Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes

Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes is a PhD Student in the postgraduate programme of Sociology at IESP - UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her research interests centre on social movements, youth and violence, and coercive environments for collective action.

On violence and protest in Brazil

While media coverage of Brazil's urban protests continues to focus on Molotov cocktails and smashed windows, the fight against police violence, repression and institutional racism continues.

By Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes

/ 18 Mar 2014

Black Bloc discussion and the radicalisation of debate in Brazil’s public sphere

The disproportionate use of violence in peaceful protests in Brazil quickly led to a radicalization of its protests. But who was responsible?

By Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes

/ 6 Nov 2013