Temer is Fora: Corruption and Memes More Effective in Bringing Down Regimes than Slogans and Protest?

The grim reality is that it wasn’t #ForaTemer or popular action which took down a corrupt president, but the greed of a businessman. Some question why the media empire Globo, which had supported Temer’s presidency and ignored all opposition, took a major political U-turn on May 17th, with the National News’ main newscaster and editor William Bonner (pronounced ‘Bó-ner’) already calling him the ‘ex’-president. Some just call it a political bet, but some say that it’s a great scheme to keep the Temer’s right-wing policies in place with a new face.

Politics Maïra Al-ManzaliMay 23, 2017Brazil

#ForaTemer: Some Anthropological Notes on Credos and Carnaval

To the exclusion of the unconvinced, the lefty heil serves as a way of ensuring everyone in the room is on the same page. I say Fora Temer, you say Fora Temer: we thus recognize our mutual cool leftiness and can be friends.

Politics Maïra Al-ManzaliMarch 5, 2017Brazil