Historical roots of resistance and fight against globalization: an illustrative case in Brazilian rural areas

Abstract

This text comments on the memories of a group of small farmers atthe Camucim Settlement (Pitimbu/Paraíba/Brasil) about their experience of resistance and struggle for the possession of the land in the 1960s, at the time of the Peasants’ League (Alhandra League). We depart from the discourse analysis of their life history and then analyze their memories about the origins of the movement, their goals, consequences and its outcome after the 1964 military Coup, and the participation of these small farmers in the whole process.