O outro Foro de São Paulo: a conspiração bolsolavista entre livros, tweets e protestos no Brasil (2016-2022)

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the role and impact of conspiracy in the construction and instrumentalization of ideological and political discourses and actions in contemporary times. To this end, the following case study was adopted: the ongoing interest of the Brazilian far right in the São Paulo Forum (FSP) over the last decade - especially between 2016 and 2023, following the rise and popularization of leaders such as Olavo de Carvalho and Jair Bolsonaro and their respective followers. Under a “bolsolavista” scenario, opposition to this Latin American organization is identified based on three pillars: the production of books, posts on social media—especially tweets and threads on Twitter/X - and street demonstrations. A symbolic set that highlights, through the hypothesis of digital populism or cyberpopulism, the development of an authoritarian and anti-democratic power project.