Workers and students against the dictatorship: 1968 in Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.5433/2176-6665.2007v12n2p78

Keywords:

1968, Labor Movement, Student Movement, Military Dictatorship

Abstract

This article takes up once again the events of 1968 in Brazil, particularly within the labor movement and the student movement. Both were to the left of the more traditional movements and proposed an alternative to the PCB and its policy of moderation, which was dominant in the pre-64 period and revealed its limitations as much among workers as among students. However, the student and labor struggles of 1968 in Brazil were unable to make viable a mass alternative, exhausting itself in its vanguard role in the conflict with the dictatorship.

Author Biographies

Ricardo Antunes, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP

Doctor in Social Sciences from the Universidade de São Paulo - USP. Professor at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP.

Marcelo Ridenti, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP

Doctor in Sociology from the Universidade de São Paulo - USP. Professor at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP.

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Published

2007-12-15

How to Cite

ANTUNES, Ricardo; RIDENTI, Marcelo. Workers and students against the dictatorship: 1968 in Brazil. Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais, Londrina, v. 12, n. 2, p. 78–89, 2007. DOI: 10.5433/2176-6665.2007v12n2p78. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/3319. Acesso em: 24 aug. 2024.

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