{"id":78436,"date":"2016-08-29T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=78436"},"modified":"2016-08-27T07:08:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T06:08:55","slug":"noam-chomsky-oliver-stone-sign-letter-against-brazils-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/08\/noam-chomsky-oliver-stone-sign-letter-against-brazils-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Noam Chomsky, Oliver Stone Sign Letter against Brazil’s Coup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The letter is also signed by the likes of Indian novelist and activist Arundhati Roy, activist and author Naomi Klein, <\/em>Viggo Mortensen, Tariq Ali, Harry Belafonte, and artist Tom Morello.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The international personalities signed a letter in support of Rousseff. | Photo: Reuters<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a025 Aug 2016 – <\/em>From Oliver Stone to Noam Chomnsky, highly influential international artists and intellectuals published a letter condemning the impeachment process <\/a>against suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Thursday.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Protest Against Brazil Coup Takes Place at Cannes Film Festival<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Other than Stone and Chomsky, the other 22 people who signed the petition include U.S. actor Danny Glover, “Lord of the Rings” star Viggo Mortensen and Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are concerned about the politically motivated impeachment of the president, which installed an interim unelected government,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe legal basis for the ongoing impeachment is widely questionable and there is convincing evidence showing that the main drivers of the impeachment campaign are trying to remove the president in order to stop corruption investigations in which they themselves are involved.”<\/p>\n

The signatories of the petition also criticize the interim Temer government’s attack on culture, diversity and human rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe regret that the interim government in Brazil has replaced a diverse ministry, headed by the first female president, by a ministry composed of white men, in a country where the majority identify themselves as black or brown.”<\/p>\n

RELATED: Noam Chomsky: Dilma Rousseff ‘Impeached by Gang of Thieves <\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Writers and activists Tariq Ali, Harry Belafonte, Eve Ensler, Naomi Klein and Arundhati Roy also signed the text as well as novelists John Sayles and Michael Ondaatje.<\/p>\n

The signatories also state their belief that any impeachment of Rousseff will spark a negative reaction across Latin America if the process is successful.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince Brazil is the fifth most populous country in the world, these events are of great importance to all who care about equality and civil rights,\u201d the text reads.<\/p>\n

Filmmaker Ken Loach is also one of the signatories, as are the musicians Tom Morello and Brian Eno.<\/p>\n

The letter was published in both Portuguese and English.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stand in solidarity with our fellow artists and all those who fight for democracy and justice in Brazil.”<\/p>\n

Here is the full list of signatories:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tariq Ali<\/p>\n

Harry Belafonte<\/p>\n

Noam Chomsky<\/p>\n

Alan Cumming<\/p>\n

Frances de la Tour<\/p>\n

Deborah Eisenberg<\/p>\n

Brian Eno<\/p>\n

Eve Ensler<\/p>\n

Stephen Fry<\/p>\n

Danny Glover<\/p>\n

Daniel Hunt<\/p>\n

Naomi Klein<\/p>\n

Ken Loach<\/p>\n

Tom Morello<\/p>\n

Viggo Mortensen<\/p>\n

Michael Ondaatje<\/p>\n

Arundhati Roy<\/p>\n

Susan Sarandon<\/p>\n

John Sayles<\/p>\n

Wallace Shawn<\/p>\n

Oliver Stone<\/p>\n

Vivienne Westwood<\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 telesurtv.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The letter is also signed by the likes of Indian novelist and activist Arundhati Roy, activist and author Naomi Klein, Viggo Mortensen, Tariq Ali, Harry Belafonte, and artist Tom Morello.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}