“É melhor morrer gritando do que morrer calado no silêncio da covardia”: a luta pela terra no sudeste paraense nas páginas do Jornal O Grito da PA 150 – Terra e liberdade (1980-1987)

Abstract

The present work aimed to investigate the political and social struggles shown on the pages of the newspaper “O Grito da Pa 150”, which circulated in the southeastern region of Pará between the years of 1980 and 1987. The tabloid served as an important instrument of political information and conformation of the region to the movements against military dictatorship and to the battling trade union organization. The paper was constantly attacked and it was under the National Information Service (SNI) watch, due to its “subversive” content and to its support to the resistance against the murders of civil and religious leaders, illegal prisons, as well as its support to land reform. It made use of an approachable language, articulating many times bible excerpts with the squatter’s daily routine, adding itself to other alternative newspapers in the country that had as common trait the defense of democracy and of the human rights.