Brazil presidential election was won by far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro has frequently disparage women, gays, and blacks; praised torture an killings by police, and has said he will bring military men to his cabinet.
Guest: James Green is professor of Brazilian History and Culture at Brown University. And the Director of the Brown-Brazil Initiative. Professor Green is author of the new book Exile within Exiles: Herbert Daniel, Gay Brazilian Revolutionary.
Then, In the wake of the mass shooting at a Synagogue inn Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the 14 pipe bombs mailed to democratic leaders and supporters; we talk about “stochastic terrorism” and the latest cycle of hate crimes with Patrick Blanchfield.
Guest: Patrick Blachfied is a writer, and a journalist. His writings address issues about American culture and violence. He is also a faculty member at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research.