Práticas de resistência e atuação política do Centro dos Professores do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul - CPERS no período final da ditadura civil–militar (1979 a 1984).

Abstract

The present work aimed to analyze the political trajectory and action of the Teachers’ Union of the State of Rio Grande do Sul – CPERS, trying to identify the resistance practice of primary and secondary education teachers associated to the union during the dictatorial regime after the 1964 Coup, focusing on the so-called opening years between 1979 and 1984. The main sources analyzed were: the journal Magister and the newsletters produced by the union as well as the minutes of the union meetings. The meaning of resistance that supports the present research is that there are several forms to have the resistance manifested according to the context experienced. Thus, the purpose was to deepen the study aiming at understanding how the resistance of state teachers occurred during the final period of civil-military dictatorship in Brazil. It was possible to identify that this occurred through several practices, such as the strike of 1979, and the shutdowns of 1980 and 1982; the union assemblies with a relevant number of teachers, many carried out at the auditorium of the state Legislative Council; the increase in the number of union members; the expansion of the union through creating centers in the interior of the state; the publication in the journal Magister and in the newsletters; the mobilization campaign and the union of the class.