PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
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Brazilian feminist activist TALIRIA PETRONE talks to Sebastien Brulez about the struggle today against the reactionary government of Jair Bolsonaro and the political assassination of her comrade Marielle Franco last year
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
TALIRIA PETRONE, 34, is a militant Brazilian activist, fighting for the anti-colonialist, feminist, and anti-capitalist cause.
Recently elected to the federal parliament as a representative of the Socialism and Freedom Party (Partido Socialismo e Liberdade, PSOL), Petrone was a comrade of Marielle Franco, the Rio de Janeiro PSOL city councillor, who was assassinated alongside her driver Anderson Gomes on March 14 2018. We met Petrone while she was visiting Europe.
What does it mean to be a black woman engaged in politics and to be an elected parliamentarian in Brazil today?
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