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Jesus Carlos's 1979 Metalworkers' Strikes: Documenting History

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Jesus Carlos's 1979 Metalworkers' Strikes: Documenting History

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Jesus Carlos photographed the São Paulo metalworkers' strikes of 1979-80 on a 24mm lens, building a body of work that documented the mass gatherings credited with pushing Brazil toward democracy. The Guardian revisits that archive alongside Lula's return to the same site for his current campaign.

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