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I still remember when I was a child and my parents came home happy to tell me and my brother that they had voted for a president for the first time in their lives, in 1989. My dad was about my age now.
When I visited my parents last year, I was lucky enough to take them to the cinema to see "I'm Still Here". That made the film even more moving for me.
"I'm Still Here" is the first Brazilian production to win an Oscar. A movie about the evils of a dictatorship.
It's an American award on the soil of a country that supported a military coup that lasted more than 20 years and, coincidentally, is now on the verge of a coup d'état.
The film explores the profound impact of Brazil's last military dictatorship on one family. Fernanda Torres delivers a powerful performance that offers a glimpse into the daily struggles faced by many during that time. It's a poignant reminder of the resilience and strength of those who endured such difficult times. It also marks the first time a Brazilian actress has won a Golden Globe.
Go see it.
The Trailer https://youtu.be/gDunV808Yf4?si=b-0hJGd2L5mRpvdU
Interview: “What is the Democratic Party for? There’s not really much of an answer right now.”
Advice to Dems: "Gum Up the Works"
"Despite Republicans holding all three branches of the federal government, Trump has mainly used executive orders [etc] to impose his will instead of using legislation.
“They’re trying to create a precedent that presidents cannot be constrained at all."
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/21/david_sirota
#GumUpTheWorks #Dems #Trump #USPol #Dictatorship #Resist #GeneralStrikeNow .
#NoKingsDay #washington #DC 2025-02-17 in a #bigbrother 1984 #orwellian #digital #dictatorship, no one would see anything of this #protests, all the big media conglomerates, search engines would censor it :( question: why did those peaceful protesters not try to turn over the gov and storm congress? (just asking, probably because they are intelligent unlike the january 6 rioters)
BUT if #Trump and #republicans keep ignoring LEGITIMATE grievances of #citizens like higher and higher #food and #fuel prices = imho companies using #inflation as excuse to increase prices without transparency = #corruption of the #middleman: when is #DOGE gonna investigate that???
u gonna have a violent #civilwar like #riot at your hand Mr #TrumpRegime
because #citizens then have nothing to lose and the #FrenchRevolution did not go well for the #King
#Trump + #Elonmusk START FOCUSING ON THE PROBLEMS OF THE #POOR + #ECONOMY NOW! with smart new ideas of #finance
or face dire catastrophic #disaster #consequences
Rocío San Miguel, a Venezuelan human rights lawyer, has been held in the infamous "Helicoide" prison by the #Maduro Regime since 9 February 2024. She needs urgent care for a broken bone.
#Venezuela #HumanRights #Helicoide #Prison #Caracas #Repression #Dictatorship #HumanRightsLawyer
"Nothing marks so clearly the irredeemable collapse of American democracy as the return of Donald Trump to the White House, four years after attempting to overthrow the last election by force and install himself as president-dictator despite his overwhelming defeat at the polls."
"The Official Unofficial Record"
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/848/the-official-unofficial-record
#Venezuela #Elections #PollingStations #Votes #Citizens #Government #Dictatorship
One important thing for anti-electoralists to keep in mind: the establishment of an overt #fascist #dictatorship under #Trump and #Vance would make any and ALL approaches to ending capitalism and otherwise improving our society 1000 times more difficult — INCLUDING non-electoral approaches.
Another excerpt of my 2024 epic poem "The Fraud Who Stole Freedom" appears below.
Please read and share. Or, if you prefer, just listen--there's a ten minute audio track that lets me read it to you.
US citizens: don' t forget to vote!
https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-fraud-who-stole-freedom.html
#election2024 #dictatorship #democracy #poem #poetry #election #USPolitics
Mechanic If you want to preserve our #Democracy and continue our 250 years of self-rule vote for #KamalaHarris.
If you want to live under a #Fascist #Dictatorship vote for the convicted felon Donald #Trump
IT'S THAT SIMPLE!
Charlie Chaplins speech in his movie The Great Dictator - as relevant today as in 1940 when the movie came out.
"British human rights activist and reporter Sarah Wilkinson was arrested by UK police on Thursday morning, and subsequently released, allegedly for content she published online in support of Palestine and against the Israeli genocide in Gaza."
May Day 2024: Build a socialist movement of workers and youth to stop World War III, fascism and dictatorship!
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/04/26/satj-a26.html
#WorldWar3 #WWIII #Fascism #Dictatorship #Barbarity #Supression
"Fight for socialism in 2024!
Against capitalism, inequality, war and dictatorship!"
Mass murderer and War Criminal Henry Kissinger is finally dead!
He won the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Lê Đức Thọ, for their work in orchestrating a ceasefire in the Vietnam War. Two Nobel Prize committee members resigned in protest. During his diplomatic career, Kissinger was involved in orchestrating and/or supporting the Chilean coup and Pinochet dictatorship (over 3,000 killed); the Argentine Dirty War (up to 30,000 killed); the Pakistani genocide in Bangladesh (3 million killed); and the Genocide in East Timor (up to 300,000 killed).
[witchzard] Vladimir #Putin, 71, Russian president, apparently has a new piece of furniture. In photos published by the #Kremlin, you can see how the ruler receives a delegation of religious leaders in the Catherine's Hall - on a rectangular table construction with enormous dimensions and plenty of free space in the middle.
See also this #Guardian article:
"“Thirty years ago, if I told you that a bunch of billionaires and intellectuals on the right are waiting in the wings to impose a #dictatorship on the #UnitedStates, you would have said that I was insane,” he said.
“But it’s no longer insane. It’s now real. There are those people out there,” Linker added. “The question is: will they get their chance.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct
"The majority of Americans do not want to live under a dictatorship, and we have the power to stop this. But America is never going to prevent the #RedCaesar unless we start talking about it, loudly and right away."
~@willbunch
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/red-caesar-right-american-dictatorship-20231005.html
"After the cultural upheavals of the 1960s, #Republicans could win elections through the backlash politics of Richard #Nixon or Ronald #Reagan or the demagoguery of 1988′s “Willie Horton ad.” They then turned to tactics like #VoterSuppression or extreme #gerrymandering as their electorate shrunk.
In 2024, the right sees #dictatorship as its final “Hail Mary” pass. And it just might work."
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/red-caesar-right-american-dictatorship-20231005.html
