In its last meeting in the
year 2020, held on December 17 and 18, the CTB's National Board of Directors
celebrated the 13th anniversary of the Central, founded on December 12, 2007,
and approved the following political resolution:
1- Brazil reaches the end of
2020 punished by covid-19, mass unemployment and an irresponsible, denialist
and corrupt government, which behaves like a true genocide. The disease claimed
the lives of 183,822,000 Brazilians by December 16. The number of deaths grew
again and the state health departments registered 968 deaths in 24 hours by
covid-19 on December 16, not counting SP. It means that the country is back to
the level of more than 1 thousand deaths per day. More than 7 million people
have already been infected.
2- The sanitary tragedy is not
a fatality of fate, but the inevitable result of the inaction and negationism
of President Jair Bolsonaro, which is why he was denounced by ABJD (Brazilian
Association of Jurists for Democracy) in the ICC (International Criminal Court)
for a crime against humanity and his policy was classified as homicidal by the
Society of Medicine and Surgery of Rio de Janeiro. It is not by chance that
Brazil today occupies the second position in the ranking of countries with more
deaths per Covid-19 behind the USA and ahead of India. The three champions are
governed by leaders of the extreme right who have neglected the lethality of
the disease.
3- Reflecting the progress and
achievements of science, associated with the concentration of efforts and
resources to combat the disease, vaccines were developed and tested in record
time, demonstrated remarkable efficacy and are already being applied in China,
the USA, Russia, and England. Many other nations, including neighboring
Argentina, have already purchased the vaccine and should begin its application
later this month.
4- In contrast, Brazil does
not even have an immunization plan and logistics. Jair Bolsonaro stimulates the
propagation of Fake News against the vaccine, has opened a bizarre war against
governors and does everything in his power to sabotage the immunization,
including demanding the signature of a term of responsibility of those who will
be vaccinated. We run the risk of staying at the end of the vaccination line
and the price will be paid in human lives.
5- The insane conduct of the
leader of the extreme Brazilian right arouses strong indignation in broad
sectors of Brazilian society, which mobilize throughout the country to demand
Immunization Now!
6- The working class is the
main victim of the pandemic, to which it has become more exposed and
vulnerable, as well as of mass unemployment and the fall or even total loss of
income. For this reason, the National Direction of CTB guides leaders and class
activists to occupy the front line of battles for immediate vaccination,
extension of emergency aid and a plan to combat unemployment anchored in public
investments.
7- The pandemic has
highlighted the importance of the Unified Health System (SUS) and the popular
struggle for its strengthening.
8- Hand in hand with the
health crisis is the depression of the economies and, in its wake, the
devastation of labor markets. Hundreds of millions of jobs have been destroyed
in the world.
9- In Brazil, the IBGE's open
unemployment rate rose to 14.4%, breaking a new historical record. More than
half the working age population has no occupation, which translates into a
colossal waste of productive forces and immeasurable suffering for the poorest
and most vulnerable sections of our working class.
10- The approval of emergency
aid in Congress alleviated the social situation and prevented a deeper plunge
of the economy into recession, but it was halved by the government and expires
this month. In alliance with the other centers, the CTB is fighting for the
extension of the benefit as long as the pandemic and mass unemployment last, as
well as for the rescue of the original value of R$ 600.00.
11- Amidst the adversities and
the crisis it is necessary to highlight some positive news, such as the MAS
victory in Bolivia, the calling of an exclusive National Constituent Assembly
with equal gender composition in Chile, the defeat of the Republican Donald
Trump in the USA, the approval of an extraordinary tax on great fortunes in
Argentina, and the electoral victory of progressive forces in Venezuela and
Uruguay.
12- This set of events signals
the weakening of the conservative wave that has invaded the American continent
in recent years and a change in the direction of the political winds. It also
attests to the failure of neoliberalism, which only produces social misery and
economic stagnation.
13- In Brazil, amidst the
whirlwind of bad news, it is necessary to emphasize the victory in the approval
and regulation of Fundeb and the defeat in the Senate of the maneuvers of
private politicians and scholarship holders to divert resources from the fund
to private schools, churches, and the S System.
14- The international
situation has also been marked by the escalation of the conflict between the US
and China for the economic and geopolitical leadership of the world, a duel
destined to play a determining role in the movements of international diplomacy
over the coming decades.
15- The elections held on
November 15 and 29 (second round) revealed the emptying of the stock market
bubble which, in 2018, resulted in the election of several governors and
congressmen, in addition to the president himself, with an appreciable mass of votes
for extreme-right candidates. The majority of the candidates supported directly
by the Bolsonaro were defeated in the ballot, which on the other hand resulted
in a significant advance of the DEM and other right-wing and center-right
subtitles housed in the so-called Centrão.
16- The defeat of the
Bolsonaro candidates reflects popular discontent with the government's
obscurantist and reactionary course, which is especially evident in
metropolitan regions and within youth.
17- Another notable fact of the
plea, which deserves further reflection, was the record level of abstention,
which on average reached 29.5% of the electorate in the second round. Although
influenced by the coronavirus pandemic, the phenomenon reflects the
discouragement and massive depoliticization within the Brazilian people, as
well as the strong presence and participation of militia in the electoral
process in many municipalities, mainly cariocas.
18- Although worn out,
Bolsonaro and the scholarship still have an appreciable political and social
base that should not be underestimated. In addition, the retired captain made a
renegotiation with Centão and now entered the dispute for the presidency of the
Federal House. It should also be noted that the policy of neoliberal
restoration is in tune with the interests of the ruling classes and has broad
support within the national and foreign bourgeoisie.
19- The government persists in
the minimum state policy, founded on the containment of public investments,
privatizations, and the handing over of the people's patrimony to the big
capitalists, especially foreigners. It attacks the civil service and public
services with its proposal of administrative reform. It wants to impose the
so-called green and yellow card, allowing hiring outside the CLT.
20- In unity with the other
central offices, social movements and progressive forces, the CTB defends an
economic policy that is opposed to neoliberalism and that supposes the repeal
of EC 95 and the end of the harmful freezing of public spending; a substantial
increase in public investment in infrastructure, health, education, science and
housing; the expansion of credit and support for small entrepreneurs and family
farmers; auditing of public debt and a progressive tax reform with a reduction
in the share of indirect taxes in the burden, progressive increase in
inheritance tax rates and taxation of large fortunes and remittances abroad of
profits and dividends, correction of the table and change in IRPF rates.
21- Without the broad
mobilization of the working class and all democratic and popular forces, it
will not be possible to avoid further setbacks. We must intensify struggles in
defense of the interests and rights of the working class, of public property,
and against the privatizations and administrative reform of Paulo Guedes,
accumulating forces to defeat the Bolsonaro and pave the way for a new project
of national development, with democracy, sovereignty, and valorization of
labor.
22- The Executive Board of CTB
wishes a happy end to the year for the class leaderships and the Brazilian
working class as a whole, while reiterating the need to intensify resistance
and the fight against retrocession.
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