January 8, the Brazilian January 6—Tracking the Rise of Fascism from the United States to Brazil

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On January 8, 2023, far-right supporters of defeated former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasília, apparently in grotesque imitation of the debacle in which Donald Trump’s supporters did the same thing in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. In the following report, our comrades in Brazil detail the trajectory leading up to these events and discuss the conundrums that opponents of fascism face in Brazil as a consequence.

January 8, the Brazilian January 6

We compare and contrast the events of January 6, 2021 and January 8, 2023, when far-right supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasília.

CrimethInc.

In this footage, anarchists and anti-fascists mobilize in Belo Horizonte, #Brazil today against the threat of #fascism.

It is crucial that we do not rely on the state to protect us from fascism, but organize on a grassroots basis, building strength that cannot be taken from us by an election or coup.

https://crimethinc.com/January8Brazil

January 8, the Brazilian January 6

We compare and contrast the events of January 6, 2021 and January 8, 2023, when far-right supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasília.

CrimethInc.

More photographs from demonstrations against fascism today in São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, #Brazil.

Solidarity with everyone on the streets against Bolsonaro, especially those who do not think that the solution is to cede all agency and legitimacy to the institutions of the state.

"We need to foment popular revolt that includes all the disenfranchised sectors of society, everyone who is targeted by fascists, everyone who suffers under capitalism even when it is managed by a progressive government. We must not delegitimize insurrection when the state apparatus is in the hands of the center-left while the streets are in the hands of fascists and security forces. We must find ways to resist, rejecting the blackmail of those who claim that the most important thing is to maintain order, with their eternal moralism in defense of private property and state power."

@CrimethInc This is the proper response to this sort of thing, screw the DNC and their useless investigations.