Journalist with expertise in Foreign Policy from the School Foundation of Sociology and Politics of São Paulo, manager and representative of the Shared Communication Network Ciranda.Net at the International Council of the World Social Forum and World Forum of Free Media. Editor-in-Chief of the Middle East Monitor – Brazil.
Creating new perspectives since 2009
Items by Rita Freire
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Muslim slaves taken to Brazil were expensive, and worked to earn their freedom
During our trip to Salvador in May, we tried to contact people and institutions with information about the 19th-century slave uprisings in the Brazilian state of Bahia, especially the Malê Revolt (January, 1835). The Beninese Yoruba heritage is remarkable in the Bahia Candomble and its Brazilian religious syncretisms. Benin...
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United in solidarity: the mission of the Latin Palestinian Forum
We often hear voices raised in solidarity with the Palestinian people coming from organisations and individuals committed to ending Israeli apartheid in occupied Palestine. However, it is interesting that the first meeting of the Latin Palestinian Forum’s Board of Trustees pointed out divisive issues. Connecting solidarity for more effective...
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The Myth of the Temple of Solomon II: Ostentation in Brazil
The construction of the headquarters of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, the UCKG, in Sao Paulo invokes the biblical description of the Temple of King Solomon. In the first video we showed how this work seeks to bring Brazil closer to an Israeli narrative used in...
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World Social Forum broadens space for Palestine voices in the international arena
On 29 November, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, a Jerusalem resident and another from Hebron were on their way to Tunis to share their first-hand accounts about facing colonial Occupation. Their arrival is an exception to the general rule, a life-threatening adventure in Palestine, where...
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Brazil with Lula 2022: Democracy defeats the menace of fascism
The threat of a Brazilian dictatorship legitimised by the ballot – with hordes of armed, ferocious zealots imposing their reactionary values, policies and codes of behaviour – persuaded democratic spirits to rise from years of internal disputes, common in times of political normality. Brazil closed the ranks on Jair...
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International eyes on the Brazilian elections, a race for the Deep Country
The alliance of pro-democracy actors around Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s run for the presidency won over almost half of the Brazilian constituency, gathering 48.4 per cent of votes for the former Chief-of-State, who barely closed the race on 2nd October. However, the slight 1.6 per cent who set...
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The myth of the Temple of Solomon and the struggle for Jerusalem
Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the heart of the holy city of Jerusalem, is 1,300 years old – built in the 7th century. Israeli excavations, invasions and campaigns have, however, threatened the foundations of this symbol of Jerusalem. But what does Al-Aqsa Mosque have to do with settler campaigns to rebuild...
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An iconic cause for the WSF: With no Free Palestine, there is no other possible world
The last session of the World Social Forum wrapped up on 6 May in Mexico City, reporting the silencing of two further Palestinian voices who should have been present at the event that promotes the slogan “Another world is possible”. Along with other Palestinian delegates at the closing assembly,...