The one thing that seems to actually unify these crowds is what we're against corruption. And this was quite an important point in june two thousand 13. Because during those protests, they began a lot more class based. As they became more massive, the message got diluted. So it wasn't just about right to the city any more. It was about at like, we want hospitals and we want education, but what kind of education? Like, you know, is e private? Is the public? How we're going to fund these things? That's probly what unifies us.
Bolsonaro is presiding over mass COVID deaths and the destruction of the Amazon. Lula is free and polling way ahead for next year's presidential election. But the conditions that brought the far-right to power remain in place. Sociologist Sabrina Fernandes and historian Andre Pagliarini on Brazil.
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