Samia Bomfim

JT Scott (L) Samia Bomfim (center) with Ben Ewen-Campen (R) via Twitter

Sâmia de Souza Bomfim is a leader of PSOL, which "was formed in 2004 after Brazil’s Workers' Party (PT), purged its left wing in an effort to pass an austerity-style pension reform. The purged activists regrouped as PSOL."

PSOL Meets with American Members of Congress

Fernanda Melchionna Facebook Post Dated August 14, 2023 (L-R) Taliria Petrone, Nydia Velazquez, Celia Xakriaba, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Samia Bomfim and Fernanda Melchionna

On August 14, 2023, Fernanda Melchionna posted an image with Nydia Velazquez, Celia Xakriaba, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Samia Bomfim and Taliria Petrone on Facebook:

"Very important the support of the US congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in defending our mandates. Preliminary reports of the representations against left-wing MPs begin reading on Wednesday at the Ethics Council. Ocasio-Cortez is in Brazil with a delegation of American congressmen who today participated in a technical meeting at the Commission of the Amazon and Native Peoples. She spoke about the need to defeat the extreme right in the world, including defending feminist, left-wing and fighting mandates."

It was reported at The Nation on August 22, 2023 in an article titled "AOC and Democratic Colleagues Learn Lessons From Latin-America’s Resurgent Left" that the tour included Brazil, Chile, and Colombia. Representatives Ocasio-Cortez and Nydia Velazquez of New York, Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar of Texas, and Maxwell Frost of Florida, along with Senator Bernie Sanders’s chief of staff, Misty Rebik. The trip was sponsored by the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Repeated Call for arrest of Bolsonaro

L-R: Ivan Valente, Fernanda Melchionna, Henrique Vieira, Chico Alencar, Guilherme Boulos, Luciene Cavalcanti, Celia Xakriaba, Samia Bomfim

On February 1, 2023, PSOL leaders called for the arrest of Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil.

PSOL deputies asked this Monday (2/1) that Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court, decree the preventive detention of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) for "encouraging criminal and terrorist acts".

Signatories included Samia Bomfim:

Juliano Medeiros, president of PSOL, and by deputies Guilherme Boulos (SP), Samia Bomfim (SP), Fernanda Melchionna (RS), Ivan Valente (SP), Vivi Reis (PA), Aurea Carolina (MG), Glauber Medeiros (RJ), Luiza Erundina (SP), Taliria Petrone (SP), Erika Hilton (SP), Tarcisio Motta (SP), Chico Alencar (SP), Henrique Vieira (RJ), Celia Xakriaba (MG) and Luciene Cavalcanti (SP).

On February 15, 2023, the PSOL appeal was "reinforced" (translated):

"The PSOL bench in the Chamber of Deputies delivered, on Wednesday (15/2), the, a letter to the Minister of the Supreme Court (STF) Alexandre de Moraes with almost 300 thousand signatures collected by the acronym, to reinforce a request for pre-trial detention to former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), which was filed in the STF on January 2.

"In addition to pre-trial detention, PSOL also calls for some precautionary measures against Bolsonaro: breach of telephone and telematic secrecy; and; search and seizure of evidence and documents to avoid any kind of destruction or concealment of criminal indications, seizure of your passport and suspension of your social networks."

Marx School

Samia Bomfim Facebook post dated March 10, 2020

On May 16, 2020, Samia Bomfim posted about an online Marxist school (translated):

"Part of the Juntos initiative, a new module of the Marx School was launched this week. The theme is Social Service, politics and Marxism, remembering that yesterday was the day of these indispensable social service professionals."

Endorsed by Glenn Greenwald

Samia Bomfim responds to Glenn Greenwald endorsement on Facebook post dated March 10, 2020

Samia Bomfim responds to Glenn Greenwald endorsement on Facebook post dated March 10, 2020 (translated): "It is an honor to have Glenn Greenwald's endorsement for our pre-candidate. I'm confident and excited for the PSOL previews that start this Sunday. It's time for courage!"

Previously, Samia Bomfim referred to Glenn Greenwald and his late husband David Miranda as "warriors" in the face of "hatred" from "some of Bolsonaro's most fanatical supporters."

JT Scott, Samia Bomfim and Ben Ewen-Campen

On Oct 12, 2019, Ben Ewen-Campen tweeted about his meeting with JT Scott and Samia Bomfim:

"Profoundly honored to meet Samia Bomfim the youngest woman ever elected to Brazil’s Congress, an anti-racist feminist hero from the Socialism and Liberation Party PSOL, the same party of slain Rio City Councilor #MarielleFranco @JTforWard2 #MariellePresente"

Socialists in Office: Against Bolsonaro, Against Trump

Socialists in Office: Against Bolsonaro, Against Trump, Thursday, January 24, 2019 7:00 PM 9:00 PM Verso Loft Brooklyn.

Two years after Donald Trump's victory shook the world, Jair Bolsonaro rose in Brazil to solidify the Western Hemisphere's far-right wave. But at the same time, from DSA to the massive #EleNão mobilizations, new social forces are awakening to push it back: forces that are feminist, antiracist, socialist. This event will join the powerful socialist women congresswomen fighting Bolsonaro in Brazil -- and for justice for Marielle Franco -- with NYC-DSA's own Julia Salazar to talk about the insurgent candidacies and militant movements from below that will make socialism's victory over barbarism a reality.

Speakers:

(1) Taliria Petrone (RJ), is one of the few Black women ever elected to Brazil's Federal Congress. A long-time ally of Marielle Franco, Petrone considers herself a Black socialist feminist and has steadily fought for women’s rights, universal public health and education, and against anti-Black genocide.

(2) Samia Bomfim (SP), was elected recently to Brazil's Federal Congress at the age of 27. In 2016, she became the youngest councilwoman in the capital of São Paulo, and rose to political prominence as she battled the proto-fascist youth movement MBL.

(4) Fernanda Melchionna (RS), was recently elected to the Brazilian Federal Congress, garnering the largest amount of votes of any elected official in Rio Grande do Sul.

(5) Julia Salazar is a state senator representing North Brooklyn and an active member of DSA, fighting for a socialist-feminist program for New York.