In a manifesto, artists and intellectuals call for Lula's release.

247 - In a manifesto, intellectuals and artists call for Lula's release. Several signatories have already been established: Leonardo Boff, Marieta Severo, Raduan Nassar, Martinho da Vila, Arnaldo Antunes, Mia Couto, Leci Brandão, Fernando Morais, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, José de Abreu, Frei Betto, José Celso Martinez Corrêa, Gilberto Gil, Flora Gil, Chico Buarque, Carol Proner, among others. Check out the manifesto:

MANIFESTO 
SOUND FOR FREEDOM

"No one will chain me up."
As long as I can sing
"As long as I can smile"
Have you ever imagined, even for a single minute, living unjustly deprived of your freedom?
One year. 
Twelve months. 
Fifty-two weeks. Three hundred and sixty-five days. 
Eight thousand, seven hundred and sixty hours. 
Five hundred and twenty-five thousand and six hundred minutes. 
This is the time Lula has been imprisoned. 
Today, a little more than that.
What does Lula's imprisonment have to do with you? 
Look around. 
Do you know that lump in your throat you feel with the daily bombardment of problems, that feeling of going backwards while the unemployed, the homeless, the hungry grow around you? 
The anguish of imagining that, soon, they want to add to the ranks of the disenfranchised, those without pensions, those without university education, those without a voice? 
Don't be fooled. 
Lula is the victim of a rigged process, an illegal arrangement of interests. 
A farce, set against the backdrop of an apartment without a deed, without keys, that never belonged to him and where he never spent a single night. 
A conviction without evidence, tailor-made to satisfy the desires of those who want to forcibly take away your rights.
A year has passed and the injustice continues. 
Lula was prevented from running in elections and silenced. 
His family was persecuted. 
A new, fabricated conviction. 
Using brute force, they insist on perpetuating the charade to the bitter end. 
Lula's imprisonment is a symbol of our regression. 
We've become a country where work is no longer regulated, the minimum wage has become a legend, and the only freedom that exists is the increase in our exploitation. 
A country that disrespects its Latin American neighbors and licks the boots of the United States; where the president celebrates the military dictatorship and encourages the persecution of teachers while schools and universities receive no decent investment; where a family man is murdered with 80 shots by the army and the authorities say nothing; where no one knows to this day who ordered the killing of Marielle Franco!
Lula was imprisoned to end his right to retire. To ensure that the dream of attending university is not for everyone. To worsen public services, reduce access to medicines, end the Mais Médicos program, bury national culture, favor arms manufacturers, and fuel fear. 
They arrested Lula to increase repression against the people, to enforce the law of the bullet more forcefully against the poor, black, and working people, while the millionaires become even richer.
Fighting for Lula's freedom means confronting chaos. 
It's about untying the knot in our throat that's choking us. 
It's about confronting the irresponsible people who have set Brazil adrift, demanding justice and democracy, dignity and rights. 
Our cry for Lula's freedom is a huge chorus in defense of the truth! Let's join hands and build this immense chain for justice for Lula and for the Brazilian people!

The following have signed the Manifesto:

Leonardo Boff 
Marietta Severus 
Raduan Nassar
Dilma Rousseff
martinho da vila
Arnaldo Antunes
My Couto
Leci Brandao
Celsus Amorim 
Min Letter
Fernando Morais
Boaventura de Sousa Santos
José de Abreu
Maria Victoria de Mesquita Benevides
Frei Betto
José Celso Martinez Corrêa 
Gilberto Gil 
Flora Gil
Chico Buarque 
Carol Proner
Patricia Melo
John Neschiling 
Franklin Martins
Merchant Aloizio
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Juca Ferreira
Aderbal Freire Filho
Camila Pitanga
Anna Muylaert 
Herson Capri
Celso Frateschi
Emir sader
Inez Viana 
Marcia Miranda 
Eric Nepomuceno 
Silvio Tendler
Ana de Holanda
Welcome Sequeira
Lanh 
Osmar Prado
Gutta Stresser
Tuca Moraes
Luiz Fernando Lobo
Sergio Santos
Tadeu di Pietro
Sidney Santiago
Tata Amaral 
Yamandu Costa
Silvia Buarque
Malu Valle 
Sergio Mamberti 
Deborah Duboc 
Toni Venturi 
Amir Haddad
Bete Mendes
Antonio Pitanga
Marina Person 
Noca da Portela
Chico Diaz
Bruno Garcia 
Luiz Carlos Barreto
Cristina Pereira 
Carolina Ziskind
Marat Descartes
Renata Melo
Dora Castelar
Gorete Milagres
Viviane Ferreira
Eliane Café
Leusa Araújo
Ana Cecília Costa
Rodolfo Vaz
Orã Figueiredo 
Alcides Nogueira 
Duca Rachid 
Thomas Miranda
Augusto Madeira 
Black Ferreira
Rodrigo Lopes Siqueira
Roberta Mello
Anna Carolina Magalhães
Cida de Souza
John Raphael Alves
Leonardo Hinckel
Agnes de Freitas
Nady Oliveira
Tayara Maciel
Luiza Moraes
Idris Bahia
Natalia Gadiolli
Gilberto Miranda
Bernardo Cotrim
Claudia Troiano 
Gabriella Gualberto
Camila Victor
Márcio Tavares
Ana Flávia Marx
Bruno Ramos
Warley Alves Barbosa
Laryssa Sampaio
Martha Romano
Wellington Alves
Luisa Gaspar
Manuel Victor
Ligia Miguel
Igor Felippe
Marina Piotto
Tiao Carvalho
Sid Farney Lima de Araújo
Maria Jose Alves da Silva
Alfredo Farias da Rocha
Franco De Sa Aiezza
Lila Silva (Josefa Eliana Silva)
Erika Vieira Lima Carvalho
Dorival Brandão
Valdir Castiglioni Filho
Redelson Tomaz da Silva
Darlucia Silva
Adnilsom da Silva Lara
Jorge Afonso Maia Mairink
Telma Saraiva dos Santos
Lucio André de Figueiredo Rodrigues
Maria Teresa Barbosa Huang
Leonardo Fialho Machado Nogueira
Pericles de Holleben Mello
Fernanda Camargo
Rodrigo Cesar Souza de Macedo
Berenice Perpetua Simão 
Vitor Ortiz
Denilson Machado
Marcos Paulo Carvalho Lima
Sebastian Jose Soares
Cicero Belém Filho