@e_flux wrote:
The Verso blog has a reflection from Negri that was sparked by the election of hard-right politician Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency of Brazil. Negri puts Bolsonaro’s victory in the context of the larger global resurgence of the far right, and speculates about what kind of radical coalition in Brazil might be able to oppose him. An excerpt:
What must be done, then? We must stop crying, we must get down to work, taking comfort in the awareness that the fascist cadre is still weak. In what sense, with what spirit, should we start working? The provocations are already numerous, and in the future they will multiply. In the universities there are squads and right-wing groups putting together lists of communists, school programs start to be filled with invocations to a slave-holding past, etc. We must not be afraid. Not having fear becomes the key element for building a resistance.
Fascism is based in fear. Here it awakens and cultivates fear of Blacks and of communists. But this duo is a symbol of life, and its struggle is a sign of liberation. The leftist parties, starting with the unrecoverable PT, are in crisis. It is in the relationship and political recomposition of Blacks and communists that a radically antifascist left can be built. This step is fundamental. There cannot be antifascism in Brazil without a political composition between the white communists and the Black population. It goes without saying that the spark of this recomposition, today, are the feminist movements. They are majoritarian movements, and the majority is not afraid.
Image of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro via BBC.
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