{"id":7405,"date":"2014-06-14T14:10:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T06:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinaworker.info\/?p=7405"},"modified":"2014-06-14T14:35:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T06:35:32","slug":"protests-against-world-cup-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/06\/14\/7405\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests against World Cup in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Against corruption, wasteful spending\u00a0and\u00a0police brutality<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dave Hundorf, chinaworker.info<\/p>\n

On Friday 13 June supporters of Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong protested at the city\u2019s Brazilian consulate. The protest was one of many around the world coordinated by the Committee for a Workers\u2019 International in solidarity with Brazil\u2019s mass protest movement and the CWI\u2019s section LSR which is active in the protests. The protests are against the repression of social movements during the football World Cup, and in solidarity with the \u201cPeople\u2019s Cup\u201d (a land occupation organised by the MTST \u2013 a homeless workers\u2019 movement).<\/p>\n

\"LSR,<\/a>
LSR, the section of the CWI in Brazil: World Cup for who?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The World Cup started on 12 June with a controversial game in which the Brazilian hosts beat Croatia 3-1. There has been a storm of online criticism not least in Japan over the conduct of veteran Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura who awarded a soft penalty to Brazil. But disputes on the pitch are overshadowed by the wave of mass struggle taking place around the tournament, against the extravagant waste of Dilma Rousseff\u2019s government, which has lavished US$11.5 billion on the World Cup, compared to an original plan of US$1 billion.<\/p>\n

This money has been poured into glittering stadiums and \u2018vanity projects\u2019 in a country that badly needs funds for hospitals, schools and housing instead. The feeling is widespread that the World Cup is only for the rich, the construction cartels and other business interests. Many ordinary citizens cannot afford the high ticket prices to see the games.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the World Cup there was a big increase in real estate prices (of up to 200 percent in some areas of the city) and large rent increases,\u201d explains Andr\u00e9 Ferrari of LSR (Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolu\u00e7\u00e3o). \u201cMillions of workers are forced to leave their homes and live further away from their workplace, further exacerbating the problem of urban mobility in a city like S\u00e3o Paulo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Metro workers in S\u00e3o Paulo went on strike for five days prior to the opening of the World Cup and have threatened new strikes unless 42 workers sacked for striking are reinstated. Other protests and strikes continue in Brazil. This includes a 24-hour strike by workers at Rio de Janeiro\u2019s three main airports. The opening of the World Cup has been accompanied by an exceptional deployment of state repression. Brazilian military police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the demonstrations in several cities.<\/p>\n

\"Reports<\/a>
Reports of police repression against protests in many cities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Wall Street Journal reports that Rousseff\u2019s government is spending 1.9 billion reais (US$855 million) on security during the World Cup, with the deployment of 57,000 military troops and around 100,000 police, plus new equipment and weaponry. Not surprisingly, 61 percent of Brazilians think the World Cup is a bad thing for their country according to a poll by the Pew Research Center.<\/p>\n

At the Hong Kong protest, members of Socialist Action presented a letter to Brazil\u2019s Consul General Jos\u00e9 Antonio de Castello Branco de Macedo Soares. They chanted \u201cShame on Sweatshop World Cup,\u201d and \u201cReinstate sacked Metro Workers.\u201d In reply to questioning, the Consul General\u00a0said the the sacking of the Metro workers in S\u00e3o Paulo was a \u201clegal issue\u201d and that Brazil had a \u201csocialist government.\u201d When the protesters expressed scepticism to his description, pointing out that China claims to have a \u2018communist\u2019 government, he replied, \u201cThat\u2019s a different matter!\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the massive protests sweeping Brazil, solidarity actions took place in Germany, India, England, Sweden and several other countries.<\/p>\n

\"Protest<\/a>
Protest at Hong Kong’s Brazilian Consulate on 13 June.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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