Editing Workers' Cause Party (section)

==History==

In 1980, this organization united itself with the newly formed [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] (PT), becoming very involved in that decade's municipal and state [[election]]s, with several [[mayor]]s and state representatives elected.

In 1990 and 1991, however, several TTB members were expelled from the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|PT]] due to their non-commitment to the Party's [[statute]]s. After that, the PCO was officially organized and founded in 1995.<ref>{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.pco.org.br/pco/notas.htm?target=/ Historical note about the PCO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040101173023/http://pco.org.br/pco/notas.htm?target=/ |date=2004-01-01 }}</ref>

In 2006, the candidacy of Rui Costa Pimenta to presidency was abrogated by the [[Superior Electoral Court]].

In 2018, PCO supported the bid of [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] ([[Workers' Party (Brazil)|PT]]), [[Fernando Haddad]] ([[Workers' Party (Brazil)|PT]]) and [[Manuela d'Ávila|Manuela D'Ávilla]] ([[Communist Party of Brazil|PCdoB]]) informally and critically, refusing the invitation to compose the coalition ([[Workers' Party (Brazil)|PT]], [[Communist Party of Brazil|PCdoB]] and [[Republican Party of the Social Order|PROS]]) officially.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Filho |first=Paulo |date=17 August 2018 |title=A posição do PCO sobre a candidatura Lula |url=https://www.causaoperaria.org.br/a-posicao-do-pco-sobre-a-candidatura-lula/ |access-date=26 May 2020 |website=Diário Causa Operária |language=pt-BR}}</ref>

In 2020, PCO suffered a [[cyber attack]] resulting in the loss of more than four thousand articles in its website.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 May 2020 |title=Statement from the Worker's Cause Party about the hacker attack |url=https://www.causaoperaria.org.br/artigo/statement-from-the-workerscause-party-about-the-hacker-attack/ |access-date=6 June 2022 |website=Diário Causa Operária |language=pt-BR}}</ref>

In August 2021, PCO expressed support to the [[Taliban]] about their "victory over [[American imperialism]]", considering it "a victory for all oppressed people".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Twitter of the PCO|url= https://twitter.com/pco29/status/1426634985012932612 }}</ref> The party has also praised [[Osama bin Laden]], the leader of [[Al-Qaeda]], describing him as "an example of selflessness, conviction, disposition" in the struggle for "the freedom of his people".<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 August 2021 |title=Viva Osama contra Obama, viva Bin Laden contra Biden! • Diário Causa Operária |url=https://www.causaoperaria.org.br/rede/dco/opiniao/colunistas/coluna-187/ |access-date=6 September 2021 |website=www.causaoperaria.org.br |language=pt-BR}}</ref> the PCO however follows the traditional trotskyist position of being against individual terrorism as its method of political struggle.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 January 2023 |title=Trótski: por que os marxistas se opõem ao terrorismo individual • Diário Causa Operária |url=https://causaoperaria.org.br/2023/trotski-por-que-os-marxistas-se-opoem-ao-terrorismo-individual/ |access-date=24 August 2023 |language=pt-BR}}</ref> The PCO also argues that the Taliban ideology and practices are "an expression of the profound social backwardness of that people", it sees the need to support any movement of national liberation against US lead imperialism.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 August 2021 |title=Três pessoas e uma arma: uma homenagem ao cemitério de impérios • Diário Causa Operária |url=https://causaoperaria.org.br/2021/tres-pessoas-e-uma-arma-uma-homenagem-ao-cemiterio-de-imperios/ |access-date=24 August 2023 |language=pt-BR}}</ref>

In 2022, the PCO supported the candidacy of [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] in the  [[2022 Brazilian general election]], it however choose not to participate in the formal coalition or in any of the campaign committees because of divergences and repeated criticism of the program of the coalition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Comprova |first=Projeto |date=29 September 2022 |title=Proposta de "esconder" Alckmin é do PCO, não tem relação com o PT |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/comprova/ultimas-noticias/2022/10/29/proposta-de-esconder-alckmin-e-do-pco-nao-tem-relacao-com-o-pt.htm#:~:text=Apesar%20de%20ser%20um%20partido,imprensa%20do%20PT%20ao%20Comprova |access-date=24 August 2023 |website=Uol - Universo Online |language=pt}}</ref>