Power in the Periphery w/ Gabriel Tupinambá

Power in the Periphery w/ Gabriel Tupinambá

From Macrodose by Planet B Productions

April 30, 2026 · 41 min

About this episode

The episode explores the concept of Popular Sovereignty and how communities are building power amidst instability.

⁠⁠Event Tickets: Political Economy in a Time of Monsters⁠ (May 12th) Welcome back to After Order - a series from Macrodose and the Alameda Institute - exploring power and crisis in today’s unstable world. In this week’s episode, we’re turning to the concept of Popular Sovereignty. At a moment when the old order is breaking down - when states are less able to guarantee rights, stability, or even the basic conditions of life - what does it mean for movements, communities, and working people to build power for themselves? Joining James to explore that question is Gabriel Tupinambá, Senior Researcher at Alameda. In an upcoming paper titled ‘Popular Sovereignties Under Peripheral Conditions’, Gabriel looks to social movements, especially those in Brazil, to understand how communities are attempting to reclaim sovereignty on new terms. Gains that once seemed durable - access to land, political representation, legal recognition - now appeared increasingly fragile. Right-wing forces are reorganising both inside and outside the state, and progressives are too often clinging to outdated institutions that have themselves become unstable. Under these conditions, Gabriel argues that we need…

People in this episode

Host: James

Guest: Gabriel Tupinambá

Topics covered

  • Popular Sovereignty
  • social movements
  • political representation
  • community power
  • right-wing forces
  • sovereignty rethinking

Keywords

  • sovereignty
  • political economy
  • Brazil
  • social movements
  • community power
  • right-wing
  • political struggle

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Organizations: Alameda Institute, Planet B Productions

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