The Luso?Anarchist Reader

<p>A volume in Critical Constructions: Studies On Education and Society<br />No book has ever presented a selection of writings of anarchists from the Portuguese?speaking world to an English?speaking<br />audience. In The Luso?Anarchist Reader writings by feminist radicals such as Maria Lacerda de Moura and anarchist communists<br />such as Neno Vasco are made available in English for the first time. Researchers and activists interested in achieving a more<br />comprehensive understanding of people's movements could certainly stand to benefit from exposure to these texts.<br />Groups such as the Anarchist Federation of Rio de Janeiro are organizing in both urban and rural Brazil sometimes working as part<br />of a larger umbrella organization known as Brazilian Anarchist Coordination or CAB coordinating the efforts of various anarchist<br />associations. Anarchists participated in the massive 2013 protests in Brazil protests that brought together millions of people to<br />speak out against corruption and for a variety of social causes. Anarchists are active in anti?austerity protests in Portugal against<br />the European troika. Given the visibility of anarchism in the Portuguese?speaking world Brazil in particular the need to understand<br />the roots of this anarchist tradition is especially salient.<br />Anarchism in the Portuguese?speaking world during the early twentieth century brought<br />together immigrants people of African and indigenous descent and feminists to forge a<br />solidarity?based alliance for change. The young anarchist activists questioning the status<br />quo today stand on ground seeded by the hard work of their predecessors.</p>