Campaign for the Annulment of Lula's Trials
Dear Comrades and Friends of MST:
The MST requests an URGENT ACTION from all of you, who fight for a democratic and free world.
Justice denies eviction of Quilombo Campo Grande encampment
The Court considered that the company claiming the land had already given up its possession at a conciliation meeting July 12, 2019.
The Minas Gerais Court of Justice (TJMG) decided on Thursday (July 11) to suspend the reintegration of the Quilombo Campo Grande encampment, located in the municipality of Campo do Meio, in the south of the state.
General strike ends with mobilizations in 380 cities against pension reform
Friday (June 14) was marked by stoppages and street acts; CUT estimates 45 million workers involved
Mass protests close out General Strike against Bolsonaro's pension reforms
Strikers made stoppages in public transportation, blocked roads and organized street demonstrations in 380 cities
The streets answered with a resounding “no” to Jair Bolsonaro’s proposition of pension reform, to his intentions of restraining rights, and to the continuity of attacks against the people that have been happening since Michel Temer’s coup d’etat in 2016.
Reports confirm political bias behind legal persecution of Lula
The reports confirm the suspicion that the incarceration of former president Lula had deep political motivations
Marielle Vive Encampment
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 land on the rolling green hills near Campinas, São Paulo state. The occupation established an encampment named Marielle Vive (Marielle Lives) in honor of the slain fighter for justice for women, Afro-Brazilians and the LBGTQ community.
All Brazilian states hold demonstrations in defense of education, against Bolsonaro
More than one million people took part in protests against education budget cuts and the pension reform
SPECIAL REPORT: BRAZIL EDUCATION IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Annual camp gathers 4,000 indigenous demonstrators in Brasília for right to land
Police forced the group to change the location of the event; national security forces were used
Representing around 150 indigenous peoples from Brazil, approximately 4,000 people gathered on Wednesday in Brasília to set up the Terra Livre (“Free Land”) Camp.