p.s. Michael Fox Re: Brazil: staring into the abyss

2018-11-19 Thread lincoln dahlberg
independent journalist Michael Fox, who is "based in Brazil" but writing/speaking in English, seems to be offering ongoing insightful contextual and comparative journalism/analysis that paints a dark picture for Brazil and South American politics in general... http://mfox.us/articles/ https://

Re: Brazil: staring into the abyss

2018-11-19 Thread lincoln dahlberg
Thank you Felix and others for your insights, very helpful to me and very alarming. I'm trying to catch up at a very basic level, particularly on the recent role of digital media politics in Brazil (from English language texts). Below are some media that I have initially read/listened to, that

Re: Brazil: staring into the abyss

2018-11-14 Thread Lucas Bambozzi [comum]
Thanks Felix for sharing your attentive impressions here. Surely Patrice, "it's not looking good at all indeed" as it is also an aesthetical issue, so it is getting uglier and it might be worse. The lack of near-future-perspective related to some basic agenda on social justice, human rights, publi

Re: Brazil: staring into the abyss

2018-11-13 Thread Patrice Riemens
On 2018-11-13 16:42, Rafael Evangelista wrote: just to say that the absentee rate is not too far from the historical trend for federal elections, but I agree with the rest of the description 100%. On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 9:47 AM Felix Stalder wrote: I just spent ten days in the city and regio

Re: Brazil: staring into the abyss

2018-11-13 Thread Rafael Evangelista
just to say that the absentee rate is not too far from the historical trend for federal elections, but I agree with the rest of the description 100%. On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 9:47 AM Felix Stalder wrote: > > I just spent ten days in the city and region of Sao Paulo, talking > mainly to artists, a

Brazil: staring into the abyss

2018-11-13 Thread Felix Stalder
I just spent ten days in the city and region of Sao Paulo, talking mainly to artists, academics, activist associated with right-to-the-city and indigenous movements. This is the limited impression I got from this. Please correct, add, deepen it with more substantial information and knowledge. Th