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Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

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ClimateFran @climatefran.bsky.social · 1d

All the life goals, right here

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Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

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Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · 1d

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...

Imperial Entanglements: an Introduction to Postcolonial Theory (In-Person) - Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

Having several origins—from literary studies to Marxist historiography to anti-colonial thought itself—postcolonial theory examines marginality, difference, migration, slavery, servitude, identity, ra...

Walter Rodney: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa - Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

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Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Sep 5

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...

Walter Rodney was, in his own words, a guerrilla intellectual. Knowledge should be used not only in service of the working poor, but also to help build a vast international spectrum of movements for e...

Lula 3.0 and the Austerity Trap - Public Seminar

Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Jul 18

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...

Halfway through his third term, Brazilian president Lula da Silva’s popularity is declining. Nara Roberta Silva asks why.

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The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast: Episode 7.2: Brazil's Pink Tide and the Politics of Redistribution

Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Jun 23

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...

In this episode, host RAFAEL KHACHATURIAN speaks with sociologist and political theorist NARA ROBERTA SILVA about the trajectory of Brazil’s left over the past two decades. Together, they unpack the r...

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Racial Capitalism: Race, Class, and the Black Radical Tradition - Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Jun 19

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

Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Jun 4

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...

“Racial capitalism” is a concept that has become central to contemporary radical movements, from Black Lives Matter and the prison abolition movement to movements for climate justice. For Cedric Robin...

Slavery and Social Death: From the Plantation to the 21st Century

Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · May 31

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

The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · May 31

Desire Doue became the third teenager to score in the UEFA Champions League final.

In the 63rd minute, he helped himself to another before Luis Enrique substituted him to rapturous applause from the PSG fans.

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Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · May 12

I have lots of opinions about this.

The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · May 12

Carlo Ancelotti has been appointed as head coach of the Brazil national team and will start work on May 26.

The 65-year-old Italian will leave Real Madrid after their final game of the La Liga season against Real Sociedad.

More from @david-ornstein.bsky.social ⬇️

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Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Apr 25

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...

What does it mean to experience social death? And how has this experience impacted the legacies of slavery in the 21st century? Beyond legal categories of ownership and personal status and structures ...

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Brooklyn Institute @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social · Apr 20

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

Nara Roberta Silva, Ph.D.

Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Apr 15

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

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Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Apr 4

Imo, that’s precisely what’s gonna happen…

Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Apr 3

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...

W.E.B. Du Bois: The Souls of Black Folk and Beyond (In-Person)

In this course, we’ll relate The Souls of Black Folk to Du Bois’ previous studies and his struggles against imperialism and colonialism?

The Non-Profit Industrial Complex: Between the Market and the State

Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Mar 30

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...

How exactly should we understand the layer of “non-profit” institutions that proliferate in many capitalist societies, existing somewhere between the formal worlds of business and government? What are...

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Brooklyn Institute @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social · Mar 24

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

Mike Davis: Prisoners of the American Dream

Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Mar 3

Same energy

Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Mar 3

I’M STILL HERE! 🏆🇧🇷🥹 #Oscars

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Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Feb 26

"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...

Written in the aftermath of Ronald Reagan’s 1984 re-election, Mike Davis’s Prisoners of the American Dream asks a question that remains as urgent today as it was 40 years ago: Why has the American wor...

Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Feb 19

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

Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Dec 14

The investigation has been ongoing for several months, and the arrest of a general is a clear indication that the evidence is solid — too much to risk… Bolsonaro is certainly on the chopping bloc, potentially next... 2/

A Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing: an Introduction to Marx

Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Feb 18

“Reading this Wikipedia entry” 😳

Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Feb 5

Nationalism in the periphery of capitalism has a very different meaning and connotation than that in the center.

Nara Roberta Silva @nararoberta.bsky.social · Jan 28

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...

In this course, we will explore how Marx developed this “ruthless criticism” over the course of his life as a scholar, journalist, and activist.