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Join us for a special video conference with front line leaders in the fight for social justice in Brazil.\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n\n30,000 Brazilians have died from Covid-19 according to official figures, soon to be second highest number in the world behind the United States. The real number is twice that and more than 1,000 are dying each day. Brazil\u2019s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro flouts social distancing, has fired two health ministers, and is toying with a coup all as unemployment skyrockets.\n\nMeanwhile, a coalition of more than 500 left-wing political parties, unions, and social movements are pushing for impeachment and, after two months of lockdown, street protests against Bolsonaro\u2019s neo-fascist movement are on the rise at least partially inspired by the uprising in Minneapolis and in towns and cities across the United States. \n\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n\nPresenters:\n\nPreta Ferreira is a coordinator of the Homeless Movement of Downtown S\xe3o Paulo (MSTC) and was one of the main organizers of the campaign to free Workers Party leader Lula from prison.\n\nSonia Guajajara is the executive coordinator of the Association of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil and was the Party for Socialism and Freedom\u2019s vice-presidential candidate in 2018.\n\nModerated by Sabrina Fernandes from the editorial board of Jacobin Brasil. \n\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\nSponsored by Haymarket Books, Jacobin Brasil, Left Movement for Socialism, Insurg\xeancia, Resist\xeancia, Ruptura, Punto Rojo, Spectre, New Politics, No Borders News, and Rampant.\n\nWatch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/YhaAYAQ0KU4\n\nBuy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org\n\nFollow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks