Ligas camponesas: seu legado e suas marcas na construção de uma (re)existência no território de Barra de Antas, Sapé-PB

Abstract

The research has the effect of discussing the importance of the Peasant Leagues in Paraíba and, through this, understanding how their memories and their legacy have stimulated and contributed to the resistance of the struggle of rural workers residing in the Barra de Antas Community, located in municipality of Sapé – PB. Therefore, the study consists in reflecting the importance of the Memorial das Ligas e Lutas Peasantsas as a space of struggle and resistance of peasants. From a methodological point of view, it is based on a qualitative principle, which takes place through a historical review of the Peasant Leagues, in the construction of a thought of struggle for public policies aimed at the community. With the research, it was possible to verify that the deprivations of the population of Barra de Antas are basic and despite the difficulties, the sense of collectivity makes these people exist and resist all the social injustices experienced so far.