Can Brazil’s Unionized sex workers, through activism and organizing, overcome the stigma and general disdain for their profession to find some degree of dignity, respect, and self identification on their own terms? Amanda De Lisio, a post-doctoral research assistant @ Bournemouth University, speaks with the LMC about this incredible story of struggle and perseverance.
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Sept 22nd 2017: Brazil’s Prison Industrial Complex
What is it like to live in Brazil’s prison system? Brazilian freelance journalist Fernanda Canofre explains to the LMC the dangers of riots, torture, disease, corruption, and racial profiling. All without ever being charged with a crime.
March 24th 2017: Crisis of the Brazilian Left
Sabrina Fernandes returns to speak with the LMC on the internal fragmentation within the Brazilian Leftist movements that set the stage to last year’s coup against president Dilma Rousseff. You can learn more about her analysis at ppesydney.net/crisis-praxis-brazilian-left/
