The progressive movement will launch in December and is designed to counter a global rise of the far-right.

Brazil’s Fernando Haddad, the former 2018 presidential candidate of the Workers’ Party, has been invited to join an international progressive movement fronted by United States Left-leaning politician Bernie Sanders, and former Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis.

Local media reports said Wednesday that Haddad confirmed his participation in the upcoming meeting planned for December to launch the initiative. The initiative, announced in October, is set to combat the rise of an “authoritarian axis” and “The Movement,” a far-right nationalist front with an international reach.

“All around the world, in Europe, in Russia, in the Middle East, in Asia and elsewhere we are seeing movements led by demagogues who exploit people’s fears, prejudices and grievances to achieve and hold on to power,” Sanders said in an article for The Guardian.

Fernando Haddad, candidato del @ptbrasil en las últimas elecciones presidenciales, participará de un frente progresista internacional ideado por el senador estadounidense Bernie Sanders y el exministro griego Varoufakis. El lanzamiento será el 1/12 en Nueva York. pic.twitter.com/biJbiNfV7z — Nacho Lemus (@LemusteleSUR) November 21, 2018

"Fernando Haddad, candidate of the @ptbrasil last presidential election, will participate in an international progressive front devised by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and former Greek minister Varoufakis. The launch will be Dec. 1 in New York."