Brazil: Victorious Solidarity Event carried out in the Valdiro Chagas Revolutionary Area, Rondônia
A solidarity event was held in the Valdiro Chagas Revolutionary Area on September 6, covened by the Committee for the Support of the Struggle for Land (CALT) and led by the League of the Poor Peasants (LCP), A Nova Democracia (AND) reports.
The event began inside the Valdiro Chagas Area Popular Assembly Hall, where representatives of the organizations held their speeches, followed by an open forum for the peasants.
The event was attended by the Central Student Directory of UNIR (DCE/UNIR) the Classist Movement of Education Workers (Moclate), the Brazilian Center for Solidarity with Peoples (Cebraspo), the Pastoral Land Commision (CPT), the Revolutionary People’s Student Movement (MEPR), and the People’s Women’s Movement (MFP), and was held in the Valdiro Chagas Area Popular Assembly Hall.
The event celebrated the life of comrade Raimundo Nonato de Souza Gomes, a peasant murdered by the Special Operations Battalion (BOPE), commanded by the murderous General Commander of the Rondônia Military Police (PM), Regis Baguin, in an illegal operation on August 8. In the speeches, the comrade’s combativeness was especially celebrated, as one of the peasants stated in reference to a picture of Raimundo: “See this photo here? One day it could be mine. I may die today, tomorrow, but I will die fighting”.
Speakers also spoke about seemingly invincible forces that was and are being defeated by the organized and combative struggle of the people: the fall of the Nazi-fascist forces in Germany, the Yankee imperialist invasion of Vietnam, and the Zionist imperialist invasion of Palestine.
After the speeches, a group of peasant children living in the area performed two songs. They began by singing the song “Conquistar a Terra” (Conquer the Land) and then sang “O Risco” (The Risk), moving everyone present.
The event concluded with a demonstration: a march around the warehouse, where the peasants, alongside students, teachers and technicians, raised their flags and shouted slogans in defense of the struggle for land.
