The “Red Danger” in Americana (SP): the trajectory of Romeu Sturari, for a history of struggles of the workers of Vila Operária de Carioba (1947-1967)

Abstract

This article investigates the trajectory of Romeu Sturari, weaver in Fabrics Factory of Carioba and residente in Worker Village of Carioba, as a means of accessing historical knowledge about the organization of the Labor Movement in the Worker Village and Americana (SP). With this trajectory we intend to measure: the influence of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) in the city, the action of Textile Syndicate, the ways of organization and struggle adopted by workers in different circumstances, the affects of the Military Coup of 1964 in the municipality and, finally, the situation experienced by workers during the Carioba’s Great Strike in the mid-1960s.

Keywords

• labor movement (americana)
• worker village of fabrics factory of carioba
• romeu sturari (1918-1978)