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- Title
Populismo, Extrativismo e a Transformação Social do Brasil.
- Authors
Veltmeyer, Henry
- Abstract
This paper seeks to expose the forces of structural transformation unleashed in the process of extractive capitalist development in Brazil and the rise of right-wing populism in the form of Jair Bolsonaro. The methodology employed might be described as a the political economy of capitalist development. It is employed within the framework of historical materialism and a Marxist theory of capitalist development. Within this framework it is argued that Bolsonaro's populist and right-wing regime, and his environmentally destructive extractivist regime, represented an attack on the working class and a fundamental assault on the territorial rights of the country's indigenous peoples as well as more broadly the rights of nature, with particular reference here to the Amazon as one of the world's greatest repositories of resources needed for confronting the global environmental crisis. The interlude of the short-lived Bolsonara regime is used to draw out the implications of the global rise of populism and authoritarianism in the early 21st century in the context of a multidimensional social and environmental crisis on a global scale. Under Bolsonaro's policies Brazil was very much part of the problem, whereas Brazil could be an important part of the solution. Whether Lula's policies will take us there is an open question.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; BOLSONARO, Jair, 1955-; INDIGENOUS peoples of South America; RIGHT-wing populism; HISTORICAL materialism; MARXIST philosophy; WORKING class
- Publication
Revista NERA, 2023, Vol 26, Issue 65, p216
- ISSN
1806-6755
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.47946/rnera.v26i65.9731