PML: revelation, Luciana has to tell her side of the story.
The PSOL candidate reminds her opponents in the presidential race that we live in a class-divided society, and that it is necessary to take a side; Paulo Moreira Leite, in his blog on 247, highlights two important political events, one in Brazil in 1950, when, "with arguments very similar to those that Luciana Genro employs today," the Brazilian Communist Party, led by Luís Carlos Prestes, campaigned against Getúlio Vargas; and another in the USA, in 2000, when he mentions Ralph Nader; "With a discourse to the left of Al Gore, but within a defined political field – the 'side' – he managed to receive 2,8 million votes."
247 - Which side are you on? This is the question that has been asked by the PSOL presidential candidate, Luciana Genro, who, according to journalist Paulo Moreira Leite, "will certainly leave the 2014 presidential campaign as one of the revelations of the first round." In a new column in his blog no. 247He recalls that Luciana had already posed this question to her opponents. She asked Marina Silva (PSB): "Are you the second option for the PSDB?" She reminded Eduardo Jorge, of the PV, of his past working in conservative governments, such as that of José Serra (PSDB).
"This is the meaning of the election. The side. And it is in this situation, faced with real alternatives for power, that it is possible to make choices," says PML. The director of 247 in Brasília highlights two important political episodes to discuss the theme of "the side." One in Brazil in 1950, when, "with arguments very similar to those that Luciana Genro employs today, the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) campaigned against Getúlio Vargas."
"As absurd as this may seem today, it was consistent with the logic of the Cold War. Anyone who wasn't an unconditional ally of one of the superpowers was considered an enemy, and the nationalist Getúlio fit into this category in both Washington and Moscow," observes Paulo Moreira Leite.
Another example was the 2000 United States presidential election, to succeed Bill Clinton. "There is no possible comparison between the political universes of the two countries, especially since there is no equivalent to the Labor Party in the United States. But that year's election holds useful lessons for Brazil in 2014," says the journalist, who mentions Ralph Nader and Al Gore.
"Al Gore won the popular vote by half a million votes. But it was a close race, in an indirect system where parties need to win the election in each state to have a majority in the Electoral College, which has the final say in choosing the president. That's where the vote for Ralph Nader played an important role—in Bush's victory," he recalls. "With a discourse to the left of Al Gore, but within a defined political field—the 'side'—he managed to receive 2,8 million votes nationwide."
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