RESISTANCE IN RIO IN THE

BOLSONARO ERA: WAYS TO

FIGHT BACK
* Necropolitcs – 1810 persons killed by police in
Rio in 2019; most of them were black young men.

* the seizure of 117 rifles in an apartment of to the

friend and neighbor of the Bolsonaro family,
accused of being the executor of Marielle Franco
WHO ORDERED TO KILL
MARIELLE?
ORGANIZATION AND
MOBILIZATION
• Complaints at the Inter American Court of Human Rights
and at the UN and ICHR, denouncing the ongoing
extermination policy.
• Vigil
• Protests
• Press conferences
•social mobilizations
• #it’sWitzel’sfault on Twitter Trend Topics.
ORGANIZATION AND
MOBILIZATION (2)
-Deputies from the left camp have been making public speeches
and blocking the most dangerous changes in the criminal law
proposed by the government;
-The Public Defenders Office has been visiting the favelas to
collect reporting of human rights’ violations;
- Committees in parliaments have held public hearings;
- Research and extension projects to academically support
resistance;
- HRDs have taken every opportunity to tell the world about the
context of violations we are experiencing.
THE PROTAGONISM OF THE
RESISTANCE
-I black woman resist - Black women driven by Marielle's
example for political life;
- Intersectionality and articulation between gender, race
and class in political activity.
- They are the most prominent deputies, public defenders,
teachers and activists in the progressive field;
- They are the organizers of the largest street mobilizations
against the government;
 WOMEN IN POLITICS
- Wewere able to elect in 2018 several women who were inspired
by Marielle Franco's legacy;
- One federal and three state deputy in Rio;
- For the first time a federal bench with gender parity in the
country;

"I did not imagine that I would one day join an electoral party, because I do not
believe in the political structure. But the murder of Marielle [Franco] inspired me a
lot to position myself and occupy this space of power that we are denied."
 TECHNICAL RESISTANCE
A network of popular lawyers, first responders,
psychologists, social workers, journalists and
activists has been set up to monitor the
mobilizations and help victims of violence.
“Hope is getting up, hope is going after,
hope is building, hope is not giving up!”
(Paulo Freire)
THANK YOU!

laize.benevidespinheiro@york.ac.uk
ize.benevides@gmail.com