Novo governo, velha oposição: uma análise do instagram do Movimento Brasil Livre em seis meses de governo Lula

Abstract

This work analyzes the activities of Movimento Brasil Livre (MBL), based on its Instagram page, eventually identifying the narratives mobilized by the group in its opposition to the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Workers' Party). The motivation for the research is based on the fact that the MBL was a group whose constitution and strengthening took place in opposition to the government of Dilma Rousseff (Workers' Party). In this way, the investigation was interested in understanding the group's performance in 2023, when it began to have a new opportunity to oppose yet another Workers' Party government, this time represented by its greatest leader - Lula. To carry out the proposed analysis, I draw reflections on mobilization, networks, new rights and digital platforms as an analytical resource to understand MBL. The time frame for the research was the first six months of the Lula government (January to June 2023), a period in which posts that made direct or indirect reference to the government were collected. The methodology adopted for data analysis was content analysis, which identifies the continuities of narratives, such as those referring to the topic of corruption, the intensification of narratives, such as those referring to left-wing governments in Latin America, and even new discursive elaborations, such as those that anticipated criticism of Lula's possible political successors, such as First Lady Janja and the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad.