In an act organized by the social and central movements, thousands of people gathered this Sunday (7) in the morning in Praça da República, in São Paulo.
The act also occupied a nearby avenue and was marked by flags and banners in favor of popular sovereignty and workers’ guidelines, such as the end of the 6×1 scale, the exemption of income tax for those who receive up to R $ 5,000 and progressive taxation, reaching the richest. The mobilization also defended a position contrary to amnesty and interventions such as the tariff of the Donald Trump government.
Mobilization in São Paulo brings together representatives of union centrals and popular movements – Photo Paulo Pinto/Agência Brasil
“We face right -wing governments and kept firm; we have overcome a pandemic and a neo -fascist government, persevering in our principles; we confront a military coup and here we are in the Praça da República, with haughty, to say that they will not prevail over us, because our movements have not forged cowards, but serious and engaged militants,” said Gilmar Mauro, representing the movements of workers, representing the movements of workers, representing workers movements, representing workers movements Landless, one of the organizers of the act.
“At the same time, we are occupying the streets and networks to combat the attack on our sovereignty and defend democracy. A new blow is being plotted, which is amnesty. And we have to show on the streets that people do not want amnesty, and we are showing it here today,” he told the Brazil agency State Representative Antônio Donato, PT leadership in the State Assembly.
The defense of these flags extended to government programs and the performance of justice. The speeches also recalled the trial of Bolsonaro and the others involved in the attempted coup of January 8, as well as quoting the governor of São Paulo, Tarcisio de Freitas, and the mobilizations of the right by amnesty. They also spoke out against US interventions on the continent, as in the speech of Miguel Torres, leader of Força Sindical:
“We gathered on the streets to commemorate this achievement, but also to reaffirm the fight against the invasion of our territory, foreign interference in our sovereignty, impunity and any amnesty project ongoing. It is imperative that, at this crucial moment, we are vigilant against politicians who neglect the interests of society and conspire against Brazil,” said Torres.
The pocket act, scheduled for this afternoon also in São Paulo, was remembered by those present, in speeches and interviews with the press.
“There is no democracy without sovereignty. And there is no democracy if it is approved amnesty, because if approved is a demotivation for the Brazilian, the world and for the Brazilian justice. In this September 7, fortunately we are in a democracy that allows both us and the far right, ally of Bolsonaro, to speak in Paulista, and we in the Praça da República. recognize the importance of sovereignty, democracy, as well as the right of the working class to combat inequalities and privileges in this country, ”he told the Brazil agency Ricardo Bonfim, General Coordinator of the Popular Movement Center.
In faces, clothing and colors, the mobilization in Praça da República was attended by militants from all leftist parties, from the most traditional to new groups. One of the veterans, Malvina Joana de Lima, a retired educator, has been a petista for 44 years. He lived 580 days in the Free Lula Vigil and, therefore, said he is not cold or rain that removes her from the streets, even with her 72 years. “We fight and resist our homeland. Brazil is ours, and it is not up to the outside, to Trump, to send it here. But for the week, I am prepared to party, it is not possible that they do not pay for what they tried to do with our democracy,” he said.
Representatives of trade union centrals and popular movements make an act in defense of the working class sovereignty and agenda, in Praça da República, in São Paulo – Photo Paulo Pinto/Agência Brasil
Another who accompanied the act since early morning, Maria das Gracias, a retired nursing assistant, considers it important to go to the streets in the middle of September: “I came through our homeland, it is important to be here and show what we want. They called me there in the movement, I participate in the housing movement, I found it important to be present, continue participating and fighting”.
The ministers Luiz Marinho, from work, and Paulo Teixeira, of agrarian development, participated in the act, representing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who accompanied the parades in Brasilia.
