The other side of the land of coal: MST settlements, agroecology and salvaged lives
Besides the production of seedlings of native trees, the world of settlements throughout the territories of Candiota, Hulha Negra and Aceguá is associated with the production of agroecological seeds and the preservation of native seeds.
Article and Photos By: Marco Weissheimer
The Sul21: The MST-16 February 2018
Slave Labor, Deforestation and Greed Create Crisis in Brazilian Countryside
Many believe agribusiness pulled Brazil out of the worst recession in its history. Estimates for 2017 register a scant 0.4% growth after four years of crisis, according to the Boletim Focus from the National Central Bank. Agribusiness represents almost 23% of Brazil’s GDP.
'I used to see them as a bunch of rioters': Brazil's radical farmers
Landless workers who occupied disused and degraded farmland were finally given plots – and have transformed them into fields of bounty through agroforestry.
One day in 2005, Zaqueu Miguel was driving his bus through the outskirts of the city of Ribeirão Preto, in south-east Brazil, when he noticed a group of people camped near a rural property.
MST grieves murder of a leader: “the shedding of workers’ blood is one more reason to fight”
Last Wednesday night, on January 24, the Landless Workers’ Movement of Brazil received the heartbreaking news that another comrade had been murdered.
Márcio Matos, MST leader who was involved in the political struggles of the state of Bahia, was found dead in his home in the Boa Sorte settlement, in the Chapada Diamantin region. According to reports by family and friends, the leader was killed with three shots, in the presence of his son.
Send a Message of Solidarity with Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's appeal from his conviction for corruption will be before the Regional Federal Court in Port Alegre on January 24. As is clear from articles analyzing Lula's conviction, there is ample reason to claim that that the conviction is purely political in nature and not based on the facts or the law.
Former President Lula and the MST inaugurate a soccer field in Brazil
Former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, participated this Saturday in the 
inauguration of the football field “Dr. Sócrates Brasileiro” of the National School Florestan Fernandes of the Landless Rural Worker’s Movement (MST) in Guararema, Sao Paulo.
The field is an homage to Socrates, a football player known for opposing the civic-military dictatorship in the country.
URGENT: A call for solidarity against forced evictions of MST camps in northern Brazil
Dear comrades,
An aggressive attack is being waged against MST landless peasants in the northern state of Pará, Brazil.
Thousands of workers mobilize against labor and pension reforms
Nation-wide protests are taking place to denounce President Temer’s deeply unpopular labor and pension laws
Thousands of Brazilian workers took to the streets on Friday to protest controversial changes to the country’s labor laws, which critics fear will undermine collective bargaining agreements, reduce the power of unions and weaken job security for Brazilian workers.
MST land activists to win prestigious agroecology award
The Landless Worker’s Movement (MST) will be awarded the Juliana Santilli prize for conservation and agro-ecology.
Members of Brazil’s largest social movement the Landless Worker’s Movement (MST) will be awarded the Juliana Santilli prize for conservation and sustainable use of agro-biodiversity.