tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579189847356587096.post6143011479478048636..comments2024-02-14T11:30:29.227-08:00Comments on Facts For Working People: Brazil: Unions and Left Parties Rally For Lula and Against Government AttacksRichard Mellorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997976754939725087noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579189847356587096.post-25682084706506244232018-05-05T06:39:37.361-07:002018-05-05T06:39:37.361-07:00Hi, i absolutely disagree. Three facts should be r...Hi, i absolutely disagree. Three facts should be revised. First, Lula was a reformer, to a point, and for a while, that is, until the growing cicle of Latin American economy expired with the low prices of commodities. Reformers are always the product of the rising moment of the economic cicle, not a force that determines on their own the economy via state policies. That is, the effects of such policies must be understood only after we take into account the cicle. This becomes clearer by seeing the policies of the last years, a direct attack against the working class, which bred numerous protests under Dilma Rousseff government and the minister of finance appointed by Lula himself. So, its an idealisation to say that Lula represents reform, lets be careful. Plus, the current government of Brazil is formed by personnel of Lula and Dilmas government. Class independence is not just any position, its a useful starting point for analysis and deep understanding.<br />Second, how exactly was there a coup? How was legality broken? Third, do you really think that Lula became a millonaire through not being corrupt? And is his involvement in the Lava Jato and general corruption in Brazil a difficult thing to believe, as part or facilitator? Is his involvement in the current scandal of the apartment as immaterial as most progressive (not driven by class independence) media assume?<br />Lets be careful!<br />Ezequielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292616067389773228noreply@blogger.com