
THOUSANDS of people rallied for democracy at the University of Sao Paulo’s law school on Thursday in the face of threats by President Jair Bolsonaro to dispute the results of October’s election.
The event was the high point of a series of rallies building up to “the August 11 of democracy,” with a public letter opposing any interference with the election approaching a million signatures.
The law school was chosen as the scene for a 1977 rally at which A Letter to Brazilians, calling for a return of the rule of law following a military coup, was read out.

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports on TUC Congress discussions on how to confront the far right and rebuild the left’s appeal to workers