On the eve of Independence Day the Federal Government bet on memes to promote the holiday on social networks. In a video posted on Instagram, the Lula government official account mixed images of cats, natural landscapes, the Brazilian flag and, inviting users to participate in the celebrations. PT’s national president, Edinho Silva, used a party event to argue that allies “take to the streets”. The date has been important in recent years for the mobilization of pockets.
“Tomorrow is September 7, Brazil’s Independence Day! And today it is also a special date: on September 6, 1922, a century after the proclamation of independence, the Brazilian National Anthem Letter was made official,” says the government post caption.
In addition, the communication team has launched a campaign encouraging the population to wear the yellow-green shirt now reinterpreted in animation that plays with the fact that it has been kept for years and is “kind of bitter” and “smelling of guard”.
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The traditional civic-military parade will take place in the Esplanade of Ministries in Brasilia, this Sunday, with other celebrations in various cities. The right organizes demonstrations in at least 16 capitals, with agenda such as amnesty to the convicts in the undemocratic acts of 8 January 2023, on the eve of the end of the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro in the STF.
On the left side, acts organized by the PT are also foreseen by the country, such as the one in Brasilia, in Zumbi dos Palmares Square, 1.4 km from the opposition protest.
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In Sergipe, Edinho Silva, during the party meeting and inauguration of Senator Rogério Carvalho as a new state president, uttered the militancy to occupy the streets on September 7.
“It’s tomorrow we have to take the streets.” We need to mobilize on networks and the streets. It is a decisive moment of our history. There is no way to retreat. Either we overcome this clash or we will destroy the future of new generations. Brazil cannot accept fascism, ”he said.
Edinho criticized the amnesty, noting that it would mean “normalizing that the loser of an election has the right to organize blow and murders.” For him, demonstrations are essential to show popular support to President Lula and national sovereignty.
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– Brazil is not a pull from the United States. We are a sovereign country, ”he said.
The petista leader also defended guidelines such as income democratization, reduction of working hours and free pass, as well as condemning the tax waiver of R $ 860 billion and defending a fairer taxation for the working class.
