June 9, 2014
"The demonstrations made headlines, but there was something that the Brazilian sociologist Silvia Viana defines as a “reconstruction of the narrative” towards other goals. The theme of bus fares moved to second place, while Brazilian flags and the slogan “down with corruption”, which had not featured in the original calls for action, took the headlines (Le Monde Diplomatique, June 21, 2013). The mass media also buried the originators of the call for action and emphasized social networks in their place, criminalizing the more militant sectors for their supposed violence, even as police violence was played down."

Raúl Zibechi at ALAI, América Latina en Movimiento. Right-wingers with a left-wing guise

Via regardless in Sunday Reading.