Between revolution and human rights: the testimonies of Brazilian exiles at the Russell Tribunal II
Abstract: In this article, we study the testimonies given at the Russell Tribunal II, held in Rome in 1974 with the objective of denouncing Latin American dictatorships. The event was attended by exiles who had been arrested and tortured after joining clandestine organizations opposing Brazil’s mili...
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| description | Abstract: In this article, we study the testimonies given at the Russell Tribunal II, held in Rome in 1974 with the objective of denouncing Latin American dictatorships. The event was attended by exiles who had been arrested and tortured after joining clandestine organizations opposing Brazil’s military dictatorship. The article analyses their testimonies based on documents published by the Amnesty Commission’s Marks of Memory Project and others consulted at the Basso Foundation (Italy) and the National Archives (Brazil), as well as other dispersed records. The public expression of suffering is highlighted as a main vector of transformation in the repertoires of political action at the time, situated at the intersection between the ideals of the revolutionary left and those of human rights. This process exposed the limits to the idea of a purely individual aspect of suffering and the presumption of its incommunicable or unspeakable nature - both shown to be ways of silencing its political dimension. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4ada0b88c6fa4c768f27ad17be2d8df52025-01-21T07:43:41ZengAssociação Brasileira de AntropologiaVibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology1809-43412025-01-012110.1590/1809-43412024v21e21508Between revolution and human rights: the testimonies of Brazilian exiles at the Russell Tribunal IIFelipe Magaldihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1905-5365Cynthia Sartihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6962-3527Abstract: In this article, we study the testimonies given at the Russell Tribunal II, held in Rome in 1974 with the objective of denouncing Latin American dictatorships. The event was attended by exiles who had been arrested and tortured after joining clandestine organizations opposing Brazil’s military dictatorship. The article analyses their testimonies based on documents published by the Amnesty Commission’s Marks of Memory Project and others consulted at the Basso Foundation (Italy) and the National Archives (Brazil), as well as other dispersed records. The public expression of suffering is highlighted as a main vector of transformation in the repertoires of political action at the time, situated at the intersection between the ideals of the revolutionary left and those of human rights. This process exposed the limits to the idea of a purely individual aspect of suffering and the presumption of its incommunicable or unspeakable nature - both shown to be ways of silencing its political dimension.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-43412024000100508&lng=en&tlng=entestimonyexileRussell TribunalBrazilian military dictatorshiptorture |
| spellingShingle | Felipe Magaldi Cynthia Sarti Between revolution and human rights: the testimonies of Brazilian exiles at the Russell Tribunal II Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology testimony exile Russell Tribunal Brazilian military dictatorship torture |
| title | Between revolution and human rights: the testimonies of Brazilian exiles at the Russell Tribunal II |
| title_full | Between revolution and human rights: the testimonies of Brazilian exiles at the Russell Tribunal II |
| title_fullStr | Between revolution and human rights: the testimonies of Brazilian exiles at the Russell Tribunal II |
| title_full_unstemmed | Between revolution and human rights: the testimonies of Brazilian exiles at the Russell Tribunal II |
| title_short | Between revolution and human rights: the testimonies of Brazilian exiles at the Russell Tribunal II |
| title_sort | between revolution and human rights the testimonies of brazilian exiles at the russell tribunal ii |
| topic | testimony exile Russell Tribunal Brazilian military dictatorship torture |
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