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Brazilian Fascist Is Grave Danger to Blacks
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
13 Nov 2018
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Policing killings in Black areas “will continue on a much wider scale” when president-elect Jair Bolsonaro, widely viewed as a fascist and racist, takes office on the first of the year, said Alexander Main, of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, in Washington. “This is a huge threat to young Blacks, and also to activists, who fear serious repression under Bolsonaro,” said Main.

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