The
letter is also signed by the likes of Indian novelist and activist
Arundhati Roy, activist and author Naomi Klein and artist Tom
Morello.
From Oliver
Stone to Noam Chomnsky, highly influential international artists and
intellectuals published a letter condemning the impeachment process
against suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Thursday.
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.
“We are
concerned about the politically motivated impeachment of the
president, which installed an interim unelected government,” the
letter reads.
“The 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."
The
signatories of the petition also criticize the interim Temer
government's attack on culture, diversity and human rights.
“We 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."
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.
The
signatories also state their belief that any impeachment of Rousseff
will spark a negative reaction across Latin America if the process is
successful.
“Since
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,” the text reads.
Filmmaker
Ken Loach is also one of the signatories, as are the musicians Tom
Morello and Brian Eno.
The letter
was published in both Portuguese and English.
“We stand
in solidarity with our fellow artists and all those who fight for
democracy and justice in Brazil."
Here is the
full list of signatories:
Tariq Ali
Harry
Belafonte
Noam Chomsky
Alan Cumming
Frances de
la Tour
Deborah
Eisenberg
Brian Eno
Eve Ensler
Stephen Fry
Danny Glover
Daniel Hunt
Naomi Klein
Ken Loach
Tom Morello
Viggo
Mortensen
Michael
Ondaatje
Arundhati
Roy
Susan
Sarandon
John Sayles
Wallace
Shawn
Oliver Stone
Vivienne
Westwood
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