“The far right lives by betraying the people and flattering imperialism,” says Radde

247 - State Representative Leonel Radde gave an interview to the program Bom Dia 247, in which he details his international agenda and the role he attributes to the far-right in Brazil and the world. In his statement, he denounces an alliance between radical conservative movements and the influence of foreign powers.

Radde announced that he will travel to Madrid on Sunday, where he will participate in meetings with parliamentarians from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and other European entities with the aim of learning about deradicalization policies. He stated that "the anti-fascist struggle is an international struggle" and affirmed that Brazil is facing a decisive stage in this dispute.

"The far right thrives on betraying the people and pandering to imperialism," Radde stated, highlighting that many groups present themselves as defenders of national sovereignty but ally themselves with foreign interests or abandon fundamental social causes.

During the conversation, the congressman linked Brazilian conservative movements to practices of information manipulation and propaganda via social media—where, according to him, there is a concentration of hate speech, fake news, and silencing of opposing voices. He explained that, in Europe, initiatives such as distributing T-shirts with hidden messages after washing and dialogue sessions in schools are used as methods of preventing radicalization.

Radde explained that he proposed a bill in the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul focused on studying and evaluating the circulation of fake news in schools:

"If we don't have an education in this sense, and this becomes very difficult, once a person is radicalized, they will fall into a logic of confirmation bias."

He also argued that the public security agenda should be addressed by the left in a "less academic" way; he pointed out that the progressive camp needs to present concrete and tangible proposals, not just institutional dialogue.

Locally, the congressman criticized the privatization of public services in Porto Alegre — specifically citing the handover of the municipal water and sewage department to the private sector — and linked this type of measure to the advance of far-right logic, which, according to him, "silences and eliminates the field of opposition and dialogue."

“For me, fascism is ingrained in people. So there are people who are imbued with this feeling and will act in this way, regardless of who is in leadership,” declared Radde, reflecting on the future of democratic mobilization in Brazil.

Leonel Radde also links the adversities faced by therapeutic cannabis associations in Rio Grande do Sul to a bias of privileges and restrictive state control, situating this issue within his broader view of human rights in dispute.

The congressman emphasized that, with the 2026 elections approaching, "a lot of focus and strategy" will be necessary, as he believes it is not just an electoral contest, but a correlation of forces that can define the solidity of Brazilian democratic institutions.

In short, the interview projects a political approach that connects the local and the global: while Radde combats what he defines as setbacks in Brazil, he seeks to bring European models of confronting radicalization—especially educational and social engagement models—in order to mitigate the advance of the far-right in the country. Watch: