Em nome da revolução: a trajetória social e política da Ala Vermelha (1967-1985)

Abstract

This paper deals with the social and political trajectory of the Partido Comunista do Brasil - Ala Vermelha (PCdoB-AV), which emerged in 1967 from a split in the Partido Comunista do Brasil (PCdoB). The group was organized around experienced militants, some graduates of the Leagues Peasants and with passages by China and the old Soviet Union. Most of the cadres, however, were young, mostly from the student media. With regard to theoretical formulations, the organization was affiliated with Maoism and aimed at implanting the rural guerrilla in the country through the model of prolonged popular war, which merged elements of the foquismo. As soon as it emerged, the group was launched to the armed actions, in special actions of expropriation of values and of revolutionary propaganda. In this phase, the party concentrated its work and activities in São Paulo. In 1969, it became hard hit by the agents of repression, which helped pioneer self-criticism in relation to the tactic of armed struggle in Brazil. Dismantled, in the early 1970s, it reorganized itself in Rio de Janeiro and sought to put into practice alternatives to approach the working poor and urban poor, which it hoped to politicize and organize for political struggles. In order to do so, he strategized, such as the insertion of militants into factories and outlying areas, support for workers' mobilizations, participation in neighborhood movements and the creation of alternative newspapers. In 1979, militancy was engaged in the movement for the founding of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT). In 1985, Ala militants joined the remnants of other revolutionary groups, originating the current PT Movimento Comunista Revolucionário (MCR).