FROM THE JUNE 2013 DAYS TO THE ELECTION OF THE "BROAD FRONT"/2022: THE CRISIS OF BRAZILIAN DEMOCRACY AND THE TACTICS AND STRATEGIES OF LEFT-WING POLITICAL PARTIES

Abstract

This research analyzes the tactics and strategies of the left and its political parties in the Brazilian democratic arena between the "June Days"/2013 and the General Elections in October/2022. It is challenging to write about the categories of Democracy and Left-Wing Political Parties in the Marxian and Marxist spheres, today, due to the process of erosion of democratic rights and freedoms underway in the world, specifically in Brazil. On several occasions and in very different countries, this process has called into question not only the existing democratic institutions and the idea of Democracy, but also affects the parties with left-wing programs and tradition, in their ability to address the problems of the contemporary world, and to propose new alternatives to the status quo. In this work we will outline the fundamental characteristics of Liberal Democracy and the elements that constitute its crisis of legitimacy in the contemporary world and in Brazil, in addition to explaining the tactics and strategies of the Left-Wing Political Parties in the country, taking as a time frame the period from the June 2013 Days to the 3rd victory of Luís Inácio Lula da Silva and the "Broad Front" headed by the Workers' Party (PT).  to the Brazilian executive in 2022. The theoretical and methodological framework that will be used in this research is based on the Marxian theory of understanding reality, having as a parameter the division of society into conflicting social classes and scrutinizing the categories Democracy and Left-Wing Political Parties, in addition to assisting in the historical contextualization of the political transformations that occurred in the period from June 2013 to December 2022.