From the Favelas and Rural Brazil to Gaza: How militarism and greenwashing shape relations, resistance, and solidarity with Palestine in Brazil’ Online Lecture
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Join Makan and TNI's joint upcoming online webinar that will provide an overview of Andressa Oliveira Soares's article, “From the Favelas and Rural Brazil to Gaza: How militarism and greenwashing shape relations, resistance, and solidarity with Palestine in Brazil”, featured as a part of TNI’s Palestine Liberation Series.
This session will:
- explore relations between Brazil and Israel, providing some historical context and setting out the countries’ military cooperation, agribusiness deals, oil trade, and diplomatic postures – especially in the past 20 years
- examine how resistance and solidarity with Palestine, specifically BDS, has developed in Brazil over the last decade.
- discuss the challenges currently faced in pro-Palestine solidarity, and how to overcome them, including priority targets and a promising path forward.
The session will include a 1 hour talk and a Q&A. It will take place on Thursday 18th June, 6.30pm London time | 7:30pm Central European Time.