“WHO wants to speak out? Raise your hand!/’Who wants to take a stand? Time to rise up!” is the message from Brazilian singer Lucas Santtana that resonates well beyond his country.

It’s a line from his new album O Ceu e Velho ha Muito Tempo (The Sky’s Been Old for a Long Time) and, he tells me, the struggle against the Bolsonaro government in his country is “the struggle for life.”

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