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Tupinamba refers to fellow leftists as “comrades,” 5 6 7 has said that the economic theory of supply and demand is incompatible with what the theory claims about maximizing gains and minimizing losses, 8 and has said that Communism has been rehabilitated as a sort of “acceptable or important signifier” in political discourse. 9 He has claimed that Israel is involved in “settler colonialism and the return of fascism.” 10
Career
Gabriel Tupinamba is a self-identified Marxist 1 psychoanalyst and author who is head of social strategy at the Alameda Institute, 3 which supports “radical research,” connects activists throughout its international network, and coordinates dialogue between members of its network and global political organizations. 11
Tupinamba is also a member of the left-wing research collective Subset of Theoretical Practice. This organization develops new approaches to leftist political thinking that connects Marxist political economy, political experimentation, and philosophical and formal tools. 4
Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tupinamba has given lectures at the American University in Beirut, Lebanon, on several topics, including Marxist approaches to capitalist economics. He also led speaking events for “leftist organizers, workers, and students” at the Beirut Institute for Critical Analysis. Tupinamba often refers to other radical-left activists as his “comrades.” 5 6 7
Tupinamba has given lectures on “Thinking Through Political Organization: Militant Practice and Theory from the Organizational Point of View” at the left-of-center New School for Social Research, 12 the People’s Forum in New York City, 13 University of Michigan, 8 University of Oxford, and other institutions. 14 He has authored several books on Marxist topics including The Desire of Psychoanalysis 15 and Hegel, Lacan, Zizek; 16 co-authored Marxist papers on political organization trends; 17 18 and offers private psychoanalysis services to paying clients. 19
Political Positions
Gabriel Tupinamba engages in Marxist and far-left anticolonial political activism. 2 He supports the far-left concepts of climate justice and reparations for slavery 20 and has promoted events supporting the Palestinian territories and analyzed how Israel allegedly is involved in “settler colonialism and the return of fascism.” 10 Tupinamba has shared online posts authored by Qatar-based international news outlet Al Jazeera in favor of finding common ground with pro-Palestinian protestors 21 and shared posts authored by the Ambassador of Palestine to the United Nations. 22
Tupinamba’s main intellectual and political interests today revolve around developing new tools for political organizing and for navigating the intricacies of what he calls a “political struggle in our fractured world.” 23 He has said that the Lacanian Marxist debates helped rehabilitate Communism as a sort of “acceptable or important signifier” in political discourse, bringing together important thinkers to the idea. 9 He has also claimed that the economic theory of supply and demand is incompatible with what the theory says about rational agents maximizing gains and minimizing losses is incompatible with various findings. 8