Bolsonaro’s war on the Amazon: examining evidence of crimes against Indigenous people | The Guardian

A serial denier of human-driven climate breakdown, Jair Bolsonaro has been criticised in the past for failing to protect the Amazon rainforest and its native communities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1I2Ty_XjTc Now, with less than a month before Brazilians cast their ballot in the country's presidential elections on 2 October, using architectural techniques and satellite technologies, researchers at Forensic…

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Brazil: a nation divided | FT Film

Latin America’s largest nation is facing its most important election in decades as Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva square off amid deep political and cultural polarisation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg-4K8ddmbE FT Brazil bureau chief Bryan Harris travels the nation to look at the enormous economic and social challenges facing the next president. He meets wealthy…

Trump’s American Carnage | Frontline PBS

From his first days as president to his last, how Trump stoked division, violence and insurrection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVUs4dS30c0 In the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, FRONTLINE investigates how Donald Trump’s presidency laid the groundwork for bitter divisions, violence and ultimately insurrection. “Trump’s American Carnage” investigates Trump’s siege on his enemies, the media…

Why the Far-Right Is Fawning Over Strongmen | Vice News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipf1FAt9c3M From Hungary to Texas, the Breaking the Vote teams travel around the world to trace the steady rise of authoritarianism and its impact in the U.S. RELATED CONTENT:

How Propaganda Is Destroying Democracy | Breaking The Vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQJNflbciYU The VICE News team travels through Texas in search of what a post-Trump Republican party looks like. Plus, they report on the propaganda coursing through society and the dangerous intersection between Qanon and the Evangelical church. RELATED CONTENT:

“Bolsonaro’s New Ally in Questioning Brazil’s Elections: The Military” – Jack NICAS

The New York Times, June 12, 2022 Despite little evidence of past fraud, President Jair Bolsonaro has long raised doubts about Brazil’s electoral process. Now the military is expressing similar concerns. RIO DE JANEIRO — President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil has for months consistently trailed in the polls ahead of the country’s crucial presidential race.…

“The fascist destruction of legality: then and now” – Federico FINCHELSTEIN

Magazine of the European Observatory on Memories, ISSN 2565-2931 | DL B 27726-2017 Federico Finchelstein is Professor of History, New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College It would seem as if authoritarians and post-fascists have a long memory of previous destructions of democracy but they also want to differentiate themselves from the fascist…

“Autocrats feel increasingly threatened by democracy” – Kenneth Roth | HRW Chief

Agencia EFE, 13 January 2022 Autocratic regimes globally have been adopting defensive strategies amid widespread discontent and have used the pandemic to quell dissent, Kenneth Roth executive director of Human Rights Watch told Efe on occasion of the watchdog’s yearly report. QUESTION: Is there any reason to believe that democracy could topple existing dictatorships? ANSWER:…

“Plot to Overturn the Election”: Frontline PBS documentary

A similar coup attempt is highly likely to take place in Brazil amidst this year's presidential election, in October. The Capitol invasion, though it has failed, is a precious example for the Bolsonaros and their armed militias. No matter if Bolsonaro loses in the first or the second round, no matter if the difference is…

How to build an authoritarian regime (and how to stop one) — Timothy SNYDER

People are overwhelmed by new ideas brought upon by new technologies. Could new media—like the internet—ruin the world before rebuilding it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_fcX6zIu44 Get ready for a rocky century: there was 150 years after the book was invented before the Great Enlightenment. Timothy Snyder is the Levin Professor of History at Yale University and the author…