Mobilizing People Power Beyond Elections in Brazil

Mobilizing People Power Beyond Elections in Brazil

For an MST activist, a win for Lula in the upcoming runoff vote against Bolsonaro is only one step in ...
Famílias Sem Terra Resistem no Norte do Brasil

Famílias Sem Terra Resistem no Norte do Brasil

Para uma ocupação do MST, o ataque acelerado à Amazônia sob o governo Bolsonaro intensificou a constante ameaça de desapropriação ...
April 17: Brazil's National Day of Struggle for Agrarian Reform

April 17: Brazil’s National Day of Struggle for Agrarian Reform

On April 17, 1996, close to 1500 rural landless workers began a march to the Pará state capital of Belém, ...
World Bank Takes Aim at Brazil's Landless Movement

World Bank Takes Aim at Brazil’s Landless Movement

This is Brazil, but it isn't Carnaval. There are no sequins or bright feathers here in Rio Novo. Instead, a ...
Brazil’s  Landless Hold Their Ground

Brazil’s Landless Hold Their Ground

Over the past few decades, there have been various forms of popular protest in Latin America against the austerity measures ...
Portraits of MST Settlers

Portraits of MST Settlers

“I was born in Redentor near Tenente Portela in the north of Rio Grande do Sul state. My father farmed ...
New Chance, New Challenge for Brazil's Landless Movement

New Chance, New Challenge for Brazil’s Landless Movement

“We will carry out an ambitious program of agrarian reform that will make land available to thousands and thousands of ...
Homeless Movement Gains Ground

Homeless Movement Gains Ground

Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) is widely regarded as one of the world’s most dynamic mass movements. In the ...