Thread by @mariliacout

1. Ongoing COUP in Brazil?

Possibly. Even probably. The balance of powers was irreversibly damaged during the impeachment of President Rousseff and irregular arrests orchestrated by Sergio Moro, Bolsonaro's Justice Minster who recently stepped down.

reuters.com/article/us-hea…

2. That was when we realized an actual Coup was taking place within the institutional framework of a democratic State. There were no tanks on the streets like the last time. They weren't needed:

3. for 30 years, the strange amalgam of forces created by evangelical extremists, the militias and the organized crime consolidated a textbook fascist base in Brazil.

insightcrime.org/news/analysis/…

4. Bolsonaro was the result and not the cause of the fascist movement. Recently, the armed forces were hesitant in their support of Bolsonaro given the absurd mishandling of practically every public policy issue in the country.

opendemocracy.net/en/democraciaa…

5. As Moro stepped down, dramatically forcing a realignment of forces, they sided with Bolsonaro.

reuters.com/article/us-hea…

6. Here's what we have now: a democratically elected president leading a massive fascist movement to bring down democracy in Brazil.

The democratic forces share the responsibility for Bolsonaro's election and the final touch to consolidating the Brazilian fascist movement:

7. we failed to form a firm and united democratic front. Clearly, some of the actors underestimated what was happening.

8. If - and there is an if here - we have any chance of preventing the Coup it will be by halting all internal bickering within the non-fascist (even more than anti-fascist) forces and committing to a democratic front to violently repeal the far-right Coup attempt.

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