Camilo
23rd June 2013, 18:28
Maybe all those years of coming together
to create Carnaval will finally pay off for
the Brazilian people, the most highly-taxed
society on Earth, at 53%.
Summed up by one young engineer who
was demonstrating in Rio yesterday, "We
pay high taxes and we are a rich country,
but we can't see this in our schools,
hospitals and roads."
These citizens of the country with the 6th
largest economy in the world hope that
they can show everyone else in the world,
similarly disgruntled with their own corrupt
governments how to do civil disobedience
and get results. Let's wish them luck!
Brazilians are rightfully fed-up with their
horribly corrupt government; where elected
representatives nakedly steal from the public
till.
This video shows the huge crowd of activists
that formed last Tuesday in front of (and on
top of!) the National Congress building in
Brazil's capital.
They peacefully and jubilantly proclaimed that
they won't stop until 20 million people stand
before Congress in Brasilia, to tell their
representatives that what they're doing "with
their money, with their health and with their
education is wrong."
As for the graffiti and vandalism that occurred
during last Tuesday's demonstrations in Brazil's
financial capital of Sao Paulo, demonstration
organizers are claiming that these acts were
committed by government plants: "There are
police officers and other shady organizations
which infiltrated the demonstrations, promoting
extreme acts precisely to criminalize the
movement."
Video (2:11 mins):
http://youtu.be/jKC1gAoHM3o
Here is a translation of what sounds like several hundred people are saying, in unison:
"People!
Take note that our activism has made a difference -
but the movement has only just begun!
We are part of a national struggle, of a worldwide struggle
We can't stop, now! Therefore, it's important that everyone here
be in front of the subway stairs next to the bus station this Thursday at 6AM
We will continue the movement because our struggle is much bigger than this!
We will only stop when we put 1 million, 2 million, 3 million,
20 million people HERE (in front of the Brazilian Congress) TO TELL THEM
THAT IT'S NOT RIGHT, WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH OUR
MONEY, WITH OUR HEALTH, WITH OUR EDUCATION!
(CHANTING)
"TOMORROW WILL BE BIGGER!
"TOMORROW WILL BE BIGGER!"
As for the graffiti and vandalism that occurred during last Tuesday's demonstrations in Brazil's financial capital of Sao Paulo, demonstration organizers are claiming that these acts were committed by government plants: "There are police officers and other shady organizations which infiltrated the demonstrations, promoting extreme acts precisely to criminalize the movement."
to create Carnaval will finally pay off for
the Brazilian people, the most highly-taxed
society on Earth, at 53%.
Summed up by one young engineer who
was demonstrating in Rio yesterday, "We
pay high taxes and we are a rich country,
but we can't see this in our schools,
hospitals and roads."
These citizens of the country with the 6th
largest economy in the world hope that
they can show everyone else in the world,
similarly disgruntled with their own corrupt
governments how to do civil disobedience
and get results. Let's wish them luck!
Brazilians are rightfully fed-up with their
horribly corrupt government; where elected
representatives nakedly steal from the public
till.
This video shows the huge crowd of activists
that formed last Tuesday in front of (and on
top of!) the National Congress building in
Brazil's capital.
They peacefully and jubilantly proclaimed that
they won't stop until 20 million people stand
before Congress in Brasilia, to tell their
representatives that what they're doing "with
their money, with their health and with their
education is wrong."
As for the graffiti and vandalism that occurred
during last Tuesday's demonstrations in Brazil's
financial capital of Sao Paulo, demonstration
organizers are claiming that these acts were
committed by government plants: "There are
police officers and other shady organizations
which infiltrated the demonstrations, promoting
extreme acts precisely to criminalize the
movement."
Video (2:11 mins):
http://youtu.be/jKC1gAoHM3o
Here is a translation of what sounds like several hundred people are saying, in unison:
"People!
Take note that our activism has made a difference -
but the movement has only just begun!
We are part of a national struggle, of a worldwide struggle
We can't stop, now! Therefore, it's important that everyone here
be in front of the subway stairs next to the bus station this Thursday at 6AM
We will continue the movement because our struggle is much bigger than this!
We will only stop when we put 1 million, 2 million, 3 million,
20 million people HERE (in front of the Brazilian Congress) TO TELL THEM
THAT IT'S NOT RIGHT, WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH OUR
MONEY, WITH OUR HEALTH, WITH OUR EDUCATION!
(CHANTING)
"TOMORROW WILL BE BIGGER!
"TOMORROW WILL BE BIGGER!"
As for the graffiti and vandalism that occurred during last Tuesday's demonstrations in Brazil's financial capital of Sao Paulo, demonstration organizers are claiming that these acts were committed by government plants: "There are police officers and other shady organizations which infiltrated the demonstrations, promoting extreme acts precisely to criminalize the movement."