Podcast Politica em Rede #03: Activism and Identity Struggles

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In this episode, we discuss identity-based struggles, mobilization strategies, activism, and how minority and marginalized groups build connections with society. Topics include feminism, LGBT and Black movements, and the concept of “place of speech.” Our guests are PSOL federal representative Jean Wyllys; writer, poet, composer, and philosopher Francisco Bosco; and Ricardo Fabrino Mendonça, a professor in the Department of Political Science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais.

Política em Rede is a project of the National Institute of Science and Technology in Digital Democracy (INCT.DD), dedicated to discussing politics, democracy, communication, and the internet.

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Links and information mentioned in the episode:

Ricardo Fabrino Mendonça’s doctoral thesis (Recognition and Deliberation: the struggles of people affected by leprosy in different settings of interaction)

Debate between Nancy Fraser and Alex Honneth

Francisco Bosco’s book – A vítima tem sempre razão? Lutas identitárias e o novo espaço público brasileiro (Is the victim always right? Identity-based struggles and Brazil’s new public sphere)

On the new alternative right (alt-right) – The rise of the alternative right (article in English)

Host: Maria Dominguez

Production: Rodrigo Carreiro, Laura Lorenzo, Dilvan Azevedo, Tatiana Dourado, Eurico Matos, Maria Dominguez, and Pedro Mesquita

Editing: Laura Lorenzo, Maria Dominguez, and Rodrigo Carreiro

Thanks: Renato Cordeiro (creator of our theme music)