First episode - News about Brazil and Campaign to Reinstate Erek Slater
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Welcome Brazil Workers's Podcast listeners! This is the first podcast. In this episode we talked about the current scandal involving ultra-right president Jair Bolsonaro and his family. The Federal Police with authorization from the Supreme Court launched the largest operation ever against supporters of a sitting president. Under the scope of an investigation into the use of clandestine networkers spreading fake news and promoting anti-democratic protests. Another news is the arrest of Fabricio Queiroz, an old friend of the president's who worked for his eldest son, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Mr. Queiroz is a pivotal figure in a money-laundering investigation against the senator.
We will also listen Erek Slater a Chicago Bus Driver who will report the mobilizations against racism in US and the persecution that he has suffered in Chicago for addressed his co-workers to share the official public statement of the ATU International President regarding to refuse to drive police. This ATU statement was released in the context of the mass protests over the murder of George Floyd.
This is a pilot program!
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