Sam Howard–Spink is a writer and doctoral student at New York University.

Recent articles

Crackdowns on "pirates" in São Paulo and Rio may benefit the multinational music industry, but they defy the logic of Brazil's own distinctive music culture and trade, says Sam Howard-Spink.

As hosts of the iCommons summit, can Brazil lead the way towards a global commons? Sam Howard-Spink finds inspiration and parallels in the 1960s cultural movement, "Tropicalia".

America’s distrustful, polarised political climate blocks open discussion of one of the country’s most serious democratic deficits: voting technology.

New York is hosting two great gatherings of political activists: the US Republican party’s pre–election convention, and the tens of thousands of protestors assembling in the city’s streets, parks and meeting–halls. Sam Howard–Spink raises the curtain on a week of political theatre.