New Film Explores Brazil’s Legendary Landless Movement
The issue of land lies at the foundation of many social movements, from struggles for urban affordable housing to…
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Brazil’s World Cup Is No Carnival
Brazil’s Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy By Dave Zirin Haymarket…
Development, Exploitation and the 2014 World Cup
When Terry Eagleton wrote that ‘football offers its followers beauty, drama, conflict, liturgy, carnival and the odd spot of…
Brazilians Confront the Austerity Games
I traveled to Brazil last September to investigate preparations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. It was…
Brazilian Crackdown: It’s Giuliani-time as Rio de Janeiro goes for the gold
RIO DE JANEIRO — Ever since Rio de Janeiro learned it would host the 2016 Olympics, police have begun…
Artists Reclaim Public Space: A Conversation with Public Ad Campaign Founder Jordan Seiler
Everywhere you turn in New York City, there are advertisements—posters featuring attractive models schilling perfume, pop bands promoting their…
CIA Agents Assassinated in Afghanistan Worked for ‘Contractor’ Active in Venezuela, Cuba
At least eight U.S. citizens were killed on a CIA operations base in Afghanistan this past Wednesday, Dec. 30.…
The elevated High Line Park — lined with native grasses and lounging urbanites — seems to have lifted the…
Photos by George Gund and Joseph Huff-Hannon ALTAMIRA, Brazil—In this sweltering urban outpost on the banks of the Xingu…