The framework of trade union struggles and conflicts, and popular in the country before
and during the World Cup, has pressured the federal government, some state, local
governments and employers, generating a war of nerves in the major urban centers of
Brazil. ---- If last year the big mobilizations were enthralled by the precarious sectors
of youth and not by organized popular movements, in 2014, the emphasis has been, and by
the way, will continue to be given by the base of workers of various categories and
sectors close and articulated with the oppressed classes. The development of the conflict
of the Subway of Sao Paulo - who for days have faced the intransigence of one of the worst
expressions of the right in this country (the table of organization of the far-right
Catholic Opus Dei Alckmin / PSDB) is an example of this, getting the strong repression
police, all the dirty game of major media and even the announcement of more than 40
layoffs. The subway pursue the campaign for the readmission of 42 dismissed workers.
Buckshot is being played upon these companions / and on top of the other categories
valiant currently on strike is why we need to be alert to any attempts to criminalize fights.
State of exception? State of permanent struggle and solidarity!
As part of the World Cup General Law and Ordinance Guarantee Law and Order, which sets up
a real state of emergency in the country, it is extremely necessary for the unconditional
solidarity of the whole of the left and social movements all ongoing conflicts and
especially for subway workers of S?o Paulo.
For months, the increase in police and military forces occurs in urban centers, as well as
their suburbs and slums.
Because of the June days of 2013, we have seen the growing concern of the Brazilian State
to ensure the "peace" during the World Cup. What, in practice, is expressed in legal
mechanisms that rifam civil rights and democratic freedoms, intensified repression and
criminalization of protest and poverty, increased police and military personnel in urban
centers, as well as their suburbs and slums, as well as the costs of the technologies of
repression. The continuity of trade union and popular struggles in this period indicates
that no effort will be spared to contain, intimidate and prevent workers from using
legitimate and historical rights to defend their conquests and tear, such as strikes,
pickets, occupations and marches instruments.
In Rio de Janeiro, S?o Paulo and Cear?, for example, search and seizure warrants were
issued on the eve of COPA, the detention of some fellow / in order to inculcate the fear
in social fighters. In the Federal District, militants of the Popular Committee Cup
received intimidation of supposed representatives of Elections unidentified, a day before
a protest against spending canopy. In Porto Alegre, several social activists Block Fights
are being sued and enjoined. The subway workers on strike themselves suffered serious
repression of Shock Troops of the PM, who used tear gas, the moral effect and rubber
bullets. In Goi?nia, students Struggle Front by Public Transport were arbitrarily arrested
and are in addition to the numerous prisoners and detainees fight for transportation in
the country. The list is huge and could extend over a page with cases of intimidation and
repression from north to south.
The problem of housing shortage is most serious in the country, is the number of urban
occupations in large cities multiply. The state's response has been to defend the land
speculators, with forced removals. Except, when the movements of property, take to the
streets denouncing and demanding advances as recently in Sao Paulo.
We pointed out in our materials analysis, we live in an emblematic moment in our country,
with the increase of political social activists and political organizations, surveys with
absurd and unreasonable charges which may continue beyond the World Cup pursuits. All this
is coordinated by a constant psychological warfare to social struggles by the major media,
distilling their class hatred and his lies in the expectation of building a conservative
consensus that reinforces the idea that the social question is a police matter. The period
of the Copa confirms the continuity of this scenario. In national statement on 10/06,
President Dilma Rousseff says this is the "crown of tolerance, diversity, dialogue and
understanding." A clear reaffirmation of the current statutes employed by the current
government with the bourgeoisie and its support base, both in partisan terms as within
hegemonic social movements, such as the CUT for example.
Facing repression: organizing and fighting!
The period we are living has shown the true face of the system of capitalist domination,
which will not be changed with the change of governments to shift. When low move, the
above deal to put into operation all kinds of coercive, repressive mechanisms and
intimidation to stop the fights. The repression is and always will be the trump card of
the dominant classes and the state, the letter that knocks all the others and imposes
"social peace". The violence of the above is constitutive structures of domination of
capitalism and therefore will never be an exception in the current system. It is a rule
which helps to keep operating the relations of power and domination functional privileges
of the ruling classes.
Admittedly, the nature of the demonstrations, many of them in absentia of the union
leaderships and the official structures of the "traditional" unions asks us to move
towards forms of organization, from the base, which make the experience of thousands of
workers struggle, residents peri-urban areas, the rural poor and students a criterion
serves to point out what and what does not serve the leadership and direct action of these
fighters. This involves strengthening and building popular movements and militant
organizations and independent union base to give social force to oppressed people, the
policy that the CAB has modestly dedicated to building in various sectors of struggle. The
experiences of the struggles of 2013 and recent conflicts have been the best they have
produced a militant ideology of struggle and confrontation. It's time to back off but,
time to give organizational quality!
Facing repression fighting for this new period of struggle, deepens levels of organization.
Again, time is constant solidarity, because it is a permanent struggle and domination
where there is no resistance! Where there is resistance, struggle and grassroots
organization, there are seeds being planted for the construction of Popular Power.
The moment is struggling to cope with the repression that this new period of struggle
against the forces of order to deepen the levels of organization and awareness of low to
overcome the fear that the ruling class of his government in turn wish to impose.
Every Solidarity to the strike of the S?o Paulo subway! The Right to Strike!
The readmission of 42 strikers subway!
By order of arrest and subpoenas Fighters!
Against repression promoted by Angle, fight, strike and organization of Bass!
Strengthen the union and popular movement with direct democracy, class independence and
governments!
Protesting is not a crime!
Brazilian Anarchist Coordination (CAB)
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