A "Ilha Rebelde" de novo?: lutas sociais nas manifestações de junho de 2013 em São Luís-MA

Abstract

The research analyzes the political aspects of the June 2013 manifestations in São Luís city, from the recent economic crisis of 2008 context and in relation to the social classes political action and the state's role as the ruling classes interest cohesive factor. Noteworthy is the organization process, the various groups / social movements participating in the June 2013 manifestations actions and reactions, and the State's responses to these manifestations claims. This research used several research techniques, such as documentary research in original sources or "first hand" (Laws, Bills, Decrees, pronouncements of managers, parliamentarians and activist, newspapers and police reports), militants interviews and content analysis from websites that summoned the protests. The theoretical analysis was based on the categories of social movements, social struggles, state, social classes and economic crisis. I believe that economic crises are inherent to the capitalist system, therefore, the social struggles intensify, demanding the working class organize itself into groups or social movements to perform resistance protests to this adverse scenario. Thus, the recent global events and the June 2013 manifestations should be understood as social struggles expressions that are constantly updated and redefined, so that, in the analyzed events case, due to the correlation of forces, the results walked towards an ideological polarization. In São Luis city, for example, the political actions that fallowed the June Manifestations which tried to ensure a more progressive agenda, were gradually ceasing. Equally problematic was the fact that some militants from that period turned into support for conservative or reactionary social movements ideological perspective, promoted by the media propaganda, intensely active throughout the process. Thus, it is clear that this politic scenario is not purely local or national, but a process developed internationally which demonstrates that recent global and Brazilian manifestations are structural social struggles updated constantly.