Dilma attends rally against coup against social rights.

A demonstration for democracy, called by the Popular Brazil Front at Casa de Portugal in São Paulo this Tuesday, the 23rd, aims to intensify mobilizations in the final days leading up to the final impeachment vote in the Senate; "This week is decisive for the working class and for the Brazilian men and women who most need public policies to have a dignified life," says an excerpt from the event's call to action; on Wednesday the 24th, Dilma will participate in an event with the same purpose at the Teatro dos Bancários in Brasília.

August 22, 2016, 19:37 PMUpdated May 28, 2019, 08:58 AM

A demonstration for democracy, called by the Popular Brazil Front at Casa de Portugal in São Paulo this Tuesday, the 23rd, aims to intensify mobilizations in the final days leading up to the final impeachment vote in the Senate; "This week is decisive for the working class and for the Brazilian men and women who most need public policies to have a dignified life," says an excerpt from the event's call to action; on Wednesday the 24th, Dilma will participate in an event with the same purpose at the Teatro dos Bancários in Brasília (Photo: Gisele Federicce).

247 President Dilma Rousseff travels to São Paulo this Tuesday, the 22nd, where she will participate in an event organized by social movements in defense of democracy and against the withdrawal of social rights by the interim government of Michel Temer.

The event is being organized by the Popular Brazil Front, which brings together various social movements, unions, and civil society leaders, at 18 PM, at Casa de Portugal, located at Avenida Liberdade, 602, in the central region of São Paulo. event created on facebookThere are more than 500 confirmed cases.

Here's an excerpt from the call to action for the demonstration:

This week is crucial for the working class and for Brazilians who most need public policies to have a dignified life. The Senate is scheduled to begin the final vote on the impeachment, a coup d'état against the mandate of President Dilma Rousseff, legitimately won at the polls, on the 25th. Dilma risks losing her mandate without having committed any crime of responsibility – an attack against democracy and against the Brazilian people.

And the goal of the coup plotters is clear: they want to take away labor and social rights, reduce or eliminate programs like Minha Casa, Minha Vida (My House, My Life), ProUni (University for All Program), and Ciências sem Fronteiras (Science Without Borders); reduce the value of benefits and increase the minimum retirement age; approve measures to drastically reduce spending on health and education; expand outsourcing, which maims and kills, and end the CLT (Consolidation of Labor Laws).

Social movements intend to intensify their actions in the days leading up to the final impeachment trial in the Senate. On the 29th, the day of the final vote and when Dilma is expected to present her defense, there will be a large mobilization across the country, especially in Brasília, organized by the CUT (Unified Workers' Central).

The movements are also not ruling out a general strike against the coup. On Wednesday the 24th, Dilma will participate in an event with the same purpose, also called by the Popular Brazil Front, at the Bancários Theater in Brasília, at the same time (check here).