Bulletin 513 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy
Straight from Curitíba – 7/17/2019 – 467 days of resistance – 7:13 PM
- Due to the revelations which exposed the collusion between former judge Sérgio Moro and Lava Jato task force prosecutors to put former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in political imprisonment, more and more Brazilians are showing that they do not accept the actions of a biased judiciary that breaks the law. On this Wednesday, July 17th, protests were held in states across Brazil, including São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio De Janeiro, as well as in the Federal Capital of Brasilia, against the irregularities in the Lava Jato investigation and for the immediate release of Lula. Watch the following video to see how the protest went in São Paulo: https://bit.ly/2GeAQK8
- On this Thursday, July 18th, the Lula Livre Committee of Madrid will participate, once again, in the “Platform against the crimes of impunity of Francisco Franco.” Franco was one of the leaders of the Spanish Coup d’etat of the 1930s. During the initiative, which gives solidarity to a theme that is important to the Spanish, the committee members will have space with a microphone and a table to collect signatures for a petition that is demanding the immediate release of former President Lula. The platform takes place once a week, always on Thursdays. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2JLm12p
- The Photographers for Democracy Collective has produced historic images of Lula on video, from his union days to the legal and media persecution of the former President his current political imprisonment. Along with the images, many of them which already belong to the collective imagination of the Brazilian people, the video shows headlines from the period of the PT governments. In April, many of the photographers who belong to the Collective auctioned off photos to raise money for the Lula Institute. Watch it here: https://pt.org.br/video-reune-imagens-de-lula-registradas-por-mais-de-100-fotografos/
- The city of Curitiba awoke on this Wednesday, July 17th to the temperature of 10 Cº. Nevertheless, the traditional “good morning President Lula” shout echoed in a single, warm voice that was made by scores of activists. The Lula Livre Vigil activities were coordinated by the unions and were joined in by students from the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) youth group, which has been present at the resistance center, giving strength and solidarity to the ex-President since the beginning of this week. The date also marked the goodbye to a group of people from Pernambuco who had stayed in Curitiba for one week. Among the politicians who visited the Vigil was state congressman Tadeu Veneri (PT/Paraná), who represented the PT state legislative bloc at the Vigil. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2SjmFbs
Bulletin 513 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy
Straight from Curitíba – 7/17/2019 – 467 days of resistance – 7:13 PM
