Overview
- The Bancada da Esquerda Radical was announced by federal deputy Sâmia Bomfim and launched on Thursday, July 2, as a public articulation linking PSOL and PT figures to act in a coordinated way.
- Its manifesto says defeating the extreme right requires action beyond elections by organizing popular struggles, fighting in the field of ideas, and winning people to a socialist, pro-sovereignty project that defends Brazil’s biomes.
- The initiative names seven founding members from federal, state and municipal posts: Sâmia Bomfim, Glauber Braga, Fernanda Melchionna, Fábio Félix, Renato Freitas, Vivi Reis and Jones Manoel.
- Alongside the manifesto the group published a website to share proposals and said it will broaden ties with militants and social movements; there is no report yet of formal parliamentary bloc recognition or enacted legislation.
- The move could reshape left-wing coordination ahead of 2026 by offering voters a combative, clearly socialist alternative and by pressuring larger left parties to adopt firmer stances on mobilization, environmental policy and opposition to the extreme right.