Editing Workers' Cause Party (section)

==Controversies and criticism==
The PCO is accused by various media outlets, rival [[Left-wing|leftist]] parties (such as [[Partido dos Trabalhadores|PT]] and [[PSOL]]) and former members of being a [[cult]] and having cult-like behavior, due to the fact that party members seriously defend the ideas of their party, its founder Rui Costa Pimenta and his family (their ideas are considered by detractors as [[reactionary]] and very close to a [[personality cult]], in this case a personality cult around the Costa Pimenta family, the founding family of the PCO).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://veja.abril.com.br/coluna/reinaldo/seita-de-extrema-esquerda-diz-que-e-preciso-impedir-por-todos-os-meios-que-se-cumpram-a-lei-e-a-vontade-dos-estudantes-na-usp/|title=Seita de extrema esquerda diz que é preciso "impedir por todos os meios" que se cumpram a lei e a vontade dos estudantes na USP|website=Revista Veja|date=2011-11-25|access-date=2023-04-04|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://revistaforum.com.br/debates/2023/1/24/os-estranhos-posicionamentos-do-pco-por-francisco-fernandes-ladeira-130479.html|title=Os estranhos posicionamentos do PCO - Por Francisco Fernandes Ladeira|website=Revista Forum|date=24 January 2023 |access-date=2023-04-04|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/colunas/reinaldo-azevedo/2021/07/06/os-protestos-o-impeachment-a-seita-chamada-pco-e-os-agentes-provocadores.htm|title=Protestos legítimos, a seita PCO, os não esquerdistas e agentes infiltrados|website=Uol Notícias|date=2021-07-06|access-date=2023-04-04|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jb.com.br/pais/noticias/2015/07/03/site-do-partido-da-causa-operaria-e-hackeado.html|title=Site do Partido da Causa Operária é hackeado|website=Jornal do Brasil|date=2015-07-03|access-date=2023-04-04|language=pt-br}}</ref>

===Accusations of disrespect for human rights===
Because they support the [[Taliban]], the PCO and its supporters are accused by some progressive movements (mainly [[women's rights movement]]s and [[LGBT movements]]) of disrespecting [[human rights]], as they claim that PCO defends a hostile regime to women and other minorities (such as [[LGBT]]s and non-Muslims) and who make light of the fatal victims who had their rights disrespected by the Taliban.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atribunapiracicabana.com.br/2021/08/16/o-taliba-as-mulheres-e-o-pco/|title=O Talibã, as mulheres e o PCO…|website=A Tribuna Piracicabana|date=2021-08-16|access-date=2023-04-04|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/ideias/quanto-o-pco-recebe-do-fundo-partidario-para-apoiar-os-terroristas-do-taliba/|title=Quanto o PCO recebe do fundo partidário para apoiar os terroristas do Talibã?|website=Gazeta do Povo|date=2021-08-17|access-date=2023-04-04|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogdacidadania.com.br/2021/08/partido-de-esquerda-revolta-ate-esquerda-com-apoio-ao-taleban/|title=Partido de esquerda revolta até esquerda com apoio ao Taleban|website=Blog da Cidadania|date=2021-08-17|access-date=2023-04-04|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://noticias.r7.com/prisma/refletindo-sobre-a-noticia-por-ana-carolina-cury/por-que-parte-da-imprensa-erra-feio-ao-chamar-talibas-de-militantes-28062022|title=Por que parte da imprensa erra feio ao chamar talibãs de militantes|website=R7 Notícias|date=2021-08-17|access-date=2023-04-04|language=pt-br}}</ref>

===Attacks on other left-wing activists===
Despite being a leftist party, the PCO is notorious for its attacks against [[feminists]], [[indigenous rights]] activists, [[landless movement]], students and members of other left-wing parties, who accuse the PCO of [[truculence]] and of having a position similar to [[fascism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brasilsemmedo.com/pco-volta-a-acusar-sonia-guajajara-de-ser-uma-agente-infiltrada-no-governo-lula/|title=PCO volta a acusar Sônia Guajajara de ser uma "agente infiltrada" no governo Lula|website=Brasil Sem Medo|date=2023-03-02|access-date=2023-04-04|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jornalistaslivres.org/pessoas-com-camisas-do-pco-atacam-ativistas-do-mstc-e-carmen-silva/|title=Pessoas com camisas do PCO atacam ativistas do MSTC e Carmen Silva|website=Jornalistas Livres|date=2021-07-04|access-date=2023-04-04|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ocafezinho.com/2021/07/04/violencia-do-pco-deve-ser-repudiada/|title=Violência do PCO deve ser repudiada|website=O Cafézinho|date=2021-07-04|access-date=2023-04-04|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://juntos.org.br/2013/04/basta-das-agressoes-machistas-do-pco-no-movimento-estudantil/|title=BASTA DAS AGRESSÕES MACHISTAS DO PCO NO MOVIMENTO ESTUDANTIL!|website=Juntos|date=2013-04-12|access-date=2023-04-04|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://psol50sp.org.br/2013/04/setorial-de-mulheres-do-psol-repudia-agressoes-machistas-do-pco-no-movimento-estudantil/|title=Setorial de Mulheres do PSOL repudia agressões machistas do PCO no movimento estudantil!|website=PSOL SP|date=2013-04-12|access-date=2023-04-04|language=pt-br}}</ref>

===Accusations of authoritarianism and nepotism===
One of the reasons why the PCO is considered a [[cult]] (according to former members of the party) is due to the fact that the founder and leader of the party, Rui Costa Pimenta controls the PCO in an [[authoritarian]] way, with an iron fist (so that only his ideas and his wishes are respected), in addition to punishing [[Political dissent|detractors]] who are against his ideas (mostly with [[physical abuse]]) and handing over important (high-ranking) positions within the party to three of his children, Natália Pimenta, João Jorge Caproni Costa Pimenta and Carlos Henrique Caproni Pimenta. As a result, former members of the party accuse Costa Pimenta of practicing [[nepotism]], since his three children got positions in the party not on their own merits, but [[Hereditarianism|because they were his sons]] (the youngest of his three children, Carlos Henrique Caproni Pimenta, was appointed to an important position within the party when he was still a teenager).<ref name="Costa Pimenta">{{cite web|url=https://hackmd.io/@mariopedrosa/HyIUFBNrU|title=PCO: reflexões críticas de egressos do Partido|website=Mário Pedrosa|date=2020-03-15|access-date=2023-04-04|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://revistaforum.com.br/brasil/2021/12/28/ex-membros-do-pco-relatam-abusos-perseguio-assedio-ambiente-altamente-policialesco-108049.html|title=Ex-membros do PCO relatam abusos, perseguição e assédio: "Ambiente altamente policialesco"|website=Revista Forum|date=2021-12-28|access-date=2023-04-05|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diariodocentrodomundo.com.br/processos-na-justica-mostram-calotes-do-pco-em-funcionarios-enquanto-lider-viajava-pela-europa-com-familia/|title=Processos na Justiça mostram calotes do PCO em funcionários enquanto líder viajava pela Europa com família|website=Diário do Centro do Mundo|date=2022-01-12|access-date=2023-04-05|language=pt-br}}</ref>