"Quem vai defender os moradores?": movimentos sociais de bairro na imprensa alternativa em Parnaíba-PI (década de 1980)

Abstract

Since the 1970s, Brazil has witnessed intense social movements that arose as a response to the authoritarian government and the struggle for a new Constitution, achieved in the following decade. In this context, this article analyzes the social movements that emerged in Brazil during the 1980s, particularly those referred to in historiography as the Neighborhood Friends Movement (MAB) and the Neighborhood Friends Society (SAB), focusing on the city of Parnaíba, in the state of Piauí. Using local alternative press periodicals from the time, identified as part of the Mimeograph Generation, the articles of these newspapers linked to what we call "neighborhood social movements" will be analyzed to specifically map the mobilizations of neighborhood associations active in the municipality and surrounding areas. Thus, in the methodology, we use a qualitative approach of primary sources (Jornal Inovação, Boletim da AMBSL, Integração Urbana, Jornal da Barra Grande, Jornal da Pedra do Sal, O Comunitário do Joaz Souza, and Periferia) and secondary sources (books, academic articles, and theses). Furthermore, to address the alternative press, we use theoretical references such as Kucinski (2012), Araújo (2000), and Morais (2012), and to support the field of Social Movements, we use Sader (1988), Sótenos (2013), and Medeiros (1995).