“The mobilizations helped create the energy that led the Brazilian Congress to pass a measure shortening the Brazilian workweek from six days to five Wednesday. This may now create enough energy to help Lula win the presidency”

#Brazil #Lula #elections
https://paydayreport.com/as-lula-passes-shortened-workweek-polls-show-race-tied-bolsonaro-attacks-unions-in-court/

“A police officer has just intentionally targeted me by firing a less-lethal projectile (LBD) at my leg. I am only a few meters away from him. I am clearly identified as a journalist—wearing a helmet with the word "PRESS" written all over it—and I am also carrying a camera.”

Ricardo couldn’t walk. couldn’t work.

“The first thing the Yellow Vests and the current high school revolt have in common is that they come from sectors most removed from militant socialization, with its codes, its endless ruminations, its gloom, and its scowling radicalism. These are revolts that still know how to say “I.” Honestly, until last week, we hadn’t felt such joy in being out on the streets — joking, dancing, singing, tagging, and rioting — since the Yellow Vests.”

https://illwill.com/becoming-alive

“How to get involved in this struggle? The ways of solidarity have no boundaries. Everyone from everywhere can support in one way or another…

It’s a whole struggle for everyone for the defense of life, so it will also be the victory from everyone and the defense of life.”

“The Islamic Republic is a structure built upon terror and repression…

The Islamic Republic is a structure built upon terror and repression. From the suppression of Kurdistan and Turkmen Sahra in 1979, the imposition of the mandatory hijab, the mass killings of the 1980s, and the 1988 massacre, to the ‘chain murders,’ the crushing of student movements, the uprisings of January 2018 and November 2019, the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ movement, and the bloody crackdowns of this past January—the regime has sustained its existence through torture and execution.”

“Domination is not found only in the streets, in the workplace, or within the state…

The phrase ‘You are my daughter’ should never be interpreted to mean ‘Your life belongs to me’…

No father, family, or society owns a human being’s life.”

“Meta (Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp) internal docs admit that they cooked the algorithm against Lula during the first round” - Craig Johnson

#Lula #META
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2026/10/em-mensagens-internas-meta-admite-que-contas-de-lula-foram-prejudicadas-por-restricoes-engenheiros-falam-em-falhas-tecnicas.shtml

source: https://bsky.app/profile/cajohnson-craig.bsky.social/post/3mxyyolfiws2c

#Brazil abolishes six-day workweek in win for #Lula Signature policy of leftwing president approved by Congress ahead of run-off vote

https://www.ft.com/content/7f14509d-5807-4fff-b4a2-74f5429aaec2?syn-25a6b1a6=1

“A sundown town is a community that prohibited Black people from staying within its borders after dark, or from owning property. This was done through laws, signs, threats, harassment, or violence.”

“students had reported threats attributed to supporters of Flávio Bolsonaro, including messages that talked about ‘blowing up the department’.”

“in France, a major component of their riot control force is the Gendarmerie mobile, part of the Armed Forces; in the French case, then, it’s perhaps more accurate to call them policified soldiers…

what all French cops have in common is a predilection towards violence that exceeds their peers in neighbouring countries.”

#France #police #violence
https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/15/postcard-from-montpellier/

"The Leipzig left-wing Lina E. has just been released from preventive detention. Now the Saxon judiciary is following up and is trying to take her into custody again."

#freeallantifas #FreeLina
https://taz.de/Saechsische-Justiz-gegen-Antifaschistin/!6221972/