8th October Revolutionary Movement

8 October Revolutionary Movement
8 October Revolutionary Movement
Movimento Revolucionário 8 de Outubro
Founder	Unknown
Foundation	1964
Dates of operation	1964 - 1985 (urban guerrilla group); 1985 - 2009 (political party); 2009 - present (activist group);
Country	Brazil
Motives	Struggle against the military dictatorship, defense of a socialist state
Ideology	Marxism-Leninism; Revolutionary Socialism;
Political position	Far left
Major actions	Guerrilla; Bank robbery (before 1985); Kidnappings (before 1985); Political organizing (after 1985);
Notable attacks	Kidnapping of American ambassador to Brazil Charles Burke Elbrick
Status	active
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8th October Revolutionary Movement (Movimento Revolucionário 8 de Outubro, MR8) was a Marxist political organization that took part in armed struggle against the Military dictatorship in Brazil. It was formed in 1964 among college students in the city of Niterói, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, originally being called Rio de Janeiro Dissidence (DI-RJ).^[1] It was later renamed in memory of the day in which Ernesto "Che" Guevara was captured in Bolivia, on 8 October 1967.

Today it takes part in popular political movements and publishes the newspaper Hora do Povo. It is also responsible for the Free Fatherland Party, founded in 2009 and integrated into the Communist Party of Brazil in 2019.

^ Barbosa da Silva, Sandra Regina (8 October 2003). "OUSAR LUTAR, OUSAR VENCER": histórias da luta armada em Salvador (1969–1971) ["DARE TO FIGHT, DARE TO WIN": History of armed struggle in Salvador (1969–1971)] (PDF) (Thesis) (in Portuguese). Federal University of Bahia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

[sandra-1] Barbosa da Silva, Sandra Regina (8 October 2003). "OUSAR LUTAR, OUSAR VENCER": histórias da luta armada em Salvador (1969–1971) ["DARE TO FIGHT, DARE TO WIN": History of armed struggle in Salvador (1969–1971)] (PDF) (Thesis) (in Portuguese). Federal University of Bahia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

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