13th of July: Youth in the streets
- Monique Prado
- 29 de jul. de 2021
- 2 min de leitura
Texto: Monique Rodrigues do Prado
Imagens: Rafael Magalhães
The 13th of July was marked by the Youth in the streets that occupied the Viaduto do Chá in the capital of São Paulo. Posters defending educational rights to workers' rights were commonly seen in the young mass.
In addition to student movements, other social playrs such as Black Moviment, workers, high school women, political parties, the LGBTQIA+ Movement and Unionists made up the protesters who peacefully defended popular rights suppressed during the Bolsonaro Presidency.
The posters dialogued with urgent agendas that are under discussion in the current socio-political situation, such as: Bill 490, the depreciation of labor rights, the privatization of postal services, high unemployment rates and the genocidal Bolsonaro's thoughts.
The Brazilian flag, which was once used by the center-right, was once again displayed as a symbol of pride for the left-wing in order to dispute the narrative of Brazil that had been supporting conservative and neoliberal principles.
On the other hand, ostensible police, increasingly suited to the hyper-vigilant model of Public Security, used cameras to film the protesters. The phenomenon of technologies within Public Security institutions has expanded in order to promote social control.
In the protests scenerio, these technological devices are used to monitor protesters' behavior. If they behave differently than expected by the police, they will suffer severe repression in the crusade of disparate forces between police and protesters when a young and possibly black body will be shoot down with any regrets.
Despite being proportionally smaller than the protests concentrated on Av. Paulista, the young people show that they will continue moving without backing down. Many professors, blacks and LGBTQIA+ took to the streets with the rage of those who can no longer stand the Bolsonaro government.
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