Grandes fotógrafos - Roman Vishniac

Roman Vishniac

"Humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations since 1970"

The huge loss is a tragedy in itself but also threatens the survival of civilisation, say the world’s leading scientists

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Hoje é dia de Gérald Bloncourt

Gérald Bloncourt

Hoje é dia de Amadeo

Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso

"Dark Times Are Coming for My Country" - Caetano Veloso

In the late 1960s, the military dictatorship in Brazil arrested and imprisoned many artists and intellectuals for their political beliefs. I was one of them. The militarists are back.

"We Must Stop Helping Saudi Arabia in Yemen" - Bernie Sanders

Congress needs to step in to end our complicity in the kingdom’s human rights abuses.

"The Economic Consequences of Mr. Trump"

With unemployment at a 50-year low, wages starting to pick up, and the stock market booming, the US economy has defied expectations since the 2016 election. Nobel laureates Angus Deaton and Edmund Phelps, along with Barry Eichengreen, Rana Foroohar, and Glenn Hubbard, ask why, and whether what looks like a robust recovery is masking another crisis in the making.

"Qual o poder do WhatsApp? Quem são e no que acreditam os eleitores de Bolsonaro" - Isabela Oliveira Kalil

É necessário, sem dúvida, que a Justiça Eleitoral se posicione sobre o disparo ilegal de pacotes de mensagens via WhatsApp, mas é também necessário nos perguntarmos como e por que as pessoas tendem a acreditar e compartilhar mensagens falsas. A partir de uma extensa pesquisa de quase três anos, foi possível identificar 16 diferentes perfis de apoiadores e potenciais eleitores de Jair Bolsonaro.

"The Big Blockchain Lie" - Nouriel Roubini

Now that cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have plummeted from last year's absurdly high valuations, the techno-utopian mystique of so-called distributed-ledger technologies should be next. The promise to cure the world's ills through "decentralization" was just a ruse to separate retail investors from their hard-earned real money.

"We’re still married to the car – even though we don’t love it any more" - Cotten Seiler

The age of the automobile may be over. But, largely thanks to capitalist China, the age of the automobile 2.0 is just beginning

"Brazil’s Bolsonaro-Led Far Right Wins a Victory Far More Sweeping and Dangerous Than Anyone Predicted. Its Lessons Are Global." - Glenn Greenwald

FOR THE PAST THIRTY YEARS, Congressman Jair Bolsonaro was a fringe extremist in Brazilian politics, known mostly for outlandish, deliberately inflammatory quotes in which he paid homage to the most notorious torturers of the 1964-1985 military regime, constantly heralded the 1964 coup as a “defense of democracy,” told a female socialist colleague in Congress that she was too ugly to “deserve” his rape, announced that he’d rather learn that his son died in a car accident than was gay, and said he conceived a daughter after having four sons only due to a “moment of weakness.” (Last September, he used Google to translate a Brazilian epithet for LGBTs to, in essence, call me a faggot on Twitter).

"The wind in my hair: one Iranian woman’s courageous struggle against being forced to wear the hijab" - Joanna Moorhead

Masih Alinejad has paid a high price for letting her hair down and criticising her government. She’s been sentenced to prison, fled her native Iran and is unable to see her family. Here, she reveals why all she wants is to give women the choice to wear the hijab or not.

"WHAT BRAZIL’S WORKERS’ PARTY NEEDS TO DO IF IT HOPES TO DEFEAT JAIR BOLSONARO’S FAR-RIGHT COALITION" - Andrew Fishman

BRAZIL JUST EXPERIENCED one of the most dramatic moments in its democratic history. Four years ago, Jair Bolsonaro was an Army reservist and a congressman from Rio de Janeiro with relatively limited national influence and connected to a minor party. When his name did pop up, it was usually to be condemned for his outrageous, stupid, hateful, racist, misogynist, or homophobic comments, or his enthusiasm for the military dictatorship and the torture that it inflicted on dissidents. His legislative achievements were almost nonexistent. On Sunday, however, he solidified his role as the leader of a far-right counterrevolution that swept through the nation like a tornado.

"KINGDOM CRACKDOWN" - Sarah Aziza

Saudi Women Who Fought for the Right to Drive Are Disappearing and Going Into Exile

"Trump Tries to Destroy the West" - David Leonhardt

The alliance between the United States and Western Europe has accomplished great things. It won two world wars in the first half of the 20th century. Then it expanded to include its former enemies and went on to win the Cold War, help spread democracy and build the highest living standards the world has ever known.

President Trump is trying to destroy that alliance.

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Antonio Muñoz Molina

"Could populism actually be good for democracy?" - James Miller

A wave of populist revolts has led many to lose faith in the wisdom of people power. But such eruptions are essential to the vitality of modern politics.

"THE MUD MOSQUE OF MALI" - Katarina Höije & Annie Risemberg

As militant attacks get closer, the Malian town of Djenné defiantly continues its annual tradition of replastering its ancient mud mosque.

"16th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Living conditions on death row"

On 10 October 2018, the 16th World Day Against the Death Penalty aims at raising awareness on the inhumane living conditions of people sentenced to death.

Hoje é dia de Jacques Brel

Jacques Brel

"'Tipping points' could exacerbate climate crisis, scientists fear"

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Key dangers largely left out of the IPCC special report on 1.5C of warming are raising alarm among some scientists who fear we may have underestimated the impacts of humans on the Earth’s climate.

"Brazil’s Eroding Democracy: Rise of Far-Right Demagogue Follows Ouster of Dilma & Jailing of Lula"

In a stunning upset that may radically alter the political landscape of Latin America, far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro won 46 percent of the vote in Sunday’s presidential election in Brazil in a far more decisive victory than expected. The former Army officer has a long history of making racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments and has openly praised Brazil’s military dictatorship. He will now face Fernando Haddad of the leftist Workers’ Party in a runoff on October 28. Haddad won 29 percent of the vote Sunday. Many are warning that the future of democracy in Brazil hangs in the balance. We speak with Maria Luísa Mendonça, director of the Network for Social Justice and Human Rights in Brazil, who says Bolsonaro is a “fascist” and that his election would create “a very dangerous situation in Brazil.”

"The voice of Hobsbawm" - Emile Chabal

How the Marxist ideas of a British historian ended up on the bookshelves of Indian civil servants and Brazilian housewives

"We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN"

Urgent changes needed to cut risk of extreme heat, drought, floods and poverty, says IPCC

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"Corais da Amazônia encontrados sobre o petróleo"

Recém-descobertos pela ciência na costa norte do Brasil, corais ocupam área subaquática maior que a do estado do Rio de Janeiro. Licença para exploração de petróleo na região pode sair a qualquer momento.

"Syria’s Only Path to Peace" - Ribal Al-Assad

Throughout Syria’s seven-year-old conflict, the West – like Russia – has consistently put its own strategic interests before those of the country’s peaceful majority. Syrians want genuine democracy and equality under the law; but that will not happen until the extremists are removed from the equation.

"Brazilian Democracy on the Brink" - Robert Muggah

After years of corruption scandals, economic malaise, and deepening political polarization, Brazilians have lost faith in the promise of democracy, and could soon elect a dangerous authoritarian to the presidency. Before going to the polls on October 7, Brazilians should understand exactly what a vote for Jair Bolsonaro would mean for the future of their country.

"Brasil: Democracia ou Nazifascimo" - Leonardo Boff

Nunca em nossa história fomos colocados diante de uma alternativa tão radical: o ex-capitão candidato à Presidência, Jair Bolsonaro se apresenta com todas as características do nazifascismo que vitimou milhões na Europa na Segunda Guerra Mundial e um outro de quem não se pode negar um espírito democrático, Fernando Haddad. Bolsonaro mesmo declarou que não se importa ser comparado a Hitler. Se ofenderia se o chamassem de gay.

Agradeço à Isabel do Carmo

Hoje é dia de Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx

"Families around the world join war on plastic" - Reuters

Faced with shops full of food and other goods swathed in plastic, families across the world are trying to reduce its use and recycle wherever possible to cut down its impact on the environment.

Sleeping an dreaming: "Dreams decoded: 6 answers to the mysteries of the sleeping mind" - Rowen Hooper

Dreams are so strange and carry so much significance to us that we often feel the need to tell people about them, sometimes at tedious length. But if you understand what goes on inside the brain as dreams take their course, things start to make a lot more sense – and should make for more interesting dinner conversation than unburdening yourself about your mind’s nocturnal adventures. Your friends will thank you for it. Dreams are much more important than you might think – and we seem to be having less of them.

"Is Neoliberalism destroying the world? A. Admati, S. Gindin, P. Mirowski & Y. Varoufakis interviewed by CBC Radio"

Deregulation. Infinite growth. Self-correcting markets. All are hallmarks of neoliberal thinking. But they’re more than just assumptions about the economy. They undergird much of the most influential thinking about governance right now, and dominate political and economic thinking everywhere. The results, according to some, have been disastrous. Investigative journalist Bruce Livesey asks four experts about the rise and rule of neoliberal thought, and what it may mean for societies around the world.