Resentment and revolt: The shared anger of the Brazilian and Nordic punk movements of the 1980s

In this article, I analyse the political articulations and interactions between São Paulo punks and their Nordic counterparts, particularly in Helsinki and Oslo, during the 1980s. Preliminary findings suggest that São Paulo punk groups actively participated in the global punk movement in the context of Brazil's military dictatorship and the shifting geopolitical landscape of the Cold War. During this period, Nordic and Brazilian punks regularly exchanged information and musical productions, sharing a common political passion. I interpret punk’s political and aesthetic articulations through the distribution of the sensible, fostering new ways of being together. I also draw on theories of resentment and revolt to illustrate how punk engages with politics and social formations in specific ways. Through an analysis of exchanges between Finnish and Brazilian punks, my article highlights multiple aesthetic and political dialogues between punk cultures in Norway, Finland and Brazil, shedding light on how punk’s political and aesthetic forces emerge as products of diverse cultural and affective interactions.