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.
- 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
- lemann@illinois.edu
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- 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.