Workers' Cause Party

Workers' Cause Party Partido da Causa Operária
President	Rui Costa Pimenta
Founded	1995
Ideology	Communism, Trotskyism
Political position	Far-left
International affiliation	none
Colours	Red
Website
Official website
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Workers Cause Party (Portuguese: Partido da Causa Operária, PCO) is a political party in Brazil. Its origins can be traced back to 1978. On that year, several Trotskyist militants who were not satisfied with the socialist international^{[clarification needed]} united under the name Tendência Trotskista do Brasil (Brazilian Trotskyist Tendency, TTB). However, it was only established in 1995.

History

In 1980, this organization united itself with the newly formed Worker's Party (PT), becoming very involved in that decade's municipal and state elections, with several mayors and state representatives elected.

In 1990 and 1991, however, several TTB members were expelled from the PT due to their non-commitment to the Party's statutes. After that, the PCO was officially organized and founded in 1995.^[1]

Currently, the PCO maintains the same Trotskyist policies of its foundation.

Youth wing

The youth wing of the party is the Revolutionary Youth Alliance (AJR).

Electoral results

Presidential elections

Year	Candidate	Votes	%
2002	Rui Costa	38,619	0.04%
2006	Rui Costa	0	0%
2010	Rui Costa	12,206	0.01%
2014	Rui Costa	12,324	0.01%

References

^ Template:Pt icon Historical note about the PCO

External links

Media related to Partido da Causa Operária at Wikimedia Commons

Template:Pt icon Partido da Causa Operária official website

Preceded by 28 - BRLP (PRTB)	Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties 29 - WCP (PCO)	Succeeded by 31 - HPS (PHS)

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