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The last great leader of Palmares, the largest settlement of escaped slaves in the Americas, Zumbi resisted colonial expeditions for decades in defense of freedom for thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants, becoming a foremost symbol of anti-slavery resistance.
Political axes
Zumbi dos Palmares leans further toward federal than 92% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Structure is where Zumbi dos Palmares stands furthest from the rest.
On Control, Zumbi dos Palmares sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
Ideological proximity
The closest among the 243 ideologies
Political project developed by Abdias Nascimento from the history of Brazil's quilombos. It advocates racial equality, Afro-Brazilian self-determination, participatory democracy, a cooperative economy and land held for collective use.
Current that rejects the parliamentary and reformist path, betting on the general strike and the mobilising myth: direct union action and proletarian violence should destroy the state and the decadent bourgeoisie.
Current of Thomas Müntzer, the peasants of 1525 and guerrilla priests such as Camilo Torres, seeking the Kingdom of God on earth through revolution, with common property and the rule of the poor imposed by force.
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Authoritarian NeoliberalismRight40%
An American activist, Malcolm X was a radical voice of the Black struggle in the United States, defending pride, self-defense, and African-American emancipation, evolving toward a more universalist vision before his assassination.
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The largest country in Latin America, Brazil is a democratic presidential federal republic with a mixed economy, broad social policies, and strong regional, cultural, and political diversity that shapes its electoral disputes.
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Medieval alliance of autonomous cantons formed from the 1291 Pact, the Old Swiss Confederacy operated without a strong central power, combining direct democracy in local assemblies (Landsgemeinde), independent peasant militias, and weak joint military/diplomatic coordination among the cantons.
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