Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)

Brazilian political party

The Democratic Labour Party is a political party in Brazil. The PDT combines a pro-labour and social-democratic identities with nationalism and parts of democratic socialism.

Democratic Labour Party
Partido Democrático Trabalhista
LeaderCiro Gomes
PresidentCarlos Lupi
FounderLeonel Brizola
Founded17 June 1979; 45 years ago (1979-06-17)
Split fromBrazilian Labour Party
Preceded byBrazilian Democratic Movement
HeadquartersRua Sete de Setembro, 141, 4º andar, Centro, Rio de Janeiro
Think tankFundação Leonel Brizola-Alberto Pasqualini
Youth wingJuventude Socialista
Women's wingAção da Mulher Trabalhista
LGBT wingPDT Diversidade
Labour wingCentral dos Sindicatos Brasileiros
Black wingPDT Negro
Membership (2023)1,106,481[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left[7] to left-wing[8]
Regional affiliationSão Paulo Forum
Continental affiliationCOPPPAL
International affiliationSocialist International
Colours  Red
  White
  Blue
  Green
  Yellow
TSE Identification Number12
Federal Senate
3 / 81
Chamber of Deputies
17 / 513
Governorships
1 / 27
State Assemblies
52 / 1,060
Mayors
314 / 5,568
City Councillors
3,441 / 56,810
Mercosur Parliament
1 / 55
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
pdt.org.br

References

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  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2023-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Jörg Nowak, ed. (2019). Mass Strikes and Social Movements in Brazil and India: Popular Mobilisation in the Long Depression. Springer. p. 247. ISBN 9783030053758. Silva had been a member of PT since 1985, while Rousseff, who had been a founding member of Brizola's social-democratic PDT, joined PT only in 2001.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Mainwaring, Scott P. (1999), Rethinking Party Systems in the Third Wave of Democratization: The Case of Brazil, Stanford University Press, p. 91
  4. Cruz, André Kaysel Velasco e (2014). Entre a nação e a revolução: o marxismo de matriz comunista e o nacionalismo popular no Peru e no Brasil. doi:10.11606/T.8.2014.tde-21052015-122325.
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  6. "Former São Paulo governor withdraws from Brazil election race". Financial Times. 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2022-09-01. The next closest candidate, Ciro Gomes of the centre-left Democratic Labour party, is polling at about 7-8 per cent.
  7. [3][6]
  8. "Bolsonaro's pardon of ally draws opposition challenges". Al Jazeera. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-09-01.