Brazil, [CAB] The Fight against rising passages price and Anarchism by rusgalibertaria (pt)

The context of our struggle ---- In the first half there were several demonstrations from 
north to south of Brazil who faced conservative reaction of governments, the repressive
apparatus and the media. Since the struggle in defense of public transport in the capital 
cities, through the strikes at construction sites of the PAC until the resistance of the 
indigenous native peoples, all this fights were targets of criminalization of protest 
following ongoing in host country of the World Cup. We live in one of the most acute class 
struggle in Brazil. ---- International capital advances daily strides, exploiting workers 
and workers in pursuit of profit. ---- Resistance of / the oppressed / the x Violence 
Oppressors ---- One consequence of this logic of capitalism is expressed on shipping. We 
are daily violated.

We waited in endless queues, travel hours in crowded transport and maintenance free, 
risking their lives. Suffer with the the violence of greed, neglect of robbery, mafias of 
public transport companies, aided by governments to profit from increasing. But when 
people go to the streets to complain against this injustice that happens? It violated! 
Riot police, tear gas, pepper spray, bombs, rubber bullets at close range that can blind 
or even kill. A whole apparatus of war is used against the people, and dozens of 
protesters were arrested and injured by the police. Both police brutality and indifference 
of the public to the social, and the disrespect that entrepreneurs of public 
transportation make us pass every day, these are all forms of violence against the people. 
And all the ways that people use to defend against this violence are legitimate. Every 
form of resistance, albeit with distinct tactics is legitimate. Violence in all acts 
ALWAYS began with the police, the staunch advocate of the elite and the bourgeoisie. 
Police, who curiously was supported in his last strike for subtitles leftist political 
slander that today anarchism to "find" a scapegoat that divide our struggle.
Fighting is not a crime
The people organized in social movements, manifested by justice can not be criminalized, 
beaten or arrested. We must be careful with the strategy of the dominant powers to 
criminalize "individually" militants and activists fighting against rising ticket. Many
already have processes for fighting back. Fighting is not a crime! We can not let our 
fellow / to be criminalized / them! This criminalization should be denounced! This is the 
true face of bourgeois democracy, hidden two years in the polls and electoral propaganda 
but showing its claws when resistance arises! We can not strengthen our ranks within the 
discourse of criminalization of those who struggle trying to find scapegoats in our 
movement. All / those ones / the ones that take to the streets to oppose the mafia 
transport are illegal by nature, because facing the bourgeoisie and the rule of "right / a".
Our conception of anarchism
We anarchists organized politically in Brazilian Anarchist Coordination (CAB) participated 
modestly different mobilizations and we close ranks with workers and activists in several 
states. The CAB is an instance that brought together various organizations Especifists 
Anarchists from all over Brazil and the struggle to articulate future a Anarchist 
Organisation on a national level. It consists of 9 different Member Organizations, basic 
Federalist building - from concrete practices - strategic unity and greater organicity to 
enhance social inclusion within our people. In this sense, they are over 10 years of 
Anarchism rescue while the current libertarian socialism, organized politically and 
socially embedded. The CAB is comprised of a diversity of social subjects who already 
believe in the old but very current maxim that the "emancipation of the workers will be
the workers themselves", but coupled with the historic practice of the organization of 
anarchism as a party, as the Alliance Democracy Socialist part of Ala Federalist and 
Anti-authoritarian 1st International (Bakunin, Guillaume, Malatesta, Cafiero and others) 
and also our sister Uruguayan Anarchist Federation, which remained active during the 
Uruguayan military dictatorship facing this with insertion popular / student and an 
apparatus armed.
However, our rich history that is intertwined with the history of the working class is 
often attacked, undeserved or misleading: often it is the simple ignorance or reproduction 
of speeches simplistic and reductionist, however, often comes the bad faith , prejudice
and the need to build policy on the basis of slander, lies and self-promotion. Not 
surprised when these attacks start from the corporate media / bourgeois, who always tries 
to criminalize and stereotype those who struggle. But when we come from the ranks of 
workers, we must stand firmly to combat sectarianism that always divides the people's 
struggle. Recently, the last text we had contact and that references to "anarchists" in
this fashion is a statement released by the youth sector PSTU amid the fight against 
rising passages. Thus, we stand nationally not to enter the fray of who is the most 
revolutionary and has the true interpretation of the period in which we live, but because 
we deem necessary to combat the falsehoods and to avoid confusion in our ranks.
Our involvement while CAB is given by a set of reasons that are usually served in 
materials as referred to above: generalization and stereotyping of anarchism; accusation 
that we are a cult leftist and would have no responsibility, that we are anti-partisan , 
that'd be sectarian and intransigent, we make alliances only with those who think the same 
way as us, we attack any labor union, student and popular as being bureaucratic and 
needlessly struggle and worse, we say that classist and revolutionary anarchists are only 
liberal / petty bourgeois who advocate the fight "individual" as a strategy of struggle.
We CAB are part of a tradition-political organization (Anarchism "especifista") who was
born among the workers. It has this name because it incorporates basic principles of 
anarchism and reaffirms the need to organize ourselves politically and socially as 
anarchist militants in popular movements. This political necessity expresses itself 
through an Anarchist Political Organization, Federalist and Frames with entry criteria,
militant training, equipped with a Minimum Programme, Strategy and Short and Long Term 
Goal Finalist. Do not bet so the fight "individual" and disorganized as a strategy for 
victory but the accumulation of power in social movements. Thus, we are not 
espontane?stas, finding that the popular organization will come by itself. Contrary to 
what some say, follow contributing to the strengthening of this organization, with modest 
but steady efforts, the popular movement, trade union, peasant and student in various 
states of this country.
It should also be noted that we do not pretend how anarchist political organization and
class "represent" all the anarchists out of our coordination, as we do not require certain 
Marxist parties to account for all the Marxists. We are part of a class-anarchist 
political organization that works with common principles, criteria for admission, militant 
strategy and unity theoretical / ideological. Thus, we reject the association prejudiced 
any binding so almost automatic anarchism clutter, and there is no historical element that 
embase this statement. Respect, albeit with differences, the different forms of 
association, whether partisan, independent or other political banners that will add up the 
fight. But we reject any attempts to divide the movement internally. Sectarianism wherever 
it comes from is harmful and class divides.
Even with the differences in ideological and political practice, we believe that mutual
respect between the sectors of the left is something that strengthens the fight. We must 
know when to make a fist against capital. Why we demand respect for historical 
contributions of anarchism, libertarian socialism while running in the struggle with the 
movements of workers, as in the field of revolutionary syndicalism and peasants, and 
currently with our modest and consistent performance and contribution in different fields 
of social struggle (land, labor, student, community).
The unity of struggle
We believe that unity in struggle and organization by the base are the main ways to defeat 
the mafia transport, built with the various sectors of the unit left a flag in common: the 
defeat of the transport mafia and fight against the forces of readjustment streets . With 
this in mind, we integrate the CAB, build and respect all spaces of collective 
deliberation that organized struggles against increasing passage in several states. Unlike 
slander circulated by PSTU about anarchism are not espontane?stas nor disrespect the 
collective discipline.
It is noteworthy that the fight can not be captured by a party, tamed by a legend, why the 
struggle is a task class. The fight is not "apolitical" and disorganized. Because in it we 
graduated, we learn from our mistakes, grow and build up strength for the next day. We 
advocate a unit built without sectarianism and with respect to the different forces of the 
left. Make a partisan fight is different to anti-party. This means respecting subtitles / 
flags that operate within the popular mobilization, uniting the different political forces 
for common agendas.
The fact that troubles: a movement that was not captured
What bothers some legends policies is the fact that this social movement that came out to 
the streets to confront the government and the bosses, have not been captured by any 
vanguard "enlightened" or political party. It is fitting to remember that some of these
parties today condemned the height of his arrogance weaknesses of this popular movement / 
student said some time ago informally by its militants "who had not objective conditions 
to make this fight." Fortunately they were thwarted and even dragged by the will of the
popular struggle that moved thousands. This movement, despite sharing many principles 
common to our industry libertarian and also fighting tactics of the working class can not 
be clearly identified with any political ideology while inside contain different 
ideologies of the left. The movement also did not arise from any political party, although 
it was built with the effort of many militant party, which should be cherished. This does 
not mean that this movement has no problems. But how would a history fellow on the left is 
"best step with a thousand of a thousand steps with a" and we will continue working to 
build and better organize the fight against rising passages along with other political 
sectors without the intention of becoming "masters of the movement."
We are aware of numerous shortcomings and obstacles that we must face and will face in 
this fight. However, we are also aware of our sincerity, modesty and firmness in what we 
propose. Over the past 10 years we have participated to a greater or lesser degree in 
several fights, buildings, struggles in Latin America and in the world and regardless of 
differences with other traditions of socialism we demand respect. We are together and side 
by side in the fight for Socialism and Freedom, and not turn aside here. We will continue 
the fight against increased transport in different states despite the slander of the 
bourgeois media and unfortunately some political sectors.
Defeating increasing popular for organizing collective / base and the strength of the 
streets!! Fighting, create, popular!

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