Espaço, revolução e utopia: um passeio com Henri Lefebvre pelas ruas de São Paulo em junho de 2013

Abstract

The events that developed in Brazil in June 2013 are part of the country's contemporary history. From the protests called by the Movement of the Free Pass against the increase of the rate of the public transport a crowd takes care of the streets of the main Brazilian cities. The objective of this present research is to understand how a punctual movement, which is related to the urban question, was able to catalyze the indignation of millions of people. The street, more than scene of the manifestations, constituted the space where a New Utopia was born. In a brief moment of our history a revolution was envisioned. This revolution, according to Henri Lefebvre, represents the overcoming of the old industrial society by a new one: the "urban society". In June of 2013 the old ideologies were unable to contain the rebellion that put in the streets questioned the old system. The "urban revolution" was present in a fleeting but intense moment where the precarious youth appropriated the city by breaking with the everyday alienator of the cities.