A-Infos (en) Brazil, UAF-IFA: May 1st, 2026: We haven't even started yet. (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

By consensus, the entire UAF (Anarchist Federalist Union) mobilized 
around the initiative proposed by the Federação Anarquista Capixaba 
(FACA) to carry out a week of propaganda and struggle with the working 
class across our immense Brazilian territory on this first of May, 2026. 
---- We carried out posters, leafleting, and discussion circles. We 
recalled the history of May Day, highlighted the current destruction of 
jobs, hyper-exploitation, the annihilation of part of the workforce by 
machines, robots, and artificial intelligence. We firmly denounced the 
continuity and advance of fascism in Brazil. We discussed the trade 
union situation and the need to have workers' associations that serve 
the interests of workers, not union elites or political parties.

As a result of the historical struggle of workers (men and women), we 
highlighted the need to reduce the 6×1 shift schedule, reduce the 
working day, win better wages, and combat moral harassment - today one 
of the most used tools to exploit and control the working class - 
whether in the private or public sector.

We denounced the widespread hatred in the National Congress, in the 
Brazilian Executive and Judiciary, in schools, and on social networks, 
associated with the authoritarian legacy and torture of the Military 
Dictatorship in Brazil, which adds to the growing militarization of 
society. This is notable in the proliferation of urban paramilitary 
militias, agribusiness militias, evangelical militias, neo-Nazis, and 
drug trafficking. All of this is spread with impunity and massively by 
technology companies - supporters of the cult of hatred, whether by 
broadcasting animal torture or aggression against homeless people.

Our May Day 2026 action, carried out by working women and men, took this 
message of reflection and action to the state of Espírito Santo, in the 
cities of Vitória, Vargem Alta, Alegre, Piúma, Marataízes, Itapemirim, 
Cachoeiro de Itapemirim; to Minas Gerais, in the cities of Contagem and 
Lajinha; to Rio de Janeiro, in the cities of Bom Jesus do Itabapoana and 
Campos dos Goytacazes; and to Bahia, in Mata de São João and Salvador. 
(Some photos follow).

We haven't even started yet. Because it didn't begin on May 1st, 2026, 
and it didn't end on July 19th, 1936. We will continue working to create 
tools that strengthen the working class to achieve liberation from 
capitalist super-exploitation, so that education promotes fraternity and 
society achieves equality.

Without working people, without the working class, life on the planet 
will remain threatened for the benefit of capitalist elites.

Anarchist Federalist Union
May 2nd, 2026.

https://uafbr.noblogs.org/post/2026/05/05/1m-2026-a-gente-ainda-nem-comecou/
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