The PT Experience in Porto Alegre

The PT Experience in Porto Alegre

THE PT EXPERIENCE IN PORTO ALEGRE Participatory democracy has flourished under the control of the leftist Workers Party in Porto
The Workers Party in Rural Brazil

The Workers Party in Rural Brazil

THE WORKER'S PARTY IN RURAL BRAZIL In Brazil's Northeast–a region notorious for paternalistic, corrupt politics–the Workers Party in local power
Brazil's PT: Socialism as Radical Democracy

Brazil’s PT: Socialism as Radical Democracy

THE WORKERS PARTY (PT) OF BRAZIL IS THE most important new political party to form on the Left in Latin
BRAZIL The Left in City Hall

BRAZIL The Left in City Hall

When Brazil's Left-labor Workers Party (PT) swept 35 mayoralties in November, Sao Paulo-South Amer- ica's largest city--came to be gov-
The Workers' Party Self-Destructs

The Workers’ Party Self-Destructs

Almost three years after taking power, and after sparking hope among progressive forces all over the word, the Brazilian Workers’
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: Union activist and presidential candidate, Brazil

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: Union activist and presidential candidate, Brazil

Comparing the Workers Party (PT) today and ten years ago, would you say that the PT is gaining or losing
Making a Peoples' Budget in Porto Alegre

Making a Peoples’ Budget in Porto Alegre

From the time it was founded in the early 1980s, the Brazilian Workers’ Party (PT) has maintained that electoral success
Paulo Freire's Participatory Model

Paulo Freire’s Participatory Model

It is impossible to understand the participatory methods of the lrazilian Workers' Party (PT) without recognizing the important contribution made
Benedita da Silva: Community activist and senator, Brazil

Benedita da Silva: Community activist and senator, Brazil

This piece was published in the July/August 1997 issue of the NACLA Report. At a young age, Benedita da Silva