Socialism and Liberty Party
Partido Socialismo e Liberdade |
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President | Luiz Araújo |
Founded | June 6, 2004 |
Headquarters | SDS, Edificio Venâncio V, Loja 28 Brasília |
Membership (2016) | 122,396 |
Ideology |
Democratic socialism Left-libertarianism Anti-capitalism |
Political position | Left-wing |
International affiliation | Different groups in PSOL have different international affiliations. |
Colours | Red, Yellow |
TSE Identification Number | 50 |
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies |
6 / 513
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Seats in the Senate |
0 / 81
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Governors |
0 / 27
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Seats in the Legislative Assemblies of the States |
12 / 1,049
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Mayors |
2 / 5,570
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Seats in City Councils |
53 / 56,810
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Website | |
http://psol50.org.br/ | |
The Socialism and Liberty Party (Portuguese: Partido Socialismo e Liberdade IPA: [paʁˈtʃidu sosjɐˈlizmw i libeʁˈdadʒi], (PSOL) IPA: [peˈsɔw]) is a Brazilian political party with 122,396 active members. PSOL is a left-wing party which is self-described as a socialist and democratic party.
The party leader is Luiz Araújo and the federal deputies Ivan Valente, Chico Alencar, Jean Wyllys, Edmilson Rodrigues, Glauber Braga and Luiza Erundina, with a number of well-known Brazilian left-wing leaders and intellectuals, such as Milton Temer, Michael Löwy, Luciana Genro, Vladimir Safatle, Marcelo Freixo, Renato Roseno, Carlos Nelson Coutinho, Ricardo Antunes, Francisco de Oliveira, João Machado, Pedro Ruas and others.
PSOL was formed after Heloísa Helena, Luciana Genro, Babá and João Fontes (also a federal deputy, now a member of the Democratic Labour Party, PDT) were expelled from the Workers' Party after voting against the pension reform proposed by Lula. They opposed liberal decisions of Lula's government and the Workers' Party alliances with polemic right-wing politicians, such as the former presidents José Sarney and Fernando Collor.