Socialist Workers' Current ( pt, Corrente Socialista dos Trabalhadores, CST) is a far-left

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political organisation in

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, created in 1992 by a split of the Socialist Convergence. CST is an active tendency of the

Socialism and Liberty Party The Socialism and Liberty Party ( pt-BR, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade , PSOL ) is a left-wing political party in Brazil. The party describes itself as socialist and democratic. The party leader is Juliano Medeiros and the federal deputies I ...

(PSOL) and the Brazilian section of the International Workers' Unity – Fourth International. CST split from Worker's Party (PT) when its federal deputy Babá was expelled from PT, after voting against the pension reform proposed by ex-president Lula. Among the largest currents in PSOL, CST is the most leftist tendency."O PSOL e os dilemas estratégicos da nova esquerda radical do Brasil"

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, 2011. Julio Cesar Gonçalves da Silva.

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Socialist Workers' Current (CST-PSOL)International Workers' Unity – Fourth International (IWU-FI)
1992 establishments in Brazil Factions and associate parties of the Socialism and Liberty Party Far-left political parties Far-left politics in Brazil International Workers' Unity – Fourth International Organizations established in 1992 Trotskyist organisations in Brazil {{Brazil-party-stub