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Workers' Party (Brazil)The Partido dos Trabalhadores (Portuguese for Workers' Party) is a left-wing political party in Brazil. It was officially founded by a group of intellectuals and workers in February, 10, 1980 at Colgio Sion(Sion High School) in So Paulo. Among other people were present: Jac Bittar, Henrique Santillo, Henos Amorina, Wagner Benevides, Jos Cicote, Paulo Skromov, Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, Olvio Dutra, dson Khair, Manuel da Conceio, Arnbio Vieira da Silva, Lourin Martinho dos Santos, Mrio Pedrosa, Moacir Gadoti, Apolnio de Carvalho. Brazil's current president, Mr. Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, is one of its founders, and the most famous member of the party at the present time. The PT was legally recognized as a political party by Brazilian Electoral Superior Court on February 11, 1982. The color of the party is red and its symbol is a red star with the label "PT" inside it. The flag is red with a white star with the label "PT" in red. There are about thirty tendencies within the PT, ranging from the center-left group that Lula is a part of to Marxists and Christian socialists. Its members are known as petistas, from the Portuguese acronym "PT". The party is recognized by some people as one of the most important left parties of Latin America. Recent history After 1990 the Worker's Party has grown in popularity, winning elections in many important cities, like So Paulo and Porto Alegre, and states like Rio Grande do Sul. However, the most important event was the victory of its President candidate Luiz Incio Lula da Silva in 2002, succeeding President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of PSDB. Some known members of the Worker's Party are: Jos Dirceu, Jos Genoino(Party President), Luis Incio Lula da Silva(Brazil's President), Luiz Gushiken, Antnio Palocci Filho, Marta Suplicy, Eduardo Suplicy, Olvio Dutra, Alozio Mercadante, Frei Betto, etc. Recently, mass media has been harsh on the party, which has continuosly increased public expenses which ended up being translated to a higher tax load to the population. The Radical Wing The relative changes in the political orientation of his party (PT), the Government and Lula himself were well received by the majority of the population, but as a historically more radical party, PT has been suffering from internal struggles with members that followed the old standards. These struggles are often demonstrated publicly and had their climax in December 2003, when several members of the party were expelled for not following political decisions. Among these members were congressman Joo Batista Oliveira de Araujo, known as Bab and senator Helosa Helena. In a recent move by the radical wing of the Party, sometimes called the rebels by the media, 112 members announced they are abandoning PT in the World Social Forum, in Porto Alegre, on January 30 2005. http://www.estadao.com.br/nacional/noticias/2005/jan/30/120.htm They also published a manifest entitled Manifest of the Rupture that states that PT is no longer an instrument of social transformation, but only an instrument of the status quo, continuing with references to the IMF and other economic and social issues. Books about the Workers' Party - PT - Harnecker, Martha - "O sonho era possvel"; So Paulo, Casa das Amricas, 1994.
- Pedrosa, Mrio - "Sobre o PT"; So Paulo, CHED Editorial, 1980.
- Rosenfield, Denis L. - "O PT na Encruzilhada", 2000.
- Paulo Moura - "PT - Comunismo ou Social-Democracia?".
- Dagoberto Lima Godoy -"Neocomunismo no Brasil"
- Percival Puggina - "Crnicas contra o totalitarismo"
- Jos Hildebrando Dacanal -"A nova classe no poder"
- Antnio Hohlfeldt - "O fascnio da estrela".
- Adolpho Joo de Paula Couto - "A face oculta da estrela".
- Jos Antnio Giusti Tavares, Fernando Schller, Ronaldo Moreira Brum e Valrio Rohden - "Totalitarismo tardio - o caso do PT"
- A. J. Paula Couto - "O PT em plulas".
- Demier, Felipe - "As Transformaes do Pt e os Rumos da Esquerda no Brasil".
- Singer, Andre - "O Pt - Folha Explica".
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