2014 protests in Brazil

See also: 2013 protests in Brazil and 2015–2016 protests in Brazil

2014 Brazil FIFA World Cup protests
Protesters against the World Cup march in the center of Rio de Janeiro.
DateJune 2013 - July 2014[1]
Location
Brazil
Caused byPerceived injustices around 2014 FIFA World Cup expenditures, forced removals of poor habitations, low spending on public services
Goals• Worker reivindications,
• Better housing,
• End of the forced removals,
• Free and good-quality Public services,
• End of the UPP,
• End of urban militarization,
• End to Police brutality
Methods• Strikes,
• Barricades,
• Demonstrations,
• Occupations,
• Autodefense of masses,
• protest marches,
• online activism,
• direct action
StatusMajor protests subsided
Number
Over 1 million[2]
Casualties
Injuries42
Arrested234 on 16 May[1]

The 2014 protests in Brazil, also known as There won't be a Cup[3][4] or Fifa go home[5] were public demonstrations in several Brazilian cities in response to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and other social issues, realized by many social movements, mostly in the capitals where the megaevent was happening, Their main criticism was the high government spending on the World Cup to the detriment of low investment in public services. Furthermore, they criticized forced evictions and lack of policies in favor of decent housing, urban militarization and police violence. Several categories of workers also added demands in favor of better conditions for work.[2][6][5][7][8][9]

  1. ^ a b "Brazilian anti-World Cup protests hit Sao Paulo and Rio". BBC News. 16 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b Brazil police, protesters clash as World Cup begins
  3. ^ Bianchi, Paula (2 June 2014). "Valcke ironiza "não vai ter Copa": já está tendo". Portal Terra. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  4. ^ Barros, Ciro (20 February 2014). "Conheça os ativistas que gritam "não vai ter Copa"". UOL. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  5. ^ a b SILVA, Geraldo (2013).‘Call me the World Cup and invest in me’†. A commentary on Brazil’s recent street protests against the World Cup and the Olympic Games. Taylor and Francis.
  6. ^ Brazil braces for uneasy start to World Cup as strikers' protests hit São Paulo
  7. ^ FIP (2014). Por que gritamos "Não Vai ter Copa"?.
  8. ^ Silva, Selmo Nascimento da (16 November 2018). "O ciclo de greves contemporâneas no Brasil: o levante proletário de 2013 e a experiência da greve negra dos garis do Rio de Janeiro de 2014 numa perspectiva anarquista". Revista Espaço Acadêmico (in Portuguese). 18 (210): 89–101. ISSN 1519-6186.
  9. ^ Jennings, Andrew (org). Brasil em Jogo: o que Fica da Copa e das Olimpíadas?. Editora Boitempo. São Paulo.