The Future of Brazilian Politics
The rule of President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil has been grotesque. Is his power finally slipping?
Rodrigo Nunes is a philosophy professor at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). His new book, Beyond the Horizontal. Rethinking the Question of Organisation, is forthcoming with Verso.
The rule of President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil has been grotesque. Is his power finally slipping?
Despite his authoritarian bravado, Bolsonaro is having a hard time overcoming a weak economy, mounting scandals, and mass mobilization against his program. He can be beaten.
Brazil’s Workers’ Party thought accommodating capital could save them. That was a fatal mistake.