Jacobin Radio: Bolsanaro in Power

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🗓️ 6 November 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Suzi talks to political economist Pedro Paulo Zahluth Bastos about the October 28 election that brought the ultra-right wing Jair Bolsonaro to power. Bolsonaro promised to cleanse Brazil of crime and corruption by killing tens of thousands — and won formidable support from the poor who have been left behind by the neoliberal policies of successive governments, and whose neighborhoods are riddled with violence and crime. They turned away from the Workers Party (PT), tainted by its austerity policies and corruption, like the other political parties. But what can the working class and the poor actually expect from Bolsonaro, who represents a violent extreme of authoritarian neoliberalism, on the rise across the world? We get Pedro Paulo's analysis of the vote, Bolsonaro’s political-economic strategy, and what Bolsonaro’s victory means for Brazilian democracy and Latin America as a whole.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Jackman Radio, I'm Susie Wiseman.
0:16.0	Today I talk to Pedro Palo ZalElup Bastos, professor of political economy at Campinas University in Brazil, to get his analysis of the October 28th election that brought
0:21.6	the ultra-right-wing Jayre Bolsonaro to power.
0:25.0	Bolsonaro campaigned as if he were Duterte, promising to cleanse Brazil of crime and corruption
0:30.7	by killing tens of thousands.
0:32.9	He won formidable support from the poor, who as elsewhere have been left behind by neoliberal austerity
0:38.3	policies from successive governments and whose neighborhoods are riddled with violence in crime.
0:44.2	Disappointed by political corruption and political violence they turned from the Workers' Party,
0:49.2	tainted by corruption as were all the political parties.
0:52.2	But what can they expect from Bolsonaro, who
0:54.6	represents a violent extreme of authoritarian neoliberalism on the rise across the
0:59.8	world? We'll ask Pedro Paolo for his analysis of the vote, Bolsonaro's political
1:04.7	economic strategy, and what Bolsonaro's victory means for Brazilian democracy and
1:10.0	Latin America as a whole. All this when we come back in just a moment
1:14.4	on Jacobin Radio.
1:15.9	Welcome to Jacobin Radio. I'm Susie Weisman. I'm Susie Weisman.
1:25.6	Very pleased to have Pedro Paulos, al-Lut Bastos, back with us. He's a professor of political
1:30.6	economy at Campinish University, Unicamp, in Brazil.
1:34.8	He's been our go-to person to understand the bizarrely complicated nature of Brazilian politics.
1:41.2	We're now asking Pedro Pa Paulo to analyze the results of last week's
1:45.9	election which brought the ultra-right-wing proto-fascist Jayaire Bosanaro to
1:50.8	power. Bolsanaro campaigned as if he were Duterte, promising to cleanse Brazil of crime and
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