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Day: February 20, 2018

Meet the Dark Side of Brazil’s Legendary Rio Carnival

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Brazil (Sputnik) – Brazil’s female samba dancers spill the beans on the darker side of working at the iconic Rio de Janeiro Carnival. Viviane Morais Ferreira Guimarães, 24, works for a living as a street pizza saleswoman, but when the Carnival is in full swing, she dons her garbs and represents the Unidos do Porto da Pedra school. As she told Sputnik Brazil, the Carnival brings both joys and woes to its participants. “The image of a woman in Carnival is very complex, not just for those on the ‘inside’ but for the people on the ‘outside’ as well. We are really being…

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Anti-fascist organizing explodes on US college campuses

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(WNV) – On December 13, six members of the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents shared a statement titled “United Against Hate,” showing their opposition to the current negotiations happening between the university and white nationalist Richard Spencer. After a disastrous appearance at the University of Florida at Gainesville, which saw mass actions by the No Nazis as UF coalition, Spencer had set his sites on the University of Michigan for his so-called “alt-right” recruitment. Students reacted quickly, organizing walkouts and building occupations at the University of Michigan, Michigan State,…

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