Serge Goulart is the
leader of the movement of occupied factories in Brazil. He is also a member of the
national council of the PT. In this interview he outlines the situation facing
the workers in Brazil
and explains how he and his comrades in the PT are building a Marxist
Opposition within the party.
The workers at the CIPLA plant in Brazil have successfully run the
factory under workers’ control since they occupied it. The government had tried to
crush them by attempting to seize assets through the courts. The state is now
once more on the offensive. The leaders risk imprisonment and the factory could
be closed. But the workers are fighting back. They need your help.
As we have reported in earlier articles,some
691 delegates from 12 countries met in Joinville,
Brazil from
December 8-10 for the Pan-American Gathering in Defence of Jobs, Rights, Land
Reform and Industry. The delegates discussed their different struggles,
achievements, and how to organise assistance and solidarity for workers and
farmers in struggle across the continent. The following resolution was adopted
at the Gathering.