Brazil Turns Left: Another World is Possible

Hear Luis Fernandes from Brazil

• Director of the Rio de Janeiro State Government's Foundation for the Endowment of Scientific and Technological Research (FAPERJ)
• Member of the Central Committee and the International Relations Commission of the Communist Party of Brazil (CPdoB)
• Former leader of the National Union of Students (UNE) during the military regime
• Professor of International Relations at the Federal University and at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Background: On October 27, 2002, the overwhelming majority of Brazilians awarded Workers Party (PT) candidate Luiz Inacio da Silva, known as Lula, a resounding victory in the nation's presidential elections.  Representatives of the Bush administration have clearly expressed their displeasure with the elections and Lula's opposition to the Free Trade of the Americas Agreement (FTAA). 

Come hear Luis Fernandes' analysis of what Lula's victory represents, the alliance that made it possible, and his projections of what comes next!

Baltimore, MD Monday, December 9 7pm, Stony Run Friends Meeting House 5116 N. Charles St. Info: 410-433-4923 donation: $5

Cambridge, MA Tuesday December 10, 7:00 PM Cambridge YWCA in the Silva Room 7 Temple Street Central Square. More info: 617-645-3673 Email: garydin1@aol.com donation: $5, $2 for students. Co-sponsored by Brown Young Communist League and Rhode Island Friends of the People's Weekly World

Chicago, IL Thursday, December 12, 7:00 - 9:00 PM Hot House 31 E. Balbo, donation:  $5, or $2 for students, seniors, unemployed Sponsored by the People's Weekly World Forum.  Info:  312-842-5665. Please also bring canned or dry goods for the striking Azteca Food workers if you can!

Oakland, Ca Friday, December 13, at 7 p.m. YWCA of Oakland 1515 Webster St., donation: $5 or what you can afford Sponsored by Friends of the People's Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo Information/Directions:(510) 531-1729 or ncalview@igc.org.

Los Angeles, CA Saturday, December 14, Los Angeles Workers Center 1251 S. St. Andrews Place 12 noon luncheon 1 pm program Contact: CPUSAinLA@aol.com or 323 734-6404. donation: $5 Sunday ,

New York, NY December 15, Martin Luther King Labor Center Auditorium, 310 w. 43rd st., 1-3 PM Info: (212) 224-2523 ex. 224 or ex. 229 donation: $5

Luis Fernandes