Book, Four decades with Lula: the power of walking together[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. Clara Levin Ant has been with Lula since long before he became president. Their paths crossed in the 1970s, when both made history in the trade union movement, and became even closer from 1990 onwards, when Clara began to advise Lula and work directly in the PT. At the time of the first electoral campaigns for the presidency, Clara participated in the organization of one of the party's most important activities: the Citizenship Caravans, which allowed Lula to see up close the suffering of the people and the neglect of a large part of the authorities towards poor regions. from all over Brazil. But Clara's struggle goes back even further. Daughter of Polish Jewish survivors of the Second World War, she arrived in Brazil in 1958, at the age of 10. His family, who had taken refuge in Bolivia and feared continuing to live in the political instability of that time, believed they had found a promising scenario in Kubitschek's Brazil to settle down. In 1964, however, the military coup led the country to the period of greatest political repression in national history. Aligned with resistance movements since she was young, Clara put down roots in trade unionism, fighting for the rescue of democracy and the vital need for survival of workers in Brazil. Since 2003, when she became a special advisor to the first president of the Republic of working-class origin, Clara Ant has had direct and constant access to Lula and his political agenda. This book tells the story of more than four decades of struggle for democracy and social justice, narrated from the perspective of a woman who participated from the height of social movements and trade unionism to the founding of the PT and CUT, the arrival of Lula to the presidency, his prison and his freedom. Four Decades with Lula has cover texts by writer and journalist Lira Neto and professor Fátima Bezerra, governor of Rio Grande do Norte. __________________________________________________________ "Clara Ant reviews her public performance, which is intertwined with the recent history of our country. It is the sensitive look and precious testimony of someone who lived behind the scenes of each of these episodes as the protagonist and permanent ally of the political leader who, alongside Getúlio Vargas, he is without a doubt the most fascinating character in Brazilian republican history." Lira Neto, journalist and writer "Popular causes are Clara Ant's obsession. Alongside President Lula, she was much more than an advisor, working with body and soul in structuring and implementing transformative policies, such as the Zero Hunger program. " Professor Fátima Bezerra, governor of Rio Grande do Norte