(en) Brazil, Anarchist Federation of Rio de Janeiro FARJ - Esther Redes died (pt)

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On August 2, 2013, died in Rio de Janeiro age 90 years Professor Esther de Oliveira 
Networks. Graduated in Philosophy in 1940, Esther joined the next decade the Libertarian 
Action Group , joined the Anarchist Union of Rio de Janeiro , which the doctor Ideal 
Peres, his companion, was a founder in 1952 with Ideal also participated in the founding 
of Studies Center Professor Jos? Oiticica (CEPJO) in 1958 Quite gift to all activities of 
the Center, including the administrative, there basically gave several lectures on 
psychology and addressing authors like Jung and Albert Camus from a libertarian 
perspective. Also collaborated in the 1950s with the anarchist newspaper Direct Action 
(1946-1959). In 1969, Esther became involved in the investigation initiated by the 
Police-Military dictatorship against the associated CEPJO. Ideal Peres remained stuck in 
the dreaded barracks Rua Bar?o de Mesquita for a month and some compa?eros of the Student 
Libertarian Movement (MEL) were arrested and tortured. Esther, along with Edgar Roberts, 
the defense worked intensively processed until the acquittal of tod @ s in 1972 Soon 
after, Ideal and Esther began to gather in his own apartment in the Leme neighborhood 
youth who were interested in anarchism , thus resuming his activism within possible 
conditions at the time. The passage of the 1970 to the 1980 record of militancy and Esther 
Ideal in Leme Residents Association and the local newspaper. In 1986, Esther had a 
decisive role in the birth of Circle of Libertarian Studies (CEL), which until 1991 was 
manager between 1988 and 1992, Esther joined the editorial staff of the anarchist magazine 
"Utopia", published in Rio de Janeiro. Subsequently detached from the anarchist movement. 
In 2009 he released the book "Paths of Life" (Editions Reate, Rio de Janeiro), containing 
chronicles and essays. Its operations for more than five decades was instrumental in 
maintaining the libertarian activities in Rio de Janeiro in the difficult period from 1945 
to 1984, as well as the "passing of the baton" to a new generation of anarchists. Here is 
the homage of FARJ. That the land will be lightweight companion.