Política e cidadania operária em Salvador (1890-1919)

Abstract

Professor adjunto de História do Brasil na Universidade do Estado da Bahia (Uneb)-Campus II. Resumo O artigo demonstra que uma fração importante da classe operária de Salvador se engajou ativamente nas eleições da Primeira República com o objetivo de conquistar cidadania. Essa luta por direitos políticos e sociais foi encampada por três organizações fundadas entre 1890 e 1893: o Partido Operário da Bahia, a União Operária Bahiana e o Centro Operário da Bahia.

From the Streets to the Government: Socialist Militants and Labour Law in Brazil

“…22 Meanwhile, in Bahia, a Labour Party (Partido Operário da Bahia) was founded in 1890 which, having been renamed the Labour Centre of Bahia (Centro Operário da Bahia) in 1893, was able to gather thousands of workers; under its banner dozens of justices of the peace and councillors were elected in Salvador until 1919. 23 From 1919 on, Nazareth became the main socialist leader in the state and played a key role in the process of organizing labour unions and establishing more stable political representations among Bahian workers, particularly the Federação dos Trabalhadores Baianos (Federation of Bahian Workers) that was founded in 1920, an umbrella organization that included sixteen unions and over 25,000 members. Not untypically for labour movement organizations in different countries of Latin America in the years after 1917, both of anarchist and socialist orientation, one of the federation's documents demanded the recognition of the Soviet Unionserving as an indicator for the prestige that the "first proletarian state" enjoyed among organized workers of different persuasion during the 1920s.…”