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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
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
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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