Rhaysa Ruas

Rhaysa Ruas is a young Afro-Brazilian attorney, researcher, and social activist based in Rio de Janeiro.

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Rhaysa Ruas

Vista do Raça, gênero e o marxismo amefricano: desfazer mitos, (re)construir caminhos de emancipação

This Portuguese article was initially published in the magazine Germinal: marxismo e educação em debate. — Editors

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Kevin B. Anderson,
Heather A. Brown,
Sevgi Doğan,
Kieran Durkin,
Barbara Epstein,
Lewis Gordon,
Peter Hudis,
Ndindi Kitonga,
Paul Mason,
Lilia D. Monzó,
Rhaysa Ruas,
Alessandra Spano

Mini-Conference: Debating Raya Dunayevskaya’s Intersectional Marxism

Summary: Recordings of the three panels discussing various aspects of Raya Dunayevskaya’s intersectional Marxism. Presentations by Lewis Gordon, Barbara Epstein, Paul Mason, Kevin B. Anderson, and man…

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COVID-19 and resistance in Brazil: life-making, memory, and challenges in seeding an alternative future

Summary: Report presented to the July 2020 Interim Convention of the International Marxist-Humanist Organization. First appeared in New Politics Online, here: https://newpol.org/covid-19-and-resistanc…

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Laboratório de estudos interdisciplinares Crítica e Capitalismo/Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (LEICC/UERJ),
Kevin B. Anderson,
Rhaysa Ruas

[Video] Kevin B. Anderson fala sobre o livro “Marx nas Margens”/Kevin B. Anderson on “Marx at the Margins”

Summary: Discussion on the themes and the impact of the book “Marx at the Margins.” This is a recorded presentation by Kevin B. Anderson, hosted by Rhaysa Ruas from LEICC/UERJ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazi…

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As queimadas na Amazônia e a política da morte: resistência contra a comodificação do futuro

O governo Bolsonaro está permitindo que a Amazônia queime como parte de um projeto para acelerar a acumulação de capital, mas está encontrando a resistência popular maciça em casa e no exterior. First…

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The Amazon Burns and the Politics of Death: Resisting the Commodification of Our Future

Summary: The Bolsonaro administration is allowing the Amazon to burn as part of a project to accelerate capital accumulation, but is meeting massive resistance both at home and abroad. First appeared…

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Brazil’s Racial Capitalism at a Turning Point: Rising Militarization after Two Decades of Workers’ Party Government

Summary: The far right is poised to take power as the cultural and political crisis deepens in Brazil, with increasing repression and militarization of society. This is seen in Marielle Franco’s assas…

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Brazil’s Racial Capitalism: Further Disruption of Democracy and Fall of the Left Increases the Risk of Fascism

Summary: Cultural, political, and economic crisis deepens in Brazil, with rightwing forces focusing their attacks on Marx and on Black and LGBT people in wake of the decline of the left after nearly t…

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