It is ON in Brazil right now....

[Bennyboy]

From Occupy Australia Facebook page.

Up to a 100,000 people on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, #Brazil right now, protesting against transport fare rises, corruption, poverty!
People also took to the streets of Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre and other cities. Meanwhile, protesters in the capital, Brasilia are still on the roof and at the door of the national assembly! #changebrazil #passelivre
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[BainsBane]

1. Here is a link to an article

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/17/us-brazil-protests-idUSBRE95G15S20130617

[rurallib]

2. Will McCain and Lady Linsdsey call for an invasion?

Does Brazil have some of our oil underneath it?
Are the Muslims behind it? Stay tuned (a little snark from a tired mind)

[aggiesal]

42. If they do, their selling all their oil . . .

because a couple of years back, they announced that they were a completely oil free society.
Imagine that! Brazil completely oil independent.
When will that happen in the US?

They use a SUGAR based ethanol to drive their engines (cars, motorcycles, boats, . . .)
And, sell off any oil that they harvest.

[Earth_First]

3. Livestream info here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023036503

[rhett o rick]

4. NOt so fast. Occupy is dead. I heard it here. Occupy is dead. This must be photoshop. nm

[reformist2]

5. The streets are made golden, with people!

[usGovOwesUs3Trillion]

6. Fight World Tyranny - Who's Street's?

OUR STREETS

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. whoa.

[msongs]

8. have they had enough of being spied on by their "transparent" politicians? nt

[Bennyboy]

9. Gold.. Lotta people....

[FrodosPet]

46. And to think the ruling party calls themselves the Partido dos Trabalhadores

More like "Screw over the worker's Party"

[ErikJ]

10. Sao Paulo rich and poor

[secondvariety]

12. Amazing photo.

Not much subtlety in San Paulo.

[ErikJ]

20. Read this from a magazine I subscribe to

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In fact, during my trip to São Paolo earlier this year, business contacts there kept telling me how hard it is to hire in Brazil because of the booming economy and jobs market.

If you need convincing, take a taxi ride down Rua Colômbia, a street that does nothing but sell top-end luxury autos— Rolls Royce, Ferrari, Bugati, Porsche, Maserati, Jaguar, Lamborghini, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz. I have never seen anything like it—not in Europe, not in North America, and not even in emerging Asia.

Try to book a table at a restaurant in the trendy Vila Madalena and Jardins neighborhoods, and you are likely to get a polite “no.”

Brazil is not without problems, as you’ll know if you’ve visited the place. There is still plenty of poverty, corruption, and bureaucratic mismanagement. But that’s precisely what makes Brazil an emerging market, rather than a mature economy.

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[Bennyboy]

18. Wow.

Amazing.

[marions ghost]

22. That picture says it all

How can people be so greedy?

[Johnny Noshoes]

43. How...

How the hell do you walk out onto one of those balconies, look down and see that slum and not have any sense of shame or guilt?

[Iliyah]

11. This is just the tip of the iceberg

people all over the world will protest, demonstrate and speak up! This is what democracy should look like. We have had marches here about 5 - 6 years ago, one was at least over 50 thousand but the corporate media did not report it.

[Bennyboy]

13. Report from San Paulo: Massive Police Violence Against Nonviolent Protesters

http://www.popularresistance.org/report-from-san-paulo-massive-police-violence-against-nonviolent-protesters/

[SamKnause]

14. Photo

What a beautiful photo.

Solidarity to the occupiers !!!!!

I am with you spirit.

[Bennyboy]

15. world cup website hacked to show police violence against protestors, pretty crazy

http://copaemcuiaba.com.br/

[Warpy]

27. Shit. Not going to be "sem violencia" for much longer.

and the government will have brought the whole mess on itself.

[Catherina]

29. Is this live? Thanks n/t

[malaise]

16. The kind of money being spent for the football world cup

and then the Olympics is more than those poor people can bare

[justiceischeap]

33. They are also forcing folks out of the flavela to make room for Olympic

construction. It just so happens those living closest to the Olympic site are also sitting on prime real estate.

[malaise]

34. That's the way in which international sports facilitate the gentrification

of selected locations owned by poor people.
This fugging planet is sick - whatever the rich want they take

[DinahMoeHum]

37. Same thing will happen in Turkey, if G*d forbid. . .

. . .Istanbul gets the "booby prize" of hosting the 2020 Olympics.

I've got a funny feeling that what we've seen out there these past few weeks is just the beginning.

[Bennyboy]

17. Photo

[Overseas]

19. K&R. Yes please!

[Fire Walk With Me]

21. K&R!

[love_katz]

23. Great news and great photo.

The stream of light looks just like golden honey...I guess the worker bees got good and angry.

Go folks...many of us are with you, worldwide.

[Doctor_J]

24. Hopefully they'll get more results than OWS did

best wishes

[Bennyboy]

49. OWS does just fine......

they are not sexy enough for the press to deal with but OWS has done some amazing things, and are continuing to do so. they were the FIRST people to offer aid for SANDY Victims and continue to work in that area sheltering people and feeding them. In coordination with THE RAINBOW PEOPLE, they created massive kitchens feeding thousands of people, including FEMA workers. (the rainbow family have huge mobile kitchens and have used them at other disasters as well, including the Katrina aftermath)

they have bought back millions of dollars worth of loans and medical debt from citizens being screwed over by the banks too and have blocked foreclosures on many others.

So OWS moved to something else, it had to. And that something else is not a buncha hippies camping in the streets and pissisng int eh bushes. The media did that story over and over again. Discredit the movement. People said "it needs to be something" but when it did become something, people never even knew about it.

You can follow by going to Occupy's website or FB page and keep up with what is really going on with Occupy: https://www.facebook.com/OccupyWallSt?fref=ts

[Doctor_J]

51. Like I said

People said "it needs to be something" but when it did become something, people never even knew about it.

I hope the Brazil protesters do better

[mbperrin]

25. This is the color of change.

Good for them. I do shudder to think how many will be killed by the authorities, but I hope they can persevere.

[Skeeter Barnes]

26. This is what the owners of our government fear.

The Chamber of Commerce would declare a state of war. Look at all those "terrorists"!

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. They did, Occupy was a terrorist organization

[datasuspect]

32. it is the ONLY thing they fear

from feudal lords and kings to robber barons and war pigs to modern capitalist gangsters - the will of the people exercised in the streets strikes primal fear in our owners.

[ReRe]

28. Thank you, Bennyboy!!!!!

People all over the world are rising up!!! What a beautiful photo of the Brazilian People! I checked out all the other sites that you and others linked in down through the thread.

[idwiyo]

31. K&R

[Bennyboy]

35. Indonesia today too...

Blowing up big time world wide it looks like.

[Fire Walk With Me]

38. The 1% are scared, as they well should be. Thank you for the thread!

[DinahMoeHum]

36. Remember, Brazil hosts the World Cup (2014) and the Olympics (2016)

I have a funny feeling that what we're seeing out there now is just the beginning.

Same thing with Turkey and the protests there, especially if they get the bid to host the Olympics in 2020.

[Initech]

39. Now that's how you protest!

[KamaAina]

40. The Paulistas on the right routinely commute via armored limo

so as to protect themselves from the Paulistas on the left.

Some go so far as to chopper into work.

[Divine Discontent]

41. the country's elite who get the cash from the budget from working their cushy

telecommunications, govt, energy jobs come to Florida and spend thousands and thousands a week at the popular hot spots around the state. I've asked several what they do, and I say "isn't your country full of poor people in shanty towns?" they don't like me when I bring that up - tough. The elite apparently get fat salaries and yet, despite high taxation, the govt is in crisis mode there.

[Flaxbee]

44. Can they include in their list of grievances the decimation of the Amazon? 'Cuz if it goes... we'll

have destroyed our planet's lungs...

[smknz]

45. listen up class

now this is how you get the governments attention.

[blkmusclmachine]

47. Be careful, everyone. The 1% might notice (OK, they probably won't, and care even less.)

[Bennyboy]

48. 5th consecutive day of protest In Bulgaria against government corruption

[jpak]

50. Calling George W. Bush... Calling George W. Bush

This is what a "brazillian" people looks like...

[postulater]

52. Madison South! nt

[Bennyboy]

53. TODAY< Thrusday, more protesters, more protests.

FROM US UNCUT:

Happening NOW: Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian protesters hit the streets of Rio and 80 other cities in the largest public demonstration in more than thirty years.

[Bennyboy]

54. Pics starting to roll in......

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[Bennyboy]

56. More pics

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=617780611573551&set=a.139608119390805.21941.132550980096519&type=1

[Bennyboy]

55. Rocking today....

Overview of protests in Rio de Janeiro at June 17 (VIDEO): https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200782421514264&set=vb.485088638179751&type=2&theater

The protests have continued and today...

Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian protesters hit the streets of Rio and 80 other cities in the largest public demonstration in more than thirty years.

A sea of people protesting right now in #RiodeJaneiro, #Brasil! Police estimate crowd to be 300,000 (source: http://bit.ly/15ogzp1), but it's probably twice as much!

[Catherina]

57. 41 injured admitted to Rio's Souza Aguiar hospital

MORE IN #BRAZIL: 41 injured admitted to Rio's Souza Aguiar hospital

01:10 GMT: One person has been killed and three more injured after they were hit by a car in the town of Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo state. Witnesses say that the car tried to break a human chain created by protesters. Apparently outraged because he was being blocked, the driver accelerated the vehicle and ran over the four.



At least 800,000 people in the streets as Brazil protests ramp up


Riot policemen stand guard as thousands of students shout slogans during a protest of what is now called the 'Tropical Spring' against corruption and price hikes, at National Congress in Brasilia, on June 20, 2013.(AFP Photo / Evaristo SA)

[Bennyboy]

58. A million people across Brazil say "it's not about 20 cents"

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10343