Partido dos Trabalhadores (Brasil) Collection
Period (1968-) 1980-2003
Total size 44 microfilms
ConsultationNot restricted
History
Established in June 1980 at the initiative of trade union leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula); its membership consisted of trade union officials and all kind of activists, opposed to the military dictatorship in Brazil; the party was illegal until 1989, the year of the first free presidential elections since 1964; initially traditional Marxist, it adopted after 1990 the principles of democracy and embarked on a program of gradual reform and coalitions with other parties and organizations; on the basis of this policies its leader Lula was elected president in October 2002.
Content
Microfilms of documents of the Partido dos Trabalhadores: proceedings of the founding meeting 1980 and other meetings of the party leadership 1980-1992; documents of the executive committee 1981-1996; national secretariat 1983-2003; the trade union, agricultural and other secretariats 1987-1998; documents on national conventions and meetings 1981-1998, on the congresses 1991, 1999, on election campaigns and its funding 1988-2002, on the presidential elections of 1989, 1994, 1998 and 2002; press clippings on the PT, Lula and other persons and subjects 1968-1990; periodicals of the PT, including the Boletim Nacional 1983-1994, Brasil Agora 1991-1996, Jornal dos Trabalhadores 1982-1983 and Teoria e Debate 1987-2003.
Location of originals
Originals at the Fundação Perseu Abramo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.