A set of demands from a small group of public employees has turned into broader protests against the status quo.
![A demonstrator from the group called Black Bloc runs outside the Municipal Assembly during a protest supporting a teachers' strike in Rio de Janeiro [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/20131082453341734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Marcelo Castaneda is a social scientist and is currently doing his PhD research in the relations between political action and the Internet.
A set of demands from a small group of public employees has turned into broader protests against the status quo.
![A demonstrator from the group called Black Bloc runs outside the Municipal Assembly during a protest supporting a teachers' strike in Rio de Janeiro [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/20131082453341734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)