#WORLD #WORLDWIDE #BRAZIL #ANARCHISM #News #Journal #Update - (en) #bahia, Fórum Anarquista Especifista #FAE: AN EYE ON NOW - BAHIA AND BRAZIL IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER - COVID-19 AND BACK TO SCHOOL (ca, de, it, fr, pt)[machine translation]

 With the decrease in covid-19 cases, the State of Bahia is going through moments

of opening of sectors that were previously closed for prevention against the
disease. Since June of this year, there have been several debates regarding the
return to classroom classes both in the public and in the private network and
there has been a real clash between the union of teachersxs (APLB) and Governor
Rui Costa. Education professionals request structural changes and equipment that
guarantee a safe space in schools, for students and workers to gradually return
to the classroom. However, the government advances in its plans to return to
classroom classes, without making the school environment safe in most of the
teaching units in Bahia, and threatening the category with salary cuts,

Recently, on 10/18, the return of 100% in-person classes in state schools became
mandatory, but adherence by students is still low, demonstrating that before
returning to schools, it is necessary to rethink how this return should take
place. , how is the physical and mental health of all involved, how the learning
process was affected during the pandemic and to seek mechanisms to overcome these
problems.

FIRE IN THE CHAPADA

Fires in vegetation in the state have advanced a lot since the beginning of
September. The state of Bahia concentrates 25% of cases of fire in vegetation, in
the year 2021, in the entire Northeast region. The information is from the
National Institute for Space Research (INPE). The data show that this year's
fires are already higher than last year's, a reflection of the lack of climate
control and changes in the environment. While regions like Ilhéus and Itabuna
face problems with floods and heavy rains, Chapada Diamantina and other regions
face difficulties with droughts.

DISPUTES FOR INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES

The State advances throughout the country in indigenous territories, and this
time, the target is the Tupinambá lands. During the month of October, the federal
police have been carrying out a series of actions to repossess areas inhabited by
the Tupinambás, without waiting for the finalization of the identification report
of the Tupinambá de Olivença indigenous land made by FUNAI, threatening the
physical integrity and means of subsistence of these peoples.

In addition to the advances of the State, land grabbers and ruralistas make real
ambushes and cowardice against indigenous peoples in search of their lands. The
most recent attack on indigenous peoples in southern Bahia was against a Pataxó
leader from the Pataxó Comexatibá Territory, who on 10/20 suffered an attempt to
be run over by land grabbers in the region, and when he sought to denounce, he
was not even heard by the police. Disputes for land in southern Bahia are with
indigenous peoples, fishermen and shellfish gatherers who fight for the
protection of territories and their livelihood against land grabbers who want to
privatize the beaches to profit from luxury condominiums, and the police who
support the enemies of nature, in the form of silence and omission of the crimes
committed.

POLICE VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST MINORS

In recent months, Bahia has been experiencing a blatant escalation in the
cynicism of institutions towards its population, whether through the genocidal
postures of PT governor Rui Costa (who, despite claiming to the left, has always
been as reactionary as any governor pocketnarista) or by direct action of police
violence. The two men executed on 10/20 in Salvador, in the favela of Calafate,
unfortunately are the continuation of systematic actions by the Bahia police,
responsible for the deaths of 1,137 people (second highest in the country) in
2020; all these black male victims.

While policing is reinforced around Farol da Barra and some individuals within
the corporation ensure the viability of a carnival for 2022, the capital and the
interior are bleeding. In the last two years, there were 114 homicides of
children and adolescents in the state, according to data from the Security
Observatory Network, as well as 88 cases of sexual violence and rape against minors.

Another factor to be raised is the continued neglect of institutions towards the
murders of eight brothers from a gypsy family in Vitória da Conquista and
surroundings. The Brazilian Gypsy Institute (ICB) has been trying to establish a
CPI to investigate what happened, but it faces resistance and boycott by the
Civil and Military police (more interested in summary executions than in carrying
out investigations or arrests). Witnesses in the case rightly feel insecure and
the ICB points to the risk of further executions in the area.

FEMALE AND GENDER VIOLENCE IN BAHIA

The murder on 17/10 of Kezia Stefany da Silva Ribeiro (21 years old) in Salvador
unfortunately adds to the more than 65 cases of femicide registered in the state
until the month of September, as well as the 11.8% increase in femicide. occurred
in Bahia between 2020 and 2021. Data show that one in four women over the age of
16 has been a victim of some type of violence in the last 12 months in Brazil,
with Bahia leading the numbers of sexual violence among the northeastern states .

Under the justification of not having a special cell available to accommodate a
lawyer, the murderer José Luiz de Britto Meira Júnior is kept under house arrest
in his luxury residence in the neighborhood of Rio Vermelho, the scene of the crime.

Like Luiz, businesswoman Melina Esteves França also seems to enjoy the privileges
that punitiveness reserves for the rich; accommodated in her "well located"
apartment, she only deals with the inconsistency of an electronic anklet, while
Raiana Ribeiro recovers at HGE after jumping from the third floor in a desperate
attempt to escape her ex-boss's aggressions during the time she worked as a
nanny; the case brought to light reports of 11 other former employees of Melina,
all of them assaulted by her while they worked in that apartment.

CLASSIST PERSECUTION TO THE WALLS

In the wake of these actions endorsed by Rui Costa, his recent undertaking,
together with Bruno Reis, came to light, aiming at the systematic criminalization
and persecution of the peripheral populations that make up the so-called walls in
Bahia. (Again, despite the veneer of a left-wing politician, Rui is more
reactionary and dangerous than most right-wing cadres in the state.) His great
partner in lobbying for such punitiveness, the mayor of Salvador, has already
made it clear that "all requests for permits for walls will be rejected", while
defending (and encouraging) the so-called test events in the city.

The issue was never public health or COVID-19 prevention protocols, much less the
supposed fight against the trafficking and use of psychoactive substances; the
real agenda is to criminalize the periphery in every possible detail, gentrify
everything outside the scope of what the Bahian bourgeoisie considers
acceptable/desirable. After all, both Rui and Bruno Reis have long been forcing
the reopening of businesses and schools against any protocol or common sense.

The very change of discourse of the parties involved is cynical despite any
attempt to camouflage the vested interests, exchanging arguments and
justifications that are convenient for them at the time. The factions continue to
act at full speed with or without the walls, as well as the parties of "up to
1200 people" in the Bahian capital do not seem to be at any risk in pandemic
times (obviously, if they come from the wealthy classes.)

Sources:

https://atarde.uol.com.br/bahia/salvador/noticias/2197410-apos-serie-de-crimes-policia-civil-lanca-operacao-barra-em-paz

https://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2021/10/22/pm-atira-pelas-costas-e-mata-homem-rendido-de-maos-para-cima-em-
savior.htm

https://www.metro1.com.br/noticias/bahia/112544,todos-as-vicimas-de-violencia-policial-na-bahia-em-2020-eram-homens-negros-aponta-estudo

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2021/10/patroa-suspeita-de-carcere-privado-de-baba-na-ba-tera-de-usar-tornozeleira-eletronica.shtml

https://www.correio24horas.com.br/noticia/nid/futuro-ceifado-bahia-registra-114-homicidios-contra-criancas-e-adolescentes-em-2-anos/

https://atarde.uol.com.br/bahia/noticias/2198092-bahia-lidera-os-numeros-de-violencia-sexual-no-nordeste-mostra-levantamento

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https://atarde.uol.com.br/bahia/noticias/2197716-casos-de-feminicidios-crescem-118-na-bahia-entre-2020-e-2021

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https://www.metro1.com.br/noticias/bahia/113345,ciganos-pedem-instalacao-de-cpi-na-alba-para-apurar-assassinatos-em-conquista

https://g1.globo.com/ba/bahia/noticia/2021/10/13/nao-vamos-permitir-nenhuma-festa-de-paredao-na-bahia-diz-rui-costa-apos-chacina-
with-six-dead-and-12-wounded.ghtml

https://atarde.uol.com.br/politica/noticias/2197602-todas-as-solicitacoes-de-alvara-para-paredoes-serao-indeferidas-diz-bruno-reis

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