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Podcast: Brazil Unfiltered
Episode: Lula and the American Labor Lawyer: A Friendship without Borders with Stanley Gacek
Description: In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James N. Green spoke with Stanley Gacek, the Senior Advisor for Global Strategies at the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). Stanley is a leading member of the U.S. Network fo Democracy in Brazil and has been on the forefront of many of the international labor issues involving the United States and Brazil for several decades. Over his years of international solidarity work, Stanley developed a close relationship with former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. When Lula was unjustly imprisoned, for over 500 days between 2017 and 2019, Stanley visited him in prison...