Anarchism and the Struggle for Zero Fare Transportation in Brazil

Presented by Felipe Corrêa, Victor Khaled of Institute for Anarchist Theory and History (IATH)
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Anarchism and the Struggle for Zero Fare Transportation in Brazil

In this talk, Felipe Corrêa and Victor Khaled, coordinators of the Institute for Anarchist Theory and History (IATH) and militants of the Libertarian Socialist Organization (OSL) from Brazil, will discuss anarchism and the Brazilian struggles for public and zero fare transportation. The talk will begin with an innovative and in-depth discussion of the concept of anarchism, based on Corrêa’s book “Black Flag,” which has recently been translated and published in several countries around the world. Afterward, the talk will revisit the context of the resurgence of anarchist militancy in Brazil after the military dictatorship, which lasted until 1985. Finally, based on Khaled’s theoretical and practical contributions, the talk will discuss the struggles for public transportation in Brazil, which reached their peak during the “June Protests of 2013,” when the Zero Fare agenda for transportation became nationalized. Since then, we have experienced a cycle of growth in the number of free public transportation experiences, making Brazil the country with the highest number of Zero Fare cities in the world. The talk will end by proposing a reflection on the role of anarchists in this context and how anarchist militancy can drive the struggles for Zero Fare and the Right to the City and, with this, expand its capacity to build mass organization and self-managed popular power.