“UNIVERSITY IN CRISIS”: CONSIDERATIONS ON THE SÃO PAULO STUDENTS’ MOVEMENT IN THE POST-CIVIL-MILITARY COUP (1964-1967)

Abstract

Much is said about 1968, “the year that did not end.” Youth rebellion in the whole world – and Brazil as well – paradigms being broken, repulsion to old values, and of course, intensification of the student movement, mainly in universities. But what about before 1968? Did the “awakened” students in 1968 spend the first half of the 1960s asleep? This article aims to analyze the political organization of university students, specifically from São Paulo city, on the famous Maria Antonia Street, where the Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras (FFCL) of the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) was located from 1964 to 1967. Data used in this article are the result of a Ph.D. research still in progress, aiming to write a historical biography of Iara Iavelberg (1944-1971), militant of revolutionary organizations against the civil-military dictatorship.

Keywords
Student movement; civil-military dictatorship; Universidade de São Paulo – USP; Maria Antônia Street