BLACK AND BLACK TRADE UNIONISTS AGAINST THE POLICY OF OCCUPATION OF THE ACREAN AMAZON IN THE DECADES 1970s AND 1980s

Abstract

The article analyzes the memory and resistance of black women and black men against the occupation policy of the Acre Amazon between the 1970s and 1980s, based on a bibliographical review substantiated in articles, dissertations, theses, etc., with themes related to trajectories of black union leaders in Acre. The objective was to understand the roles played by these militants in the clashes between families and communities of rubber tappers in the State of Acre, against groups of land grabbers and landowners who invaded large areas of forests for agricultural exploitation. We used the theories of Foucault (1972) followed by the findings of Martins (2000) and the arguments of Mbembe (2014) and (2018) about micropolitics related to biopower, sovereignty, the state of exception and the politics of death. The policy of occupying the Amazon borders led to the devastation of the forest, resulting in the need to create five federal extractive reserves in Acre. We conclude that social transformations resulted in intense migratory movements from the forest to the cities of Acre. In this context, new social actors emerged in struggles over the right to housing in peripheral urban areas.