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What Happened to O Movimento Brasil Livre? Digital Media Activism and the Weakness of Indignation Struggles for Social Revolutions Stuart Davis

Sep 15, 2026   12:00 - 1:00 pm  
Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306.
Lecture
Sponsor
Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies
Speaker
Stuart Davis Associate Professor of Communication Studies Baruch College, City University of New York
Contact
Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies
E-Mail
lemann@illinois.edu
Originating Calendar
Lemann Center Events

This talk examines how MBL used social media to mobilize mass anti-left sentiment yet failed

to turn that energy into lasting political power. It argues that digital “indignation politics” can

amplify outrage—but struggles to build durable institutions—helping explain the rise of

Bolsonarismo’s more reactionary agenda.

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