Socialism and Freedom Party

Socialism and Freedom Party
Socialism and Freedom Party
Partido Socialismo e Liberdade
President Heloísa Helena
Founded June 6, 2004
Headquarters SDS, Edificio Venâncio V, Loja 28
Brasília
Ideology Socialism, Trotskyism and other Left-wing ideologies.
International affiliation Different groups in the PSOL have different international affiliations.
Official colours Red, Yellow
TSE Identification Number 50
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
3 / 513
Seats in the Senate
2 / 81
Website
http://psol50.org.br/
Politics of Brazil
Political parties
Elections

The Socialism and Freedom Party (Partido Socialismo e Liberdade, P-SOL) is a Brazilian political party (11.000 members). Among the party leaders are Heloísa Helena (Alagoas), federal deputies Luciana Genro (Rio Grande do Sul) and Babá (Pará), and a number of well-known Brazilian left-wing leaders and intellectuals, such as Milton Temer, Carlos Nelson Coutinho, Ricardo Antunes, Francisco de Oliveira, João Machado, Pedro Ruas and others.

PSOL was formed after Heloísa Helena, Luciana Genro, Babá and João Fontes (also a federal deputy, now a member of the Democratic Labour Party, PDT) were expelled from the Workers' Party, after voting against the pension reform proposed by Lula. After collecting more than 438,000 signatures, P-SOL became Brazil's 29th officially recognized political party, the first to do so by this method.

Contents

Members of the National Congress

Following the Brazilian parliamentary election, 2010 P-SOL currently has two senators and three federal deputies in the National Congress of Brazil.

Senators

Name State Internal tendency
Marinor Brito Pará Socialist Popular Action[1]
Randolfe Rodrigues Amapá Socialist Popular Action[2]

Federal Deputies

Name State Internal tendency
Francisco "Chico" Alencar RJ
Ivan Valente SP Socialist Popular Action
Jean Wyllys RJ

Elections

2006

P-SOL launched Heloísa Helena to run for president in 2006 elections. The vice-presidential candidate was intellectual César Benjamin. The party ran in a left-wing ticket along with two other parties: trotskyist United Socialist Workers' Party (PSTU) and communist Brazilian Communist Party (PCB).

The alliance was extended to gubernatorial elections. In Minas Gerais, for instance, Vanessa Portugal, from the PSTU, ran for governor with P-SOL's support, although not with PCB's. Prominent P-SOL gubernatorial candidates were Plínio de Arruda Sampaio in São Paulo, Milton Temer in Rio de Janeiro and Roberto Robaina in Rio Grande do Sul. However, they were all defeated.

Heloísa Helena finished the presidential race in the third place, receiving 6.5 million votes throughout the country (6.85% of the valid votes). Three federal deputies managed to get re-elected. In the 2010 presidential election Plinio Arruda received 888.000 votes ( 0,87%).

References

Preceded by
45 - BSDP (PSDB)
Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties
50 - SFP (PSOL)
Succeeded by
56 - PRNO (PRONA) - defunct
65 - CPB (PCdoB)



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Peace and Freedom Party — Infobox American Political Party party name = Peace and Freedom Party party articletitle = Peace and Freedom Party party chairman = State Central Committee senateleader = houseleader = foundation = June 23, 1967 ideology = Feminist Socialist… …   Wikipedia

  • Black Unity and Freedom Party — In politics and history the Black Unity and Freedom Party, also BUFP (c. 1970 1999) was a political organisation which was part of Britain s Black Power and Radical left movements. BirthThe BUFP was a small but vibrant left wing organisation… …   Wikipedia

  • Party for Socialism and Liberation — Infobox American Political Party party name = Party for Socialism and Liberation party colorcode = #FFFFFF leader = chairman = spokesperson = foundation = 2004 [ [http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle id=6831 news iv ctrl=1028… …   Wikipedia

  • Freedom Party of Austria — Infobox Austrian Political Party party name = Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs party party articletitle = Freedom Party of Austria leader = Heinz Christian Strache foundation = 25 March 1949 (VdU)7 April 1956 (FPÖ) ideology = Austrian nationalism …   Wikipedia

  • Freedom and Solidarity Party — Infobox Political Party party name = Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi / Freedom and Solidarity Party party leader = Ufuk Uras foundation = 1996 headquarters = GMK Bulvari No: 87 / 18, Maltepe, Ankara ideology = Libertarian socialism international =… …   Wikipedia

  • Socialism and LGBT rights — [ thumb|right|150px|Qiu Jin (1875 1907), Chinese left wing revolutionary cross dresser.] While gay rights is seen by many in the western world today as a left wing political issue, sexual minorities and gender variant people do not belong as a… …   Wikipedia

  • Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order — Partido da Reedificação da Ordem Nacional President Enéas Carneiro Founded October 30, 1990 Headquarters SCN Qd. 1, Bl. E, nº50, sala 114 Ed. Central Park Asa Norte Brasília …   Wikipedia

  • Freedom and Revolution — (in Portuguese: Liberdade e Revolução ) is a Marxist political grouping in Brazil, consisting mainly of members of Socialist Democracy, and some former members of Articulation of the Left, who have left or been expelled from the Workers Party… …   Wikipedia

  • Sri Lanka Freedom Party — Infobox Political Party party name = Sri Lanka Freedom Party party leader = Mahinda Rajapaksa foundation = September 2, 1951 ideology = Centre left|, lSocialism, headquarters = 301, T B Jaya Mawatha, Colombo 10| website =… …   Wikipedia

  • National Socialist Japanese Workers and Welfare Party — The National Socialist Japanese Workers and Welfare Party is a Japanese political party that campaigns on a platform of National Socialism.Founded in 1982, the party is also known as 国家社会主義日本労働者党 Kokka Shakaishugi Nippon Rōdōsha Tō (in Japanese)… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”