This April I’m (also) teaching what makes a social movement a social movement -- a 4-week in-person seminar exploring collective action and how scholars and activists have understood social change (from 19th-century rebellions to digital-era mobilizations). thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

I’m teaching a seminar this April on the Fields' Racecraft - if race isn’t biological, why does it still organize inequality, violence, and common sense? We’ll read and think together about this “social alchemy" and what it means for political struggle today thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

Incredibly excited to lead a course on Amílcar Cabral @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social! Cabral is one of the intellectuals who offers some of the sharpest tools for thinking about culture, class formation/alliance, and revolutionary strategy. Wouldn’t miss it! thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

Please join us for @nararoberta.bsky.social's lecture, "Black Struggle, Global Dialogue: Race and Democracy in 20th-Century Authoritarian Brazil," on Thurs., Feb. 26 at 4.30. The event is free and open to the public. If you'll be in Hartford, we hope to see you there!

Bolsonaro’s arrest on a Saturday morning — I wonder what my friends are planning just now… 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

Excited to wrap up the year with a seminar on Race, Caste, and Capitalism @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social! We’ll explore race & global capitalism w/ Oliver Cromwell Cox’s work as our guide. Join me to rethink inequality, hierarchy, and democracy for our times. thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

Another course alert -- it’s a busy month... I’m leading a 4-week online seminar on one of the most important books ever, Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction in America, @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social. Just a few seats remain; check it out and don't miss out thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

All the life goals, right here www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Excited to lead a course on postcolonial theory and the afterlives of empire @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social this October. Four weeks of reading, debate, and reflection -- in person, in Brooklyn. Check out the link to learn more and enroll! thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

50+ years on, Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa remains essential. I’ll be unpacking it -- alongside a few of his articles and lectures -- in my @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social online course. Starting soon, with only a few seats left -- join me! thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

A lot has happened in Brazil over the past few days. My new piece for @publicseminar.bsky.social explores the political constraints of Lula’s third term -- how austerity continues to shape the present and why the conjuncture demands more than compromise. publicseminar.org/2025/07/lula...

I had the pleasure of joining @rafkhach.bsky.social for a convo on 20 years of Brazilian politics -- from the Workers’ Party and the Pink Tide, through the 2013 protests and Bolsonaro’s rise, to Lula’s current term and the Left’s contradictions in power. mitchellcenter.libsyn.com/episode-72-b...

Soccer matches are rain or shine events everywhere else in the world 🤷🏾‍♀️ #FIFAClubWorldCup

It’s that time of year, folks: let’s take on the challenge of thinking through Cedric Robinson’s concepts of racial capitalism and the Black Radical Tradition in all their complexity -- in June online or in person in NYC @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social ;) 🔗 thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

Don't follow European soccer so regularly. But I gotta say I got really impressed by this young man today...

I have lots of opinions about this.

Join me this May at @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social for a deep dive into social death, the afterlives of slavery, and enduring structures of racial domination. We’ll read Patterson, Hartman, and others -- come! thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

Racial Capitalism: Race, Class, and the Black Radical Tradition | June BISR Online Courses | buff.ly/MPiwfMj

My website is officially live ✨📚✊🏾 Discover my work as an educator, writer, and program builder -- rooted in social justice, critical thinking, and transformation. Collaborators, students, organizers, and curious readers are all welcome! www.nararobertasilva.com

Join me this April for another seminar @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social! We'll dive deep into Du Bois’s Souls and its lasting impact on the discussions about race, identity, belonging, democracy, and liberation -- graciously hosted by @rosaluxnyc.bsky.social thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

I'm so excited to bring back this course at @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social in April! We’ll dive into how nonprofits intersect with state power, governance, capitalism, and social movements. Only a few spots left -- join me! thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

The Non-Profit Industrial Complex: Between the Market and the State | April BISR Online Courses | buff.ly/bnTUsAv

Same energy

I’M STILL HERE! 🏆🇧🇷🥹 #Oscars

"Prisoners" still hits hard. 40 years later, some pages feel like they were written just yesterday. Can’t wait to dive into it with fresh eyes and urgent questions. A few seats left -- join me @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social! thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

And… two months later, Bolsonaro is indeed indicted 💅🏾

I'm back in the classroom tonight with this one! The class is full, but I invite you to check out @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social’s course catalog—there is lots of good stuff starting this week and coming up soon! thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

Fernanda Torres is the second Brazilian to be nominated for Best Actress at the #Oscars The first was her own mother, Fernanda Montenegro.

Gisele Pelicot is an incredible woman and a hero for her nerve in bringing all those rapists to justice and for knowing the shame does not lie worth her — bravely declining anonymity was incredible.

As if I needed more incentive to become worse

The arrest of Bolsonaro’s running mate, General Braga Netto, for attempting a coup d’etat in 2022 is a remarkable moment in the tug of war against the right-wing movement in Brazil. 1/

FIFA has announced that the 2038 World Cup will be held on the Death Star

I just hate having to manage another social media account, but well…