2024-07-29 03:33:06
By: Roberto Aguiar
City assemblies will confirm PSTU candidates in 43 cities, 15 of which are in metropolitan cities.
They are candidates from women and men of the working class: male and female workers; Public employees; activist of the anti-oppression movement; citizens; farmer; and young university students and people from the communities.
Candidates who will present and defend the revolutionary and social project for the cities and the country, to defeat the capitalist billionaires.
São José dos Campos (SP): Convention formalizes Toninho Ferreira’s socialist candidate for the mayor’s office
The PSTU made official, on Saturday (20), the candidates for this year’s municipal elections in São José dos Campos (SP). Lawyer and council leader Toninho Ferreira is the candidate for mayor, and his deputy is also lawyer and activist of the women’s group Janaína dos Reis.
Toninho was twice president of the Metallurgical Workers Union of São José dos Campos. A historical leader in workers’ struggles, he was at the forefront of exemplary struggles in the city, such as the historical work of Pinheirinho and the mobilization against the illegal increase in the salaries of mayors and councilors. He has previously served twice for mayor of SJC and for governor of the State.
Janaína dos Reis (47 years old) is a lawyer, leader of the Women in Struggle (MML) and member of CSP-Conlutas in Vale do Paraíba. He has been the leader of a union of the branch of steel workers in São José dos Campos and the Region and has a prominent force in the fight against machismo, racism and LGBTphobia. In previous elections he was a candidate for council for the party.
A socialist alternative against the right and reformism
Held at the Benedito Alves Theater, it is the first conference in the city and is welcomed by clubs, social movements and political parties. In contrast to the cold and light rain that falls early in the morning, the atmosphere among those who are in the heart of determination, animation and defense of the power of the champions and the society of the candidates to present.
In his speech, Toninho indicated that the party’s candidates will be the left-wing choice, compared to the right-wing candidates, and those who represent the class contract activities.
“We protect a São José dos Campos for workers and sectors that have been exploited and oppressed and not in favor of the rich as is currently the case. “Our plan will introduce measures that address the powerful and effectively satisfy the demands of the majority of the population and a socialist solution to solve the problems of our class,” he said.
In addition to criticizing the right-wing administration of the current mayor (PSD), but also a reformist candidate by PT-PSOL, Toninho emphasized that it is possible to allocate the budget of a rich city like São José to make municipal transport. and get Zero Rate; adjust irregular areas, make deductions for popular home policies. It protects the perpetuity of the residents in Banhado and Menino Jesús area, who are threatened with eviction; opposed the process of modernization of the City and the exit in Health, as well as the approval of the project of civilian-military schools.
The second candidate, Janaína dos Reis, mocked the current government policy (It is good to live in SJC) and asked: “Who is SJC good for?” “Here in this city there is everything for the merchants, nothing for the workers. Sites are not for everyone. And, moreover, the criminality of poverty to justify all the problems that occur,” he said.
Committees
The conference also formalized the class and social media list to present to the District Council.
With Raquel de Paula, a black woman and Post Office worker; Ernesto Gradella, professor, former federal representative and current director of Admap; and a joint worker candidate, led by Weller Gonçalves, together with Antônio Lisboa, Eduardo Gabriel (Bob), José Dantas Sobrinho and Jairo Venâncio, the PSTU will campaign a classical, leftist and revolutionary campaign in defense of the working class and socialism.
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Recife (PE): The PSTU represented the representative of Simone Fontana and José Mariano for the Mayor
Last Saturday (7/20), the PSTU made the names that will be launched for the Mayor of Recife (Pernambuco). The list of socialists will be Simone Fontana and José Mariano. The election took place during the Electoral Conference, which brought together activists, activists and local philanthropists, at the headquarters of the Christian Workers Union.
Simone is a retired teacher and has a long history of fighting in the city. He was the director of Simpere (Regional Union of Education Professionals of the Metropolitan Region of Recife) for four terms. He is also one of the founders of the PSTU in Pernambuco and has been a candidate for the positions of federal representative, councilor and councilor.
Regarding his nomination for mayor, Simone affirmed that it is necessary to “address important social problems and inequality in Recife.” João Campos [actual alcalde de Recife (PSB)], has ruled for the billionaires, putting the city up for sale, increasing the income in a few hands at a poverty rate for many residents. We want to be a leftist and socialist opposition to the current administration and fight against the traditional right and Bolsonaro’s extreme right. We want a workers’ government in Recife, supported by the Popular Committees. “
The deputy on the list, José Mariano Macedo, is a Physical Education teacher. He works in Sintepe (Union of Education Workers of the State of Pernambuco) and also in CSP-Conlutas of the State. A poet, Mariano is a popular fashion lover and author of poetry pamphlets.
PSTU will also nominate candidates for the board
In addition to the majority formation with Simone and Mariano, the PSTU will launch two candidates for the council. They are Valéria Félix, a long-time health worker and activist, and Caio Marx, a history student and student union leader at UFPE.
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Curitiba (PR): Samuel de Mattos, a postal worker, was confirmed as a candidate for mayor
Leon Trotsky Space is occupied, on the night of the 24th, by activists, terrorists, sympathizers and friends of the PSTU to follow the town meeting that confirms the name of the postal worker, Samuel Mattos, for Mayor of Curitiba. The deputy is Leonardo Guedes Martinez, who is LGBTI and the host of the application.
“I put my name in the hands of the PSTU to represent the project of Curitiba for workers and poor residents, not to serve the interests of big business like the current administration, which makes Curitiba a city built for tourists organization to see. ” said Samuel de Mattos, previous candidate for mayor.
“We will oppose exit strategies that serve to fill the pockets of traders. We will propose reducing the salaries of the mayor, secretary and councilors and ending their benefits. Everyone will get the same as the teacher. The representatives elected by the people cannot improve their lives if the class as a whole does not improve their living conditions,” he added.
Samuel called on workers and young people to join the campaign: “We are the only candidate that shows the choice of socialism for the city. We invite the working class and the youth to join this campaign. It will be on the basis of mobilization, in elections and in daily struggles that we will implement a plan to end once and for all the problems we have in our daily lives.”
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Article published in www.opiniaosocialista.com.br25/7/2024.-
Translation: Natalia Estrada.
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