Title: Brazil's popular groups a collection of materials issued by socio-political, religious, labor and minority grassroots organizations.
Authors: Library of Congress
Publisher: Library of Congress Preservation Microfilming Program^^: Available from Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Ecology Brazil; Education Brazil; Labor Brazil; Labor movement Brazil; Church and state Brazil; Political parties Brazil; Human rights Brazil; Women Brazil; Black people Brazil; Indians of South America Brazil; Urbanization Brazil; Land reform Brazil; Homosexuality Political aspects Brazil.; Brazil Social conditions
Abstract: Reproduces more than 600 ephemeral works, issued mostly in 2009, and includes newsletters, house organs, reports, brochures, educational manuals and handouts which document the ideas and activities of numerous Brazilian organizations and popular movements. Geographically, a sizable portion of the materials comes from Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and S̀ao Paulo, where the most active grassroots movements and groups are located. As in previous years, the content is arranged into fourteen broad subject categories: Agrarian Reform and Land Issues; Children and Youth; Education and Communication; Environment and Ecology; Ethnic Groups: Blacks; Ethnic Groups: Indians; Ethnic Groups: Others; Homosexual and Bisexual; Human and Civil Rights; Labor and Laboring Classes; Political Parties and Issues; Religious Organizations, Ecumenical Groups and Movements; Urban Activism; and, Women and Feminists.