News and Updates: MST Occupations and Demonstrations
On March 14, 2018, Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes were gunned down on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. On April 14, 2018, a determined group of landless workers began an occupation of unproductive...
More than one million people took part in protests against education budget cuts and the pension reform
Hundreds of thousands of school and university students, teachers, professors, and staff took...
Demonstrations will honor the 19 victims of the Carajás Massacre, killed by the military police 23 years ago on Apr. 17
People’s movements, unions, and federations of rural workers are...
In a follow up to the massive nationwide protests on International Women's Day, the women from the MST occupied the farm of a known sexual abuser and blocked the train tracks of the Vale company, responsible for the deaths of over 300 people from the bursting of a dam in Minas Gerais. We bring you both these stories.
...We bring you two articles on the demonstrations and celebrations of International Women's Day. The articles detail the actions of the MST and other social movements throughout Brazil.
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During the campaign of struggle, women from the countryside and the city unite against the violence and setbacks of the Bolsonaro government.
by Maura Silva
The strength of women is kicking off the year of major mobilizations in the country. Under the...
After 24 days of resistance against the injunction that ordered the eviction of the Quilombo Campo Grande Camp families, Judge Marcos Henrique Caldeira Brant suspended the decision of the Agrarian Court. He considered that the...
MST’s Débora Nunes talks about campaign against Bolsonaro, threats of a fascist presidency and international solidarity
On October 28, Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil. The...
Landless workers’ leader spoke with Brasil de Fato on the next steps for the left after Jair Bolsonaro’s victory
"We leave this process with closer ties and organized capacity and...
Law expert Ludimar Rafanhin says president Michel Temer may rush to pass proposed reform after runoff election
Ludimar Rafanhin, a lawyer and expert in Public Law and public pension, spoke with...