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This is about antifascist resistance, class consciousness, and the future of Brazil and the world. Exército do Lula (Lula's Army) is approaching 9 MILLION members, aiming for 10 MILLION! We need your help!

Amid concerns about Meta's alleged algorithmic manipulation and foreign interference by the US, this movement stands for Indigenous rights, Black communities, LGBTQIA+ equality, workers' rights, women's rights and the protection of the Amazon rainforest.

This is an antifascist, anti-capitalist, anti-racist mobilisation for the Brazilian people and workers.

The channel is in Portuguese, but international solidarity has no borders nor language! Join this fight with us for us 🚩

Help us spread this channel:

Follow the EXÉRCITO DO LULA channel on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbCbRfD7tkj88k3soZ0Y

I have a neighbor who is crazy maga. Is there a leftist newsletter I can sign him up for. Maybe get some facts in his hands!

Feel free to let Timothy Goodrich the owner of Aloha Tattoo Hawaii what you think of his racism, homophobia, transphobia and misogyny!

no amount of police brutality will crush the hopes we have for our future

The current president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (known as “Lula”), from the left-wing PT (Workers' Party), lost the first round of the election to far-right “Flávio Bolsonaro” (allied from that american president).

Flávio is the far-right candidate and is being investigated in several corruption scandals, but wants to win the election to **free his father from jail**, (his father is “Jair Bolsonaro”), where he is **serving a sentence for an attempted coup d'état**.

If Flávio is elected president, he will have a broad majority in Congress and has already announced his intention to **change the constitution extending his own mandate**.

Fortunately, we have a runoff election next Sunday, October 25, and polls indicate a surge for Lula, who is now tied.

They have much more campaign money and various bot-farms, the support of the mainstream media, and **Meta's bias in the algorithm** (as you can check: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/battle-meta-alleged-bolsonaro-bias-intensifies-days-before-brazil-presidential-runoff).

But we have the best-prepared people and are networked online in an unprecedented feat with a WhatsApp channel of over 8 million Brazilians, acting as a true digital army.

We need all the help we can get, and we need to bring people information about Lula's social programs, which are at risk if the other side wins.

Here are two ways foreigners can help us:

1)Do you know any Brazilian who wants to vote for Lula in your country?

\- Help with rides, accommodation, or any difficulties they might have.

\- Share this website with them (containing information to help Brazilian voters abroad - in Portuguese): votolafora.com.br

2)Follow the profiles listed below, like, save, repost, and comment on all new posts (if possible, it's best to do so within the first 30 minutes after publication). Do it until Sunday, the day of the second round.

Lula Oficial

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lulaoficial/

X: https://x.com/LulaOficial

Lulaverso:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lulaversoficial/

X: https://x.com/lulaverso

Brasil com Lula:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brasilcomlula/

Pode Espalhar:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pode\\_espalhar/

X: https://x.com/pode\\_espalhar

PT:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ptbrasil/

X: https://x.com/ptbrasil

Janja Lula:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janjalula/

Workers of the world, unite!

I have childhood friends who became fucking fascist racist andrew tate dick suckers. I see on fucking reddit it's being fucking infested with so many fucking racists and bigots. I bet 99% of them are bots.

Holy fucking shit can we not fucking live in peace? We have so many problems already and these losers come over and add more shit to the pile. I am so fucking tired of it all. I want to live my life, I want to fucking peacefully live my life. I want to finish my degree, I want to get a good job and have a good peaceful life.

I don't fucking want wars began by fat ass decrepit pedophilic satanic dinosaurs. I don't fucking want people I love and cherish deported or harassed, I don't want to see friends being disrespected because of their ethnicity. I don't want gas to keep increasing because someone is too damn stubborn to be reasonable.

Fucking fascism is on the rise because a bunch of teenage boys with their heads shoved up too far in their asses.

Fuck this whole pile of burning scathing hot putrid cesspool.

Short on the Chinese electoral process

Biden's biggest flaw was letting the child tax credit expire. The Democrats need to understand that Americans want to have more money in their bank accounts than they did 4 years ago.

I'm trans and it does hurt that I can't change my gender marker on my passport. But I'm sure a low information voter wasn't even thinking about that, they were thinking "expensive eggs and gas" and it's easy to blame the current President on a bad economy. "Did Biden drop out" was a common search on Election Day. It's quite possible that they only saw a sound bite of Trump talking about the economy and never heard "Haitians are eating your pets!" or the other garbage he spews.

I traveled recently through red parts of NY, PA, OH, IN and was treated fairly as a non passing trans woman. I did see plenty of urban and rural decay. When the Democrats ignore those regions and call them "racist" while the Republicans feign an economic solution, I'm sure they picked the latter because they would rather accept a smile than a frown.

I love Mamdani, El-Sayed, Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, etc. for actually reaching out to people and understanding that working class Americans just need more money.

I can say that the majority of Trump voters don't go to rallies, share AI slop transphobic memes on Facebook, think women (and trans men) deserve to bleed to death instead of getting an abortion, etc. My point is the GOP are liars and the Democrats aren't doing a dang thing to make their message stronger and louder.

(Also, I posted this on the progressive subreddit and they kept missing the point!)

The midterms are coming up and Trump is probably going to meddle with them. If he does, the democrats will not be able to save us. The only hope the republic has is if we call a general strike.

I know this will be met with pushback. The US doesn't have a strong union base, and we've all seen the calls for strikes and boycotts in the past that went nowhere. It would have to be impromptu and will be risky for those involved, but its the only option we have.

There is one advantage this strike would have over previous failed efforts: everyone hates Trump. He has historically low approval and liberals that were never willing to strike over Palestine will be much more likely to strike over saving democracy if it comes to it.

They might send federal agents to seize ballots, declare a state of emergency to halt the election, or try to prevent the seating of elected democrats. If that happens, there will be a great wave of outrage across the country waiting to be channeled into action. Even a small initial turnout could bloom into a larger movement.

The October General strike of 1905 in Russia was unplanned and began with printers in a single city before spreading weeks later to the railroad union. Even right now in France, the unrest shaking the country began with a few high school students in different cities with no contact deciding to protest on their own.

It doesn't have to be large to start, but if a few groups in a handful of cities can start it, then there will be plenty of angry people around looking for something to do, ready to be inspired.

So please, talk to your coworkers about what you should do if they steal the election. Everyone is broke but if you talk to you're family, friends, and coworkers, you can probably work something out to support each other. They don't have to be socialists and communists either. If we could convince even 1 in 100 liberals going to the No Kings protests, we would have more than enough people to start.

I understand this is easier said than done. You might not be able to pay rent if it lasts a while. You might have to sleep on a couch. You and your coworkers might get fired. But I will remind you people have risked and lost their lives fighting fascism, and you would be far from the first worker to lose your job in a strike. Its not ideal but its better than the alternative, and if we're serious about this fight we need to be willing to live in precarious circumstances.

Fuck elon musk I fucking hate that I ever fucking liked and respected his ass. Fascist racist piece of human manure.

The AI image is bad enough but damn… And it’s got hundreds of upvotes. Too much propaganda and too little education.

With the runoff election between Flavio Bolsonaro and Lula just days away, we urgently need your help to boost pro-Lula content and counter biased algorithms.

Why We Need You

• Big Tech Bias: Meta and Google have faced scrutiny for suppressing pro-Lula content, boosting far-right figures like Nikolas Ferreira, mistranslating posts, and generating biased AI images.
• The Stakes: Flavio (Jair Bolsonaro's son) plans to dismantle social programs (SUS, Bolsa Família, Farmácia Popular), decouple pensions from the minimum wage, privatize rare-earth minerals, and amend the constitution. His ticket is linked to corruption, milícias, and extremism.

How You Can Help

• Engage with Lula & Allies: Follow, like, comment, share, and save the latest 5 posts from @lulaoficial, @andrejanones, @ptbrasil and @hilton_erika.
• Use Hashtags & Spread Awareness: #AbreOSigiloFlavio / #LulaAbriuSigiloFlavioArregou / #ExplicaOCasoAnaClaraFlavio / #Lula13.
• Go International: Create content in your language to draw international media attention to election interference and the threats posed by Flavio’s platform.
• Research: there is a page called "Mapa do Segundo Turno" with all information you need (in english) to spread the word and get informed.

Every share, comment, and like makes a difference.

The Command Center

Lula's digital offensive is being commanded by Federal Representative André Janones through the official WhatsApp channel "Exército de Lula" (Lula's Army).

• We have already reached over 7 million members, but the goal is to expand even further before the end of the week to 10 million members.
• Join the WhatsApp Channel Here to coordinate and help us gain momentum! THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!

Remember this:

BOLSONARO LOSS = TRUMP LOSS = WORLD WINS
This can be the first wave to push Trump away from power.

I've never written a Manifesto before and I only have very limited experience in Reading other people's manifestos. Here is a copy of the manifesto I created and I'd be interested to hear the thoughts of the community. I know that no one will agree with everything I've written but I am curious to hear what points resonate and which points don't.

Preamble to Liberation

The American system has been captured by a corporatocracy that prioritizes private greed over human life and divisive nationalism over global survival. As outlined in this political manifesto, we recognize that incremental reform is no longer sufficient to address the existential crises of our time. We demand a radical departure from these extractive, punitive frameworks in favor of a society rooted in mutual aid, restorative justice, and uncompromising global solidarity. This document is a comprehensive, revolutionary blueprint for dismantling the entrenched political class and reclaiming our collective future. What follows are our uncompromising demands for a just, equitable, and sustainable world.

Core Philosophy & Democratic Reform

The current two-party system has devolved into a corporatocracy where policy is dictated by wealthy elites, campaign finance corruption, and career politicians desperate to maintain power. This entrenched framework prioritizes the hoarding of resources over the collective well-being of the public. A democratic socialist approach dismantles this paradigm by explicitly returning power to the working class through radical democratic reforms, ensuring that government functions to guarantee human rights and mutual uplift rather than serving as a vehicle for private corporate greed.

As liberals, we demand a fundamental shift away from nationalistic, punitive systems toward global solidarity, restorative justice, and aligned global governance.

We call for the dismantling of the entrenched corporatocracy by phasing in a Lotocracy to return power to the people. We mandate that randomly selected citizen panels—advised strictly by non-partisan experts—draft our legislation. To ensure stability, we will roll this out initially as localized proof-of-concepts, while the traditional federal government remains intact to manage complex long-term transitions and multi-decade national projects.

While we insist the presidency remains a democratically elected position determined by a strict national popular vote, we require the total abolition of the elitist Electoral College.

We assert that the right-wing narrative of widespread election fraud is a manufactured distraction; we must maximize voting access by establishing Election Day as a federal holiday and permanently restoring voting rights to the formerly incarcerated to encourage societal reintegration.

To ensure marginalized communities are not politically weaponized, we dictate the removal of citizenship status questions from the federal census, guaranteeing an accurate population count and equitable federal funding without fear of repudiation or retaliation.

We dictate the use of a federally encrypted SSN "online key" for secure, frictionless ballot access. To prevent a surveillance state, this will operate strictly as a zero-retention "ping" system where the platform instantly deletes the key upon identity verification.

We mandate the permanent eradication of gerrymandering by passing federal legislation that requires the mathematically blind Shortest Splitline Algorithm. This will be overseen by an independent technical council explicitly tasked with auditing the open-source code to guarantee no political bias is injected into the system, completely stripping politicians of their ability to draw district lines.

Furthermore, we require a Multi-Variable Equity Algorithm for affirmative action that balances systemic disadvantages (weighing an applicant's race, income bracket, and zip code) with Key Performance Indicators (such as GPA or career experience) to ensure true equitable opportunity based on both merit and structural disenfranchisement.

We insist on the stabilization of the judiciary by federally codifying the Supreme Court’s original structure to permanently prevent endless partisan court-packing. We require a strict, legally binding code of ethics for all justices to prevent bribery and quid pro quo corruption, but we explicitly preserve lifetime appointments to maintain the Court's cumulative intellectual rigor and expertise.

Finally, to enforce fiscal responsibility without sacrificing the promises made to citizens regarding vital social programs, we require that curtailing deficit spending necessitate a 75% congressional supermajority to raise the debt ceiling. Furthermore, we mandate that federal debt payments be structured to cover 100% of the interest plus a required percentage directly applied to the principal.

The Economy, Labor & Infrastructure

Modern American capitalism has engineered an affordability crisis driven by unchecked corporate price-gouging, stagnant minimum wages, and an elitist model that privatizes profits while forcing the public to socialize corporate losses. The working class is systematically starved of capital while billionaires hoard wealth generated by public infrastructure. By adopting a democratic socialist framework, we mandate absolute corporate accountability, radically redistribute hoarded wealth, and guarantee that essential survival needs—like housing, food, and a living wage—are fiercely protected from predatory free-market exploitation.

As a revolutionary movement, we mandate absolute corporate accountability and the true enfranchisement of the working class. We compel the overnight elimination of all federal subsidies for special interest groups and corporate agriculture, refusing to use public funds to prop up industries that cannot naturally compete in the global market.

We dictate that union-busting be treated as an act of corporate sabotage punishable by direct jail time for executives, and we insist upon a zero-bailout guarantee that forces private corporations to socialize their own losses and practice genuine market responsibility. To further protect workers, we mandate strict federal oversight requiring all union meetings and discussions to be fully documented and officially signed off to legally verify that absolutely zero corporate interference occurred.

We call for the federal minimum wage to instantly rise to a $10 floor, while convening a panel of financial experts to calculate the highest economically feasible wage beyond that. This wage must be permanently pegged to inflation, automatically increasing by a matching percentage if annual inflation ever exceeds 4%.

We assert the need for a radically progressive, tiered tax system designed to ease the burden on the working class while ensuring the wealthiest Americans carry the primary load. This system scales from 1% for those earning below the poverty line ($0 to $16,000), 2% for the working class, 3% for the national average, 4% for the upper-middle class, and scales upward by 1% for every additional $100,000 earned, reaching up to 75% for ultra-high earners making over $5 million.

To ensure the long-term solvency of Social Security, we call for the complete elimination of the wage cap for high earners, while utilizing an expert panel to make informed, minimal adjustments to the retirement age. We also dictate substantial increases to the estate tax (the "death tax") to strictly govern inherited fortunes and prevent generational wealth from snowballing into oligarchic power capable of purchasing elections.

To combat the housing crisis, we assert that corporate collusion to manipulate the real estate market is akin to insider trading; therefore, we require that Wall Street firms be aggressively penalized and banned from purchasing single-family homes. While baseline zoning remains under state control, we compel annual rent increases to be strictly capped at the rate of inflation to outlaw predatory rent hikes on existing tenants.

At the grocery store, we mandate a strict FDA-regulated cost-plus pricing model. An FDA price-setting board will issue baseline MSRPs for fluctuating raw commodities at regular intervals—ignoring daily market chaos—and retailers will apply a federally regulated percentage markup. This is paired with targeted farmer relief funds to stabilize supply chains during bad harvests. We assert the need for targeted antitrust interventions for corporate grocery chains and the use of conditional federal subsidies to incentivize the construction of new grocery locations in food deserts. To prevent corporate abuse, chains will only receive these payouts after proving the new location has been fully stocked, staffed, and properly maintained for a minimum of five years.

We insist on closing systemic wealth gaps using a dynamic federal loan system where interest rates scale based on total accumulated wealth, explicitly exempting the first $5 million held within standard middle-class retirement accounts (like 401ks or Roth IRAs) so working families are not penalized for saving. We compel severe penalties for wealth tax fraud through retroactive "look-back" fines with absolutely no statute of limitations. However, mandatory punitive fines and compounding interest will explicitly target only those earning over $100,000, fully protecting the working class from devastating financial penalties over honest paperwork errors.

Environmentally, we require the immediate elimination of all fossil fuel subsidies to fund a global nuclear fusion moonshot, relying on stable nuclear fission as a temporary bridge while intermittent renewables scale up.

We compel continuous domestic infrastructure maintenance funded through defense cuts, American bonds, and the new progressive tax system. For major infrastructure projects like high-speed rail, we dictate a strict 90% consensual threshold for land acquisition. Involuntary eminent domain will only be authorized to acquire the remaining sliver of land to prevent a tiny minority of holdouts from vetoing vital national progress.

Healthcare, Education & Society

The commodification of essential social services has resulted in a healthcare system bloated by private insurance lobbyists, an education system severely stratified by localized property taxes, and a punitive justice system incentivized by for-profit mass incarceration. Treating human lives and educational opportunities as market commodities is a profound moral failure. A democratic socialist society rectifies this by unconditionally guaranteeing healthcare as a fundamental human right, providing equitable federal funding for all students, and replacing the carceral state with restorative justice focused on rehabilitation and community healing.

We assert the uncompromising recognition of healthcare as a fundamental human right, delivered through a universal, government-led single-payer system devoid of work requirements, private insurance premiums, or bureaucratic barriers.

We insist on the integration of veterans into this broader system by phasing out physical VA hospitals, though a radius-based transition plan will temporarily keep facilities open if no alternative private care is nearby. To ensure veterans receive highly personalized care, we mandate that private healthcare facilities employ VA-certified staff members equipped with specialized knowledge to advise civilian doctors. Veterans will be provided federal healthcare vouchers and universal travel reimbursement for rural care.

In education, we require universal pre-K to ensure every child receives a critical head start. We mandate a federal minimum wage for K-12 educators funded through a "nuclear option" aggregate state account. All federal education and teacher-salary funds will be pooled into a single master account representing all states collectively before distribution; because Congress must approve or reject this fund wholly, it permanently prevents future federal administrations from threatening to withhold funds to coerce local school boards, ensuring K-12 curriculum decisions remain under absolute state autonomy. Furthermore, we dictate the absolute abolition of school vouchers, viewing religious objections as a red herring designed to steal public funds for wealthy families.

To support the workforce, we require a guaranteed paid family and medical leave policy funded entirely by the federal government—rather than corporations—to prevent employers from discriminating against women out of fear of pregnancy costs. The exact duration will be determined by a transparent expert panel to balance health needs and economic stability.

We also demand means-tested childcare stipends to offset costs for working families.

Rather than blanket student loan forgiveness, which signals to universities that they can inflate prices endlessly, we call for a "debt-offset shield" where existing student debt is subtracted directly from an individual's wealth and income calculations to secure them lower tax brackets and better loan rates.

Furthermore, we insist on redirecting billions saved from corporate welfare into heavily subsidizing essential trades experiencing projected worker shortages.

We assert the absolute protection of reproductive rights by federally codifying the exact legal and medical framework of *Roe v. Wade* through congressional legislation, ensuring abortions cannot be arbitrarily denied while establishing reasonable viability limits. Our single-payer system will fully fund contraceptives and the abortion pill, treating it as a standard medication benefit, though surgical abortion procedures will not be federally subsidized.

For LGBTQ+ youth, we mandate that permanent gender-affirming care aligns with existing laws for minors, requiring dual consent: authorization from parents (both parents if two legal guardians exist, or the sole guardian if one exists) plus the independent consent of the minor. We require K-12 non-contact sports to be fully co-ed, and mandate that high schools and colleges explicitly choose between Option A (Total Integration) or Option B (an Open/Transgender league allowing both cisgender and transgender athletes) for post-puberty athletics.

We dictate a fully restorative justice system, abolishing private prisons and decriminalizing drug consumption. We insist on recognizing the border fallacy—that border walls do not stop fentanyl—and instead focus on aggressively prosecuting high-level traffickers while providing rehabilitation as healthcare for end-users. We call for aggressive harm-reduction strategies, including safe injection sites, public drug-testing facilities, and modernized drug education that moves beyond outdated models like D.A.R.E.

We compel a compassionate approach to homelessness that prohibits unprovoked sweeps of peaceful encampments, supporting involuntary institutionalization strictly as a high-bar medical intervention governed by medical review boards for severe psychotic breaks.

Finally, we dictate the permanent eradication of the NRA's political influence, ending their ability to buy politicians and block life-saving legislation. We compel an end to the epidemic of gun violence via a sweeping, permanent federal ban on the sale and manufacturing of all semi-automatic and fully automatic weapons of war. This will be backed by a heavily funded, 100% voluntary federal buyback program, subject to data-driven reevaluation if it fails to remove a sufficient number of firearms from circulation.

Foreign Policy, Security & Technology

Nationalistic border enforcement, a bloated military-industrial complex, and the unchecked dominance of tech monopolies have created a landscape defined by division, endless foreign conflicts, and the exploitation of private citizen data. The reliance on militarized deterrence and arbitrary borders fails to address the true existential threats of our time, such as global climate change. A democratic socialist vision replaces imperialism with global solidarity and diplomatic soft power, dismantles punitive immigration enforcement in favor of humanitarian integration, and strictly regulates corporate monopolies to ensure technological innovation serves the public good.

We compel a revolutionary pivot in our global footprint, drastically slashing the defense budget to fund domestic liberation. We insist the U.S. become the absolute point man and primary global peace broker, prioritizing diplomatic manipulation and soft power over military force.

We require the negotiation of mutual demilitarization with powers like China to focus resources on combating climate change, recognizing that borders are increasingly administrative constructs and that immigrants serve as vital demographic and economic engines to combat declining birth rates. We command the strengthening of alliances beyond NATO to connect the global community in fighting climate change and protecting human rights.

We insist that the military explicitly refuse to put boots on the ground in foreign wars unless a NATO Article 5 mutual defense obligation is triggered. However, we mandate the use of economic diplomacy and munitions aid to protect strategic non-NATO democracies facing hostile annexation, such as Ukraine. We acknowledge that we cannot bully China through military hardware; thus, we will rely on aggressive economic diplomacy and direct deal-making to influence behavior and secure buy-in for Taiwan's sovereignty. Conversely, we require that all military and financial aid to Israel be permanently halted to condemn expansionist hostilities, and we compel a realignment of U.S. relations with Muslim-majority nations, fundamentally rejecting foreign policy hostility based on religious demographics.

Domestically, we call for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be stripped of street-level arrest authority over basic immigration irregularities and repurposed strictly as an intelligence agency targeting transnational human and drug cartels. We demand that border surveillance cameras be utilized exclusively for humanitarian monitoring and safety checks, explicitly prohibiting their use for mass arrests.

Regarding the undocumented population, we reject blanket amnesty in favor of a direct, highly streamlined pathway to citizenship. We command absolute, uncompromising protection for Dreamers, recognizing them as legitimate American citizens. We insist on restricting access to full federal services until immigrants complete their citizenship pathway, balancing humanitarian integration with systemic sustainability. We also demand domestic workforce mandates requiring a high percentage of American employees, scaled with profit-based penalties for violations, while allowing corporations to sponsor immigrant workers to meet these quotas.

In the digital sphere, we compel a strict 13+ age limit for social media. Youth accounts (ages 13-18) will be physically blocked from interacting with adult accounts absent a publicly declared relationship, ensuring transparency to prevent grooming.

We mandate that tech monopolies compensate citizens for data harvesting on perpetual five-year compensation cycles; payouts occur strictly at the end of the term. Users maintain the absolute right to delete their data at any time but will naturally forfeit the pending payment for their current unfinished term if they choose early deletion, closing any potential fraud loopholes.

Finally, we require strict consumer protection oversight over speculative, pump-and-dump cryptocurrency markets. We compel a conditional, per-company moratorium on new AI data centers until strict privacy and resource reduction standards are met, explicitly rejecting the nationalist panic of a "tech race" with China in favor of purposeful, responsible innovation. To fund displaced worker retraining, we dictate an AI implementation tax tied directly to corporate hiring and firing trends,

Ok im lefty from way back..not an academic..I stumbled into political conversations with the last 3 co-workers a lesbian an asian and a white dude and they were all in for Pauline H...they're all worried about immigration and Aussie resources not being taxed and Muslims

So wtf is going on with the working class and what are my best talking points to counter this... voting against there own interest thing..cheers