I love that the officer down emote is the closest thing we have to party poppers btw
This seems like a good thing but I’m not well educated in this area. Are there any Brazilians here, or people who know a lot about Brazilian politics that can tell me if this will benefit the people of Brazil, or if this is a “both sides kinda suck and will submit to the ruling class eventually” kind of deal like we see with western countries? I am kind of skeptical of electoralism after being burned so many times in my own country, but maybe Brazil is different?
It’s good. But Brazil also elected the worst congress and senate in its history. Bolsonaro’s party won a third of the senate by themselves.
Lula’s 3rd term was marked with complete inefficiency. Capitulating to neoliberalism at every turn.
This 4th term will likely be his worst. I fear it will only foment an even larger response from fascism next time around. With a candidate that is less obviously a criminal lowlife.
There is hope. At least some communist heavyweights (like Humberto Matos, Elias Jabbour and Jones Manoel) were elected for the lower House. Also, the people is mobilized, and I at least will campaign on the streets and on the Internet to force Congress into action.
Recently the Right tried to amend the Constitution to prevent the police from investigating criminal politicians. They called it the “Prerogatives Amendment” (“PEC das Prerrogativas”). They voted it very quickly in the lower House. They voted even after midnight, which to me was a trick to prevent the people from protesting. It passed easily.
Then the people protested quite a bit. We nicknamed it “The Amendment of Crime” (“PEC da Bandidagem”). The Senate, afraid of the people, immediately shelved the amendment. It wasn’t event put to a vote.
Popular pressure works.
Comrade I don’t want to harsh anyone’s buzz, but we all know (Jones Manoel included) that electing commies to a liberal democracy won’t do anything. Unless there is a violent break with the current form of government, no capitalist country will be “reformed”.
the bigger point is how class consciousness and mass mobilization is at a high, and have been growing steadily for years. this election helps but is just the tip of the iceberg.
the other user mentioned the PEC da bandidagem protests as an example. another great one is how we are still winning on that work hours reduction amendment despite their best efforts to stop it dead.
Hi. I second the other reply. Also, while I am a communist apprentice, I believe in Breno Altman, a brilliant Marxist-Leninist journalist. He is a Jew from a traditional anti-Zionist family. Two great-aunts volunteered to take arms against the Nazis. Both were martyred. His grandfather was so shocked by Khrushchev’s treasonous speech that he lost his sanity and took his life. Breno Altman is very highly knowledgeable and competent. His is committed to Marxism and existing socialism. He has interviewed President Miguel Díaz-Canel and was about to interview President Maduro when he was kidnapped.
He frequently and fiercely denounces Zionism. He wrote a book on it. He interviewed Hamas leaders. He gave an eulogy (here in Brazil) for comrade Ali Khamenei. He is under severe attack by the Zionist lobby and got a criminal conviction which would put him in prison. It was overturned.
Enough praise. Altman says that political power is important to accumulate forces. He criticizes the neoliberal aspects of Lula government but gives critical support.