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Global antifascist articulation reassures itself
26 December 2025 - by Conferência Internacional Antifascista- POA 2026
The Second Meeting of the International Committee projects the 2026 Antifascist Conference as a strategic space for unity, solidarity, and struggle against fascism and imperialism. The second meeting of the International Committee of the (…) -
Launch of the International Committee for Anti-Fascist Conference and for the Sovereignty of Peoples to be held in Porto Alegre from 26 to 29 March 2026
30 November 2025 - by CADTM, Conferência Internacional Antifascista- POA 2026
On Friday, 28 November 2025, the International Committee of the Anti-Fascist Conference and for the Sovereignty of Peoples was launched. The conference will be held from 26 to 29 March 2026 in Porto Alegre. The virtual meeting, led by the (…) -
COP 30: it’s no joke
23 November 2025 - by Michael Roberts
The usual joke about the United Nations Climate Change Conferences (COPs) is that each one is a ‘cop-out’. Each time there is a failure to agree on ending fossil fuel production as the source of energy, even though it is now well established (…) -
COP30 Belém: Second Latin American and Caribbean Ecosocialist Meeting
13 November 2025 - by Vanessa Dourado
We are publishing this article by Vanessa Dourado of ATTAC/CADTM Argentina regarding the second Latin American Ecosocialist Meeting, which has recently taken place in Belém. The content of this article, penned by Vanessa to announce the meeting, (…) -
COP30 and the Brazilian dilemma
6 November 2025 - by Gabriella Lima
A few days before the start of COP 30 in Brazil, we are publishing an article written by Gabriella Lima of CADTM Switzerland and published on 12 October 2025 by the Geneva daily Le Courrier. Gabriella Lima is a doctoral student in contemporary (…) -
Latin America: The target of Trump’s neocolonial offensive
24 October 2025 - by Luis Bonilla-Molina, Ana Cristina Carvalhaes
During its first nine months, the Trump administration has deployed warships and military infrastructure to the Caribbean, blown up small boats accused of drug trafficking, imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian products — in opposition to the outcome (…) -
Meeting calls for the 1st International Anti-Fascist Conference preparation
21 October 2025 - by Conferência Internacional Antifascista- POA 2026
The event will bring together progressive forces and grassroots organizations in March 2026 to discuss global strategies against neo-fascism and imperialism. On the night of Tuesday 14th of October, the auditorium of the Rio Grande do Sul (…) -
Brazil: First International Antifascist Conference gains momentum
2 October 2025 - by Tatiana Py Dutra
A preparatory meeting for the First International Antifascist Conference, which will take place in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in March next year, was hosted by the conference organising committee in the host city, on September 23. The meeting brought (…) -
First International Anti-fascist Conference gains momentum
29 September 2025 - by Tatiana Py Dutra
A preparatory meeting for the First International Anti-fascist Conference, which will take place in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in March 2026, was hosted by the conference organising committee in the host city, on September 23. The meeting brought (…) -
Successful launch of the international anti-fascist conference to be held in Porto Alegre from 26 to 29 March 2026
25 September 2025 - by Collective
At the conference held on the evening of 23 September 2025 in Porto Alegre, capital of the state of Rio Grande Do Sul, there were 80 people in attendance. On the podium were Raul Pont, former mayor of Porto Alegre (1993-1997) and leader of the (…) -
Why Does Historian Eric Toussaint Accuse China, India And Russia of Being "Silent Accomplices” in the Horror in Palestine?
27 August 2025 - by Eric Toussaint
While the skies over Gaza are stained red and Palestinian children die under the rubble, the emerging powers of the planet — the BRICS — prefer to look the other way. Have they become silent accomplices to one of the greatest crimes of our era? (…) -
At the Rio Summit, signs of BRICS in retreat – just when we need serious anti-imperial muscle
5 July 2025 - by Patrick Bond
On Sunday-Monday, July 6-7, leaders from the BRICS countries will meet in Rio de Janeiro for their annual summit. Because Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will also host the UN annual climate summit in November in Belem, the BRICS (…) -
Peoples’ Summit towards COP30: Joining Voices for Climate Justice
5 May 2025 - by Collective, La Via Campesina
La Vía Campesina joins the People’s Summit as part of a growing process of mobilization and political convergence for systemic transformation. Together, we are already building a transformation rooted in grassroots struggles — a process that will (…) -
Whipping up disaster: how Brazil became a lab for financial agro-investments
27 May 2024 - by GRAIN
“Agro is pop, agro is tech, agro is everything” states a popular slogan in adverts broadcast on Brazil’s largest TV channel since 2016. Financed by agribusiness, these advertisements portray a virtuous cycle, showcasing images of contented rural (…) -
The singularity and importance of the 1st World Anti-Fascist Conference to be held in Porto Alegre from 17 to 19 May 2024
4 May 2024 - by Eric Toussaint
What is so special about the conference taking place in Porto Alegre from 17 to 19 May 2024? In recent years, several international conferences have been held in response to the (re)rise of the far right worldwide. These have usually been (…) -
Ist International Antifascist Conference
2 April 2024 - by CADTM International, PSOL, PT
May 17 to 19th, 2024. | Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil There is an intense dispute over the societal project currently in progress. Brazilian people have lived through the tragedy of the Bolsonaro government and have drawn their conclusions about this (…) -
Brazil’s economic and political rollercoaster
31 October 2022 - by Michael Roberts
The latest polls put Workers Party leader Lula de Silva ahead in the two-horse race with incumbent right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro in today’s final round of the presidential election in Brazil. If Lula wins, it will be a dramatic comeback (…) -
The G7 prepares a divide-and-conquer trap, as BRICS countries spall, fall and try to reconstitute
24 June 2022 - by Patrick Bond
On Friday June 24, a hasty one-day virtual summit of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa will occur, hosted by Xi Jinping. The date is important because on Monday June 26, two of the three intrinsically pro-Western leaders from the bloc – (…) -
Latest IMF controversy unveils biased policies and a Harvard economist’s skewed views
12 January 2022 - by Patrick Bond
“It is more fun to be Santa than Scrooge.” The catchy phrase was deployed by Harvard University economist Ken Rogoff in early January, while cheekily asking, “Why is the International Monetary Fund trying to morph into an aid agency?” The (…) -
30 years of CADTM
(Video) Fattorelli : “The solution will come from grassroots, conscious, mobilized and united”
19 October 2020 - by Maria Lucia Fattorelli
Message from Maria Lucia Fattorelli (founder and spokesperson of the Citizen Debt Audit in Brazil, member of CADTM) for the 30th anniversary of CADTM. -
Brazil: from Lula to Bolsonaro
14 January 2020 - by Eric Toussaint
After experiencing a whole year with a far-right president as head of state in Brazil, namely Jair Bolsonaro, we have to try and understand the steps that led to this situation. I arrived in Sao Paulo, the financial and economic capital of (…) -
President Lula’s “realpolitik” and the “alterglobalisation” movement
13 January 2020 - by Eric Toussaint, Frédéric Lévêque
An interview with Eric Toussaint of the CADTM (Committee for the Abolition of the Third World Debt) by Frédéric Lévêque, in Geneva, in the context of the “Illegal G8” counter-summit, following his meeting on 2 June 2003 with President Lula of (…) -
“Any Third World government which takes the decision to carry on refunding the external debt is opting for the road to ruin”
13 January 2020 - by Eric Toussaint, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
“Any Third World government which takes the decision to carry on refunding the external debt is opting for the road to ruin.” These were the words in 1991 of Luis Inacio “Lula” da Silva, at that time, president of the Brazilian PT, (Partido (…) -
Climate change and imperialism: what connects the Amazon fires and the EU-Mercosur agreement?
2 October 2019 - by Aleksandar Matković
From the crisis to the Mercosur agreement There have been many discussions on the next global crisis (including Adam Tooze and Ann Pettifor, and the Marxist economists Michael Roberts and John Smith), and I’ve also written and talked about it (…) -
Brazil: 55 years after the overthrow of democratically elected president Joao Goulart, the new far-right President, Jair Bolsonaro has announced a celebration of the 1964 military coup
26 March 2019 - by Eric Toussaint
Brazil: 55 years after the army staged a coup on 31 March 1964 and overthrew President Joao Goulart, the new far-right President, Jair Bolsonaro has announced a celebration of this sad event. There can be no doubt about the active support (…)
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