Abstract
Based on an original research and on existing studies, this article analyzes the strikes and revolts that took place in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Porto Alegre and other cities of Brazil in 1917 and their demands, the participation of workers, anarchist and socialist militants in these events, and the circulation of political ideas in the period, specially the first impacts in Brazil of the revolutions that occurred in Russia that year and how these new revolutionary ideas began to transform political groups and workers' organizations. The strikes held in that year were of fundamental importance for the later development of the labor movement and the labor struggles in Brazil.
Keywords:
strike; 1917; labor movement; anarchism; Russian Revolution; communism