This is a well-researched, well-documented analysis of the latest forms of social organizing that led to the June uprising in Brazil. The author through his writings has gained a reputation as a leading political theorist on the left throughout Latin America. The following is an apt introduction by his translator:
An unprecedented wave of mass protest rocked multiple Brazilian cities beginning in June, 2013, and shows no sign of letting up. In this special two-part series, Raúl Zibechi argues that the huge mobilizations were not simply a demand for reduced bus fares -- as portrayed in mainstream media -- but the product of a decade of grassroots, anti-capitalist organizing. He dispels the myth that it was a spontaneous protest fueled by social networks, investigates the radical social movements behind the countrywide uprising, and explores the forms of organizing based on horizontalism, consensus and direct action.The organizing going on in Brazil is another illustration of the rise of a new global political culture that has developed through global ideological crowdsourcing. One can see the influences of grassroots resistance movements all over the world in Brazil's grassroots political actions.
