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Bacurau Is the Most Must-See Movie Since Parasite

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Movies about class and inequality have made it into the global mainstream recently and are picking up major prizes. The genre-busting, edge-of-your-seat Brazilian film Bacurau is the latest. You've gotta see it.

How ‘Jakarta’ Became the Codeword for US-Backed Mass Killing

Vincent Bevins New York Review of Books
Coups in Brazil in 1964 and Indonesia in 1965 were US Cold War victories. In Indonesia between 500,000 and 1,000,000 were killed. This led to the creation of a monstrous international network of extermination and our current global economic system.

Brazil: the Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor Named Sergio Moro

Daniel Cerqueira OpenDemocracy
Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro march on May 5, 2020. On the rise and fall (for now) of Operation Car Wash’s patron in Brazil, former judge and now former Bolsonaro minister of Justice Sergio Moro. Is the judge who convicted former President Lula da Silva positioning himself to run for President?
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