Editing Workers' Cause Party (section)

== Ideology ==
The PCO supports implementation of [[socialism]], following the [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] branch,<ref name="PCO">{{Cite web|url = https://pco.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Programa-e-Estatuto-PCO.pdf|title = Programa e Estatuto do PCO|date = 30 January 2021|access-date = 6 June 2022|archive-date = 19 June 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220619025844/https://pco.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Programa-e-Estatuto-PCO.pdf|url-status = dead}}</ref> which they regard as the true form of [[Marxism]]. According to them, the Marxist movement was corrupted by [[Stalinism]] and later by social movements such as bourgeois [[feminism]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.marxist.com/rosa-luxemburg-and-the-womens-question.htm | title=Rosa Luxemburg and the women's question – "Marxism in her Bloodstream" | date=15 January 2009 }}</ref> and the [[LGBT movement]], which they term as "identitarian".

The party opposes [[gun control]] policies, saying that ''"The [[bourgeoisie]] is armed. It has the army, the police and all other organs of repression, public or private. The people have nothing. It is defenseless in the face of the war machine of his enemies who control the [[State (polity)|State]]"''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 May 2020 |title=Por que o PCO defende o armamento? |url=https://www.causaoperaria.org.br/rede/dco/opiniao/editoriais/por-que-o-pco-defende-o-armamento/ |access-date=6 June 2022 |website=Diário Causa Operária |language=pt-BR}}</ref> However, the PCO also considers the [[police]] as an oppressive force and favors the formation of a "popular police".

While opposing the [[Worker's Party (Brazil)|PT]] due to that party's controversial alliances in the political and business sectors, the PCO interprets the PT's government as a necessary step in the current Brazilian political context, in order to strengthen workers' organizations. The party also sees the [[impeachment of Dilma Rousseff]] of 2016 as a ''[[coup d'etát]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 September 2017 |title=Veja como participar do ato 11 de outubro em Brasília |url=https://pco.org.br/2017/09/26/veja-como-participar-do-ato-11-de-outubro-em-brasilia/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525140610/https://pco.org.br/2017/09/26/veja-como-participar-do-ato-11-de-outubro-em-brasilia/ |archive-date=25 May 2018 |access-date=26 May 2020 |website=PCO |language=pt-BR}}</ref> and were also against [[Lula]]'s prison in 2018, protesting for his liberty afterwards.

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the PCO supported vaccination efforts while opposing [[mandatory vaccination]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 January 2022 |title=Vacina sim, coação não |url=https://www.causaoperaria.org.br/rede/dco/opiniao/editoriais/vacina-sim-coacao-nao/ |access-date=6 June 2022 |language=pt-BR}}</ref>

The PCO is a staunch supporter of unrestricted [[free speech]], asserting that the people should always be entitled to express their views and opinions, no matter how controversial, offensive or misleading they might be, and that any attempt of [[censorship]] will eventually result in the bourgeoisie controlling the public opinion. The party is unique in the Brazilian left in its opposition to anti-[[fake news]] legislation and the criminalizing of [[homophobia]].

Alleging opposition to [[imperialism]], the PCO supports Palestine in the [[Gaza war]], Venezuela in the [[Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute|Essequibo dispute]] and Russia in the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].