(en) Black Flag Anarchist Collective CABN - [Joinville] Campaign Protest is not Crime! 10/20/2014 (pt)

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Brazil and the social movements of the country were marked by the June days of 2013 
Reductions in rates of public transport in several counties and advances the debate on 
urban mobility were notable and recognized worldwide. However, also as a result of the 
protests, many activists of Brazilian social movements are pag walk a high price for not 
giving up the fight for a better world. Political arrests and prosecutions meaningless 
became common. And not just in the Rio-S?o Paulo. In Joinville, only the past year or so, 
five militants respond to 21 lawsuits. ---- Here, the recent wave of criminalization began 
on 14 August last year. The date, social movements like Front Fight for Transportation and 
the MPL (Free Pass Movement) protested at a meeting of the City Council, the Harmony 
Society Lyra. A supposedly broken hinge resulted in a process without evidence to a 
militant who may now account for property damage. The absurdity does not stop there. The 
companies decided to invest heavily in public transportation to get protesters off the 
streets and resumed his attacks on the judiciary.

Blog posts and media interviews now serve as a basis for leadership in popular horizontal 
pointing movements - no leaders - and criminalize them for shares in the demonstrations 
which sometimes have not even participate. In addition, on January 22, shortly after the 
end of a peaceful protest, three militants were arrested after a confusion created by the 
Military Police because of a bike on a bus. Photos and videos showed that tax firms of 
public transport had released the permanence of the vehicle inside the bus that ran from 
Central Terminal to the South zone.

Even so, the PM met five vehicles and countless police to stop the collective and pry the 
bike. Two of the lawsuits created that day were removed after the submission of the 
Judiciary videos. At that time, one of the militants came to be threatened with death by 
an officer of the PM. To combat this growing criminalization against social movements, 
ensuring the freedom of expression and the free organization launched the Protest is Not 
Crime campaign. Even with all the pressures social movements do not hold their peace nor 
cease to go to the streets to fight against this and other injustices. Join us and 
participate disclose the activities of the campaign!