The presentarticle is inserted in the proposals of studies of regional and local history. The 1996 strike in Presidente Prudentecity, an inner city of the state of São Paulo, focuses on the spontaneous manifestation of awareness of the collective experience that is the strike, determined by individual experiences and collective moments of class. The strike begins on May 6thand ends on June 29th, 1996, resulting in 23 days of striking experience by municipal public officers. Theorizing is through the ideas of the historian Edward Palmer Thompson, inserted in the British school of Marxism, known as cultural Marxism. Concepts such as class, class consciousness and class struggle are thought from the works of the author. The search for understanding (experience and speech) of the subjects of the action, allowed us to delve into theownaction studied, analysis of sources are developed for a better interpretation of the study.
Insurgent Regeneration: Spatial Practices of Citizenship in the Rehabilitation of Inner-City São Paulo