Por Que Você Está Na Rua? / Why are You in The Streets?

17th June 2013 Thousands of Brazilians came down to the streets. More than 100,000 people just in Rio de Janeiro. Why? We are not soap opera. We are real. Come down, come down to the streets, come down If things can be changed I want to be part of that. We can't just sit at home anymore. If there's the option to come here to scream and bother the city to show that this is not cool That this is not the country I wanted for myself as a citizen Then, I'm going to be part of this process. If it doesn't reduce we will be here. All of us. Rio will stop! They are increasing everything, selling Rio de Janeiro. How are we gonna live if Rio is being made for foreigners and not for us? What is this city that I'm living in? For whom? Rio de Janeiro for whom? I have to fight for my rights and the rights of the people. We are a very large community that needs to struggle to get what we want! I'm here because I'm the least political person I know And even I am outraged with the way people who want to protest are being treated in this country. I think the least we have is the right to say we don't agree. With the increase of bus fares, with the priority to the World Cup, With tourists being more important than Brazilians, with whatever. Against PEC 37 (bill that takes away the power of investigation of the Public Ministry). They're trying a coup on us, you know? It's not just because of the 20 cents. We are not being manipulated anymore, now we have access to information And we will fight for what we are getting to know. I have already done this when I was a student. More than 20 years ago and little has changed in Brazil. That's why it is necessary that the young people come to the streets again. To stop with the arbitrariness and with those ill intentioned who robs us, who steal public patrimony. Why not come to the streets? Everything is wrong in this country for a while now, we complain about everything for so long. Now we came! They said our generation was passive, that was on Facebook all the time. Now we are here. Cabral (governor of Rio de Janeiro state), you are the next! Paes (mayor of Rio), go f*%# yourself! Feliciano (deputy and author of a bill project that aims to "cure" gay people), f*%# you! I'm gonna think that is everything settled, that everything is solved? No! I have children, I intend to have grandchildren and I want a better country. And this now is not the best. People are reacting, they are tired of suffering. It's more than fair to protest, right? I'm moved because this is the revolution of my generation. This is a change and we can't ever stop, because this is our right. Some talk about depredation in the movement, I'm totally against it. But what about the depredations they do when robbing our millions, which will all go down the stadiums drains? We can't allow it. This is it. For love. Yes, that's it. Rio is awake, Rio is awake This is the first time I see people getting together to protest about something in this country. We know it's not just about 20 cents, but these 20 cents at least we are going to be able to get. I'm in the streets because it's the first time my children wants to be here. I'm a teacher, a mother, I fight for a better world and I think it is unrighteousness everything that is happening. We are in the streets because of the PEC 37, because of Marcos Feliciano. We are in the streets because we can't handle those guys dancing in our heads anymore. And I am a mother. I am here with my children. The priority is all wrong! Each World Cup stadium can be replaced for thousands of schools. With schools you prepare citizens, you prepare all these kids this country is in need. With schools you have the future. Without schools you have a bunch of animals, you have electoral pen. And that's what they want. We want less World Cup and more rights. Less repression. All of this. Is that enough? I want to see! This march is better than carnival, isn't it? It's so cheerful! I am capoeirista, I enjoy partying, I enjoy fighting, I enjoy victory. Out with Sergio Cabral! Eduardo Paes, never again! It's not Turkey, it's not Greece, it's Brazil coming out of inertia! I am here because I can't stand how shameful this country is, you know? This city is absolutely sold out to interests that are not of the people. This interest comes from those who will gain on top of everything that is happening. We have to go to the streets. This is our place! We need a political reform, now. We know since always that owners of bus companies and construction contractors have financed politic campaigns. All politicians rule in favor of lobbyists and not for the people. Politicians rule in favor of those who supported them and we are not the ones that put them there. It was those that funded their campaign. Because we can't stay at home completely oblivious to what is happening. The representation of power is here. This is power. This is people. This is to say what we need to say and fight for our rights. It's been always like that. The idea of fight belongs to us. We can't deny that. This is our fundamental right as a political being, as a human being.