by Esther Solano Gallego on June 23, 2014 Despised by many, hailed by some: the Black Bloc in Brazil uses its “performative violence” to draw attention to the everyday struggles of millions. Article by Esther Solano Gallego and Paulo Rogério Lugoboni Filho. Illustration by Luciano Cunha, creator of O Doutrinador. It was in the first […]
Weltmeisterschaft ohne die Leute, denn wir sind wieder auf der Strasse (Copa sem povo, estamos na rua de nov): Das, was diesen Mittwoch (18.06) eine weitere grosse Demonstration des Bloco de Luta (kämpferischer Block) werden sollte, endete mit einem brutalen Angriff seitens der Brigada Militar, der Militär Polizei des Bundesstaats. Sie verschoss Granaten und […]
Auch in der letzten Woche gab es in Rio de Janeiro Proteste gegen die Maenner-Fussball-WM. Verschiedene Gruppen riefen zu Demonstrationen und Protestaktionen auf, um die Parole „não vai ter copa“ Wirklichkeit werden zu lassen. Am letzten Mittwoch gab es beispielsweise eine Demo im Zentrum Rios, die von dem Movimento Passe Livre organisiert wurde. Das […]
Hackers on Friday made good on their threat to take down the 2014 World Cup site in Brazil. Anonymous, the loose hacker collective, appears to have successfully taken down the site, which was offline for several hours Friday evening. The hacker group Anonymous Brasil has started a hacking campaign — Operation Hacking Cup, or #OpHackingCup […]
Protest in São Paulo: Luxury Cars and Banks Vandalized 19.06.2014 São Paulo A protest organized by the MPL (Free Pass Movement) ended with at least five bank branches, two luxury dealerships and one vehicle of „TV Gazeta“ vandalized on Thursday (19) in São Paulo. The demonstration brought 1,300 people together, according to Military Police. Protesters […]
“Against the World Cup FIFA 2014 Solidarity with the revolt in Brazil..” Squat Odzisk in central Poznan, Poland It’s been a week into the start of the World Cup, and despite the international media being somewhat excited by the protests there really isn’t that much to say about what’s going on. The potential strikes were […]
Neben den andauernden Protesten gegen die WM in Brasilien gibt es auch unzählige „Sicherheitslücken“ im Ablaufplan der FIFA. Die limitierten Eintrittskarten und hohen Ticketpreise bringen die andere Seite der Masse, die die unbedingt die WM live verfolgen wollen, in lebensgefährliche Situationen oder sie greifen zu unüblichen Maßnahmen. Chilenische Fans wollten am […]
(Rio de Janeiro): Demo zum Eroeffnungsspiel des Maracanã-Stadions, Repression, Riots und schiessende Bullen Bei einer Demonstration zum ersten Spiel der Maennerfussball-WM in Rio de Janeiro wurde eine Demonstration von einigen hundert Teilnehmer_innen von der Polizei, unter anderem mit scharfer Munition angegriffen. Die Demo antwortete mit Molotov-Cocktails. Mehrere Banken wurden entglast. Trotz der heftigen Polizeirepression schafften […]
A police officer has reportedly fired live rounds at an anti-World Cup protest near Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana soccer stadium, where Argentina played Bosnia-Herzegovina. A man who identified himself as a police officer with a gun in his right hand at an anti-World Cup protest near Maracana stadium in Rio. A plain clothes […]
Although it might have seemed like a good idea to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil — one of the most soccer-obsessed countries in the world — massive social unrest has taken the country by storm in the lead-up to the tournament. The Brazilian government is spending an estimated $14 billion on […]