 years, prompting angry protests. Source: Brazil: Clashes as Senate approves 20-year austerity plan – BBC News
Showdown at Standing Rock Is Not Just About the Dakota Access Pipeline — Observer
The Sioux are not alone among indigenous people pushing for the rights and protections they’ve long been denied. via Showdown at Standing Rock Is Not Just About the Dakota Access Pipeline — Observer
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Want to understand how Trump happened? Study quantum physics — Quartz
The past decade will be remembered as the period when the global underclass revolt snowballed into a movement with political bite. From Occupy Wall Street to Brexit to Donald Trump’s election, these post-financial crisis years have featured many unsynchronized awakenings … Continue reading
Wikipedia on rational ignorance and Brazilian elections — Wikimedia Blog
There is evidence (what is referred to in political science as “rational ignorance”) to support the claim that voters do not usually remember much about previous elections. Wikipedia can provide information on elections that is easy-to-read and of good quality. via … Continue reading
How to Fix Brazil – By Eduardo Mello and Matias Spektor September/October 2016 Issue — Just Sayin’
Brazil has rarely had it so bad. The country’s economy has collapsed: since 2013, its unemployment rate has nearly doubled, to more than 11 percent, and last year its GDP shrank by 3.8 percent, the largest contraction in a quarter … Continue reading
Tomatoes talk, birch trees learn – do plants have dignity? | Florianne Koechlin | TEDxZurich
Plants are not passive, senseless objects. They use the language of fragrances to communicate above and below ground and engage in lively relationships with their environment and peers. Not only do they support relatives, harass strangers, make alliances, they also … Continue reading
Brazil’s 1st woman president testifies at impeachment hearing – Women in the World in Association with The New York Times – WITW
Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s suspended president, testified in her own defense Monday at her impeachment trial. In May, Brazil’s Senate vote to proceed with an impeachment trial after Rouss… Source: Brazil’s 1st woman president testifies at impeachment hearing – Women in … Continue reading
Brazil’s Domestic Workers — Edge of Humanity Magazine
Photographer Andre Penteado is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this social documentary photography. These images are from his project ‘Maid 2009-2013‘. To see Andre’s body of work click on any image. André Penteado was born in Brazil in … Continue reading
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Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff on Her Impeachment Trial, the Olympics and Zika — TIME
‘I have the conviction that I can win’ via Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff on Her Impeachment Trial, the Olympics and Zika — TIME
Brazil’s Largest Newspaper Commits Major Journalistic Fraud to Boost Interim President Temer — Idler on a hammock
ONE OF THE looming mysteries during the last several months of Brazil’s political crisis (as The Intercept has repeatedly noted) has been the complete absence of polling data from the country’s largest media outlets and polling firms. The lower house … Continue reading
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