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🇧🇷 Why is Brazil's left struggling to win over the very people it once helped?
Millions of Brazilians saw their lives transformed under Lula and the Workers' Party. Today, many are drawn to the idea that entrepreneurship and less state intervention can lead to a better life
Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of the news outlet @MadaMasr, was convicted today by a New Cairo court, which ordered her detention and the outlet's closure.
👉 The Polis Project stands in solidarity with Lina Attalah and our colleagues at Mada Masr
The judge also appointed a lawyer unknown to Attalah to represent her, despite objections from eight defense lawyers. Attalah told the court she did not accept the appointment, but the judge refused to record her objection before the verdict was read out
This reflects a broader pattern of press repression in Egypt: six Matsadaash journalists are jailed, Rasha Azab has been questioned over social media posts, and 25 journalists remain imprisoned.
@project_polis stand with those who document resistance. Journalism is not a crime
Journalism holds power to account. But who holds journalism accountable?
These questions are at the heart of a recent report by @FranceskAlbs, UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, which assesses how media coverage can marginalize Palestinian voices
At our recent event, "How the Media Enables Israel's Genocide in Gaza," @AssalRad discussed why press freedom and accountability aren't mutually exclusive, but are both essential to journalism's role in a democracy.
Yes, that also includes coverage of Israel's genocide in Gaza
📹 Watch the full event "How the Media Enables Israel's Genocide in Gaza", moderated by activist-scholar @AKayumAhmed1, at the link below.
👉 Follow us for stories that challenge the dominant narrative
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In 1986, Oprah Winfrey made media history when "came out of the closet" as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse.
In 1988, she wheeled 67 pounds of animal fat onto the studio stage to show how much weight she had lost. "If I can do this, you can too."
"Reagan's ideology was based on a kind of simple optimism about individual success. According to Reagan, it was only with a massively scaled-back public sector that ordinary people could finally prosper".
Catherine Liu
Professor of Film and Media Studies at @UCIrvine
Oprah and the Work of Trauma in the Age of Televisual Reproduction: An Excerpt From Catherine Liu's Traumatized
🔗Read the full excerpt at the link below 👇
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🇧🇷 Are Lula and the Brazilian left out of dreams to sell?
Brazil's president is running out of time to stop the far right's return to power.
Days before the runoff against Bolsonaro, we ask why Brazil's left is struggling to win over those it once helped
A thread🧵👇
Through their years in power, the left implemented welfare programs that lifted millions out of poverty, and made investments in public education.
Yet that doesn't seem to be enough
Flávio Bolsonaro's promises:
- Slash red tape.
- Curb public spending.
- Take a tough stance on crime.
His campaign seems tailored to speak to the underdog entrepreneur.
📸Ricardo Stuckert
Read the full story by @VictorLacombe at the link below ⬇️
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For The Polis Project, Brazilian reporter @VictorLacombe looks at why the left is running out of new dreams to sell, and what this means for Brazil's political future.
🔗Read the full article at the link below 👇
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The state sold faith in the system. @jyotiyadaav uncovered the fury.
During COVID, promises were plastered on walls. But the suffering was lived way far from the headlines.
What fuels this fury?
In her book "Faith and Fury", award-winning journalist Jyoti Yadav reports from rural India, exposing the gap between official promises and people's realities.
From our latest Book Salon, in conversation with @amuralidharan93.
Watch the full interview👇
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