Bodies and Oppression, Collectives Are the Solution!

This article investigates how contemporary dynamics of oppression place the body at the center of biopolitics and how the formation of collectivities constitutes a strategy of resistance and the realization of rights. The research problem consists of understanding how the control of bodies, exercised through legal, political, and social mechanisms, can be challenged by intersectional and decolonial collective practices. The general objective is to analyze the role of the body as a political and legal category in the production of oppression and resistance. The specific objectives are: (i) to examine the relationship between the body and living law in light of the metatheory of fraternal law; (ii) to analyze the body from the perspective of anarchafeminism and intersectionality; and (iii) to understand the transformative potential of collective bodies in constructing counter-hegemonic alternatives. The research adopts a qualitative, theoretical, and transdisciplinary approach, using the hypothetical-deductive method, grounded in references from biopolitics, intersectional feminism, and decolonial theory. The main findings indicate that the body is simultaneously an object of control and a locus of resistance, with collectivity playing a central role in the production of emancipatory practices. It is concluded that collective articulations, particularly from an intersectional perspective, enable the subversion of structures of domination, expanding the possibilities for the realization of rights and social transformation.