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Lula is just waiting for the revolution – archive, 1984
30 November 1984: The former lathe operator, now head of Brazil’s newest party, is in London calling for his country’s military rule to be replaced with direct electionsLula is Brazil’s leading trade unionist and head of its newest political party. He talks at length and discursively about the search and the need for “a just and egalitarian society” in Brazil.Then, as he prepares to go, he suddenly unbuttons his shirt, sticks out his ample chest and shows the stencilling on his vest. “Opte,” it says, which means “I have chosen” or “I am committed.” The middle two letters, PT, are picked out in
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