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Debate with the MRT on the Teamsters’ strike in Brazil

The conflict that confronts the truck owners (truckers/teamsters) with the Temer government (with strike and blockades against the rise of the fuel price) became the core of the situation in the country. Brazil moves towards a growing paralyzation and the Teamsters already forced the government to step back (at least temporarily and partially) regarding the […]
Brazil

01 de jun de 2018
Ze Maria: Why it is Necessary to support the Teamsters’ Strike

Ze Maria: Why it is Necessary to support the Teamsters’ Strike
As we write this article, the Teamsters continue to mobilize throughout the country with the populations’ support. The Teamsters’ strike changed the situation and placed the government against the wall. Due to the enthusiastic support of the entire population, it posed a General Strike in the agenda, to unite the struggles in progress and their […]
Brazil

29 de mai de 2018

Ze Maria: Why it is Necessary to support the Teamsters’ Strike

Ze Maria: Why it is Necessary to support the Teamsters’ Strike
As we write this article, the Teamsters continue to mobilize throughout the country with the populations’ support. The Teamsters’ strike changed the situation and placed the government against the wall. Due to the enthusiastic support of the entire population, it posed a General Strike in the agenda, to unite the struggles in progress and their […]
Brazil

29 de mai de 2018

Full support to the truckers’ strike! Let’s unify the struggles!

Full support to the truckers’ strike! Let’s unify the struggles!
While we were closing this issue [of Opiniao Socialista], the truckers’ strike reached its third day, showing amazing strength. It was highly supported, for confronting the rise of the fuel price and the Temer government, the most unpopular government in the history of the country. Stopping the circulation of goods has economic consequences: factories are […]
Brazil

26 de mai de 2018

Full support to the truckers’ strike! Let’s unify the struggles!

Full support to the truckers’ strike! Let’s unify the struggles!
While we were closing this issue [of Opiniao Socialista], the truckers’ strike reached its third day, showing amazing strength. It was highly supported, for confronting the rise of the fuel price and the Temer government, the most unpopular government in the history of the country. Stopping the circulation of goods has economic consequences: factories are […]
Brazil

26 de mai de 2018

PSTU note on Lula’s prison

PSTU note on Lula’s prison
By the tight vote of 6 to 5, the Supreme Federal Court [STF in Portuguese] denied the preventive Habeas Corpus for former president Lula. He was sentenced in the second instance, under the accusation of passive corruption and money laundry in the case of the triplex in Guaruja – one of the nine processes for […]
Brazil

06 de abr de 2018

PSTU note on the shots to Lula’s convoy

PSTU note on the shots to Lula’s convoy
The PSTU repudiates the shots by extreme-right groups against the PT convoy on March 27. We repudiate these groups’ attacks and physical aggression, and we demand investigation and punishment for the ones responsible.
Brazil

30 de mar de 2018

We repudiate the murder of PSOL's councilor Marielle

We repudiate the murder of PSOL's councilor Marielle
The PSTU stands in solidarity with the family and friends of councilor Marielle Franco, as well as with the PSOL members, and demands a rigorous investigation of this barbaric crime. She was shot on Wednesday night, in Estácio, Rio de Janeiro. Everything indicates it was an execution. A vehicle positioned next to the car where […]
Brazil

16 de mar de 2018