Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World

Authoritarian elitism and popular movements in Brazil

Can a president institute radical popular change alongside structural inequality and a militarized elite? The Brazilian case suggests that a progressive political party requires more social movement mobilization, not less. Español

By Wendy Wolford and Sergio Sauer

Published: March 05, 2018, 8:03 am

Festival Nacional do MST| BH, 2016. Flickr/Caio Vinícius Reis de Carvalho. Some rights reserved.

The sixth article in a series on ‘confronting authoritarian populism and the rural world’, linked to the Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI). The article opening the series can be read here.

“We fought and participated in a dream to build a better Brazil, we learned a lot. We did a lot of nonsense, but that is not what characterizes us. What characterizes us is to have dared to want a better country.”

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