[Occupymendocino] FYI....Send a postcard to Lula in prison]

[nlnelson at mcn.org]

I sent a postcard.  Site still active - I think this is important.  Voices
of democracy being squelched everywhere.  Brazil now a major support to
our dictator's rep's and to all neo-con policies.

Nancy Wallace Nelson



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Subject: Send a postcard to Lula in prison
From:    "Sharan Burrow" <press at ituc-csi.org>
Date:    Mon, September 3, 2018 5:00 am
To:      nlnelson at mcn.org
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Dear Nancy Liela,

[https://www.postbug.com/embed/?pid=530#/pb/530]

“I have been unable to travel the country I love, bringing the message
of hope
of a better and more just Brazil, with opportunities for all, as I always did
during 45 years of public life. But I have no doubt that they have put me
here
to prevent me from being with my larger family: the Brazilian people. This is
what distresses me the most, because I know that outside, every day, more and
more families are back to living in the streets, abandoned by the State that
should protect them.” Lula Ignacio Da Silva

These are the words the former President of Brazil delivered in a message
from
his prison in the southern city of Curitiba.

Lula is a political prisoner, serving a 12 year sentence. Prisoners in
Curitiba
normally get two hours a day outside of their cells, they can see
relatives or
close friends once a week and they can ask to see their lawyers any time.

Postcards to Lula [https://www.postbug.com/r/freelula/en/]

We have 500 postcards to send to Lula in prison. You can personalise your
message and add your name, union and country to show Lula the world is
watching
and we will not give up on hope or a better and more just world.

The postcards will be printed and mailed to the prison in Curitiba.

A few weeks ago I went to visit Lula in prison, I witnessed the isolation
he is
forced into and the attempts to silence his voice. He told me, I am
standing for
President of Brazil because our democracy is in crisis and our people
don’t need
to live in poverty without jobs and social protection.

Free Lula! [https://www.postbug.com/r/freelula/en/]

Lula is Brazil’s most popular politician by a huge margin, and the judicial
persecution of him is aimed at stopping him becoming President again.

This is a threat to democracy itself.

The international trade union movement stands in solidarity with our
Brazilian
colleagues and the quest to defend democracy and reinstate the rule of law.

Send a postcard to Lula. Show him the world is watching.
[https://www.postbug.com/r/freelula/en/]

In solidarity,

Sharan Burrow
ITUC General Secretary

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