In this podcast, we have a special guest- the Brazilian World Cup protester Macia Teixera, a militant of Movimento Mulheres em Luta (part of unión central CSP-Conlutas), PSTU (IWL-FI) & who is part of the world cup committee in Brasilia that is organizing the protests there. In this two part interview, we go over:

1)the background on why the FIFA world cup is a big problem,

[0:00 to 22:39]

2) the movement itself - how it is functioning (strikes, protests, etc.) [22:40 - 58:46]

The second part of the podcast, which we will publish later this week, we go over:

3)the political situation in Brazil,

4)the involvement of political parties, organizations & unions in the protests, &

5)the Prospects after the World cup for radicals and socialists.

Intro Song: Nightmares on Wax - "Morse"

Ending Song: Nujabes - "Windspeaks"