Activism and Public Policy during the Pandemic
Camila Penna (Professor of the Department of Sociology at UFRGS): “As or more powerful than a change of government, the external shock caused by the pandemic can lead to a realignment of political and social forces, constituting a window of political opportunity for issues and actors who were, in recent years, in a frank process of defeat […]
Social movements in times of Covid-19: another world is needed
Donatella Della Porta 03/26/2020 Text originally published on OpenDemocracy “Faced with the obvious need for a radical and complex transformation of the system, social movements in times of crisis act differently from the protests we are used to” Continue reading
“Those who only saw the favela for the violence, started to see it from the coronavirus”
Felipe Betim 03/28/2020 Originally published in El País “Since the coronavirus landed in Brazil, several civil society organizations, activists and community leaders are mobilizing to act in the favelas and protect the most vulnerable people from the pandemic. Eliana Sousa Silva, founder of the NGO Redes da Maré, which has been working for decades in the Complexo de […]
“It is necessary that the resource of 600 reais arrives today”. Interview with Sonia Fleury
By João Vitor Santos and Patricia Fachin 02/04/2020 Text originally published on IHU On-Line “The 600 reais coronavoucher for informal, autonomous and intermittent workers, as the payment of emergency aid that will be made by the federal government became known, “it can reach people in the communities, but to be operationalized, it requires a bureaucracy that […]
Much more than a pot: social resistance in the time of coronavirus
Breno Bringel 03/31/2020 Text originally published in Folha de São Paulo “The strengthening of social ties and community ties is another potential for resistance in times of coronavirus.” Continue reading.
The Wretched of the Earth: The poorest are mobilizing against the pandemic
Marisa von Bülow 24/03/2020 Text originally published on HuffPost Brasil The first victim of the coronavirus in Rio de Janeiro was a domestic worker, contaminated by her boss, who had recently arrived from abroad and did not self-isolate. The maid, who suffered from high blood pressure and diabetes but could not afford to lose her […]
Why and who makes this Repository
This Repository is the result of a collective and voluntary effort by professors and students from the research group Repensando as Relations entre Sociedade e Estado, from the Institute of Political Science at the University of Brasília. It was created in March 2020, when it was clear that the pandemic would become the center of our personal lives and […]
