1917–1919 Brazil strike movement was a Brazilian industry and commerce

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starting in July 1917 in

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, during

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, promoting by anarchist-inspired workers' organizations allied with the libertarian press. From 1917 to 1919, a large

movement shook the

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, concentrated in São Paulo and

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. It culminated in several

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s in 1917 and an attempted anarchist uprising in November 1918. The 1917 general strike is considered the first

in the

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, and marks the beginning of the period known as the five red years (''quinquennio rosso'').

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