Brazil reacts to Bolsonaro's house arrest. Although his allies threaten "war," a seemingly normal atmosphere persists on the streets.
In recent weeks, the far-right leader who governed Brazil between 2018 and 2022 has shown little interest in complying with the measures imposed by Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who is leading an investigation against him for attempting a coup d'état against President Lula... Bolsonaro continued his agitation campaign, and this image taken last Sunday in Sao Paulo seems to have been the straw that broke the camel's back. A video call made by a deputy from his party... the former president, whose use of social media is restricted...
The United States has become a key player in this case… Donald Trump has cited Bolsonaro's impeachment as one of the arguments for imposing high tariffs on Brazilian products, and one of the former president's sons, Eduardo, has settled in Washington, where he is lobbying intensively to push for sanctions against Brazil. This detail doesn't go unnoticed on the street…
Alexandre de Moraes was absolutely right, and Eduardo needs to come back here so they can do the same to him.
Support for Bolsonaro is conspicuous by its absence here, at least among those who agree to give us an interview.
Meanwhile, the leader of the Bolsonarist deputies announces an internal war in Brazil.
People in the radical left will never think any member of the supreme court as an ally. Most people there are just conservatives, a government appointed aristocracy which simply tries to maintain the capitalist order.
The Bolsonaro case is simply a matter of him being a disfunctional clown. He made enemies unnecessarily, both in the supreme court and in sectors of the bourgeoisie, like Rede Globo. And after the failed coup and subsequent investigation, the far right is fighting for the spoils of his base. Bolsonaro is trying to survive and maintain the far right under his wing, while other players are trying to occupy the power vacuum, such as Tarcísio.
All the while, the supreme court, is reacting back as their position was questioned by Bolsonaro, so they are using all the means they have at their disposal to condemn him. This does not mean the court is progressive, it is just that they are protecting their own turf. If the left was more organized (and less conservative), it could take advantage of the current right wing in-fighting.
I dont agree that our "radical" left have this position as firmly as you say, but thats not something to argue over.
I disagree with most of your analysis of bolsonaro. The conflict here is between far right nationalism (with any critique you may impose in this nationalism) and a moderate pro imperialist right. The conflict between Bolsonaro and Tarcísio is a conflict between our mid-range national bourgeoisie and the imperialist bourgeoisie inside the country. Tarcisio, Globo and Moraes all serve imperialism fully, while bolsonaro's faint nationalism becomes unaceptable in the current situation.
This is wrong. The reason they are doing it is to corner him into either full submission to imperialism or supporting someone who is submissive.
Quite the opposite, they are and have always been ultra reactionary
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This is a very bad analysis of the situation. All factions of the right wing are pro imperialism. There's not a national bourgeoisie in Brazil, only a comprador bourgeoisie that is submissive to the US imperialism. Bolsonaro blatantly supported the US (especially Trump) and Israel, even accepting unfavorable trade conditions (such as US tariffs for Brazilian steel, while lowering tariffs for dairy products - which angered Brazilian agro industry petty bourgeoisie). Bolsonaro was largely in favor of an agreement with the EU, and Paulo Guedes wanted Brazil to be accepted as a full OCDE member. Bolsonaro was also full in favor of privatizing industries for foreign investors.
So nationalism wasn't even in Bolsonaro's rhetoric. You are probably confusing some half assed patriotism because the far right loved using the main national soccer team jersey. But other than that Bolsonaro was blatantly pro Western imperialism and Brazilian submission.
The user you're responding to is a PCO apologist. I would not expect much from them in regards to correct political analysis.
Them saying that there is a far right nationalism movement in Brasil is already completely wrong and shows a lack of understanding of the far right in the country and how they successfully managed to co-opt national symbols while being complete bootlickers of USian imperialism.
Yes, you are right. This user response smelled like Patsoc stuff.
Ok, if they are sll equal, i dont even get the point of analyzing the situation.