The New Enemies of the Nation: Political Violence Against Brazilian Education Professionals

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https://doi.org/10.20952/revtee.v19i38.24733

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Fascist artifacts, Education professionals., Political violence.

Abstract

This article analyzes social events widely reported by the media that are characterized by political violence perpetrated by Brazilian political authorities against education professionals. The analysis seeks to show that such violence is not merely arbitrary, but rather is established within a clearly defined network that, through the use of fascist-like tactics such as intimidation, the production of fear through moral panic, persecution, and unjust punishment, constructs silencing mechanisms, undermines academic freedom, and promotes an instrumental form of education that invalidates critical thinking and the full exercise of citizenship. The analysis of the events presented here makes it possible to identify central figures who transformed surveillance of teachers into a platform for political capital. Through the use of legislative mandates, digital tools, and inflammatory discourse, these actors created an ecosystem of fear that induces self-censorship and the deterioration of teachers’ well-being and, consequently, obstructs democracy.

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Júlia Siqueira da Rocha, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

She holds a PhD in Education from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, including a research internship at the Université de Strasbourg, France (2016), a Master’s degree in Education from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2010), a degree in Pedagogy with a specialization in school supervision from the State University of Santa Catarina (1992), and a teaching degree in Social Sciences from Faculdade Única de Ipatinga (2022). She works as a researcher through the Pierre Bourdieu Sociological Research Laboratory (LAPSB/CNPq) and the Research Group on Teaching and Teacher Education in Santa Catarina (GPEFESC/CNPq), both affiliated with the Federal University of Santa Catarina. She has experience in the field of Education, working mainly on the following topics: public education policies, diversity and human rights, school, violence, pedagogy, adolescents, socio-education, curriculum, and multidisciplinarity.

Tiago Ribeiro Santos, Université de Lorraine

Professor-researcher hired under an exclusive dedication regime at the Université de Lorraine (France), affiliated with the Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences Humaines et Sociales. Holds a PhD in Education (2017) from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), linked to the Sociology and History of Education research line, with a research internship at Université René Descartes, Paris, funded by the Doctoral Internship Abroad Program (PDSE) of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES). Member of the research group “Pierre Bourdieu Sociological Research Laboratory” (LAPSB-UFSC).

Ione Ribeiro Valle, Universidade Federal do Estado de Santa Catarina

Full Professor at the Center for Education Sciences at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris (2014), holds a PhD in Education Sciences from Université René Descartes – Paris V Sorbonne (2001), a Master’s degree in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1991), and a degree in Pedagogy from Universidade do Planalto Catarinense (1976). She is a CNPq Research Productivity Fellow, Level 1D. At the Federal University of Santa Catarina, she teaches in the undergraduate Pedagogy program and in the Graduate Program in Education, supervising undergraduate research projects, master’s dissertations, and doctoral theses. She served as coordinator of UFSC’s Graduate Program in Education from 2014 to 2016. She currently coordinates the Research Group on Teaching and Teacher Education in Santa Catarina (GPEFESC/CNPq) and the Pierre Bourdieu Sociological Research Laboratory (LAPSB/CNPq). She conducts studies and research in the field of Education and in the subfields of Sociology and History of Education, focusing mainly on the following themes: educational inequalities, democratization of education, meritocracy, educational justice, teacher professionalization, teacher memory, and professional socialization. She has published numerous works in scientific journals and in national and international books. She has also translated articles and books from French into Portuguese in the field of sociology of education.

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2026-06-17

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Siqueira da Rocha, J., Santos, T. R., & Ribeiro Valle, I. (2026). The New Enemies of the Nation: Political Violence Against Brazilian Education Professionals. Revista Tempos E Espaços Em Educação, 19(38), e24733. https://doi.org/10.20952/revtee.v19i38.24733

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