MST Folia occupies the streets of Prado in a great celebration for democracy
With joy and irreverence, the MST Folia bloc has drawn important guidelines around the struggle for democracy
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.
Brazilian court upholds corruption charges against Lula
Despite the ruling made yesterday in Porto Alegre, Lula da Silva does not face immediate arrest
or disqualification from the 2018 presidential race.
A Brazilian appellate court on Wednesday upheld a legal appeal filed by former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against a corruption and money laundering conviction issued by a federal judge last July.
“We Will Continue To Take To The Streets To Fight For Democratic Elections and in Defense of the Rights of the Brazilian People”
Over the last week, in Brazil and different parts of the world, hundreds of thousands of us have been mobilizing, handing out flyers, giving public classes, holding vigils, marches, actions, roadblocks and occupations in order to promote dialogue and alert the society about the farcical trial that is being carried out against presidential candidate Lula da Silva Porto Alegre and explaining its significance: it is a prolongation of the coup that began in 2016.
Lula to remain eligible candidate regardless of court decision, experts say
Former President Lula da Silva will qualify as an eligible candidate in the 2018 presidential elections.
Lula’s Witch Trial: Who Are The TRF4 Who Will Judge the Former President of Brazil?
Some are calling it the Coup’s endgame, others the “final battle” for Brasil’s next decade.
Former President Lula, who held office from 2003-2011 has twice the support of his nearest rival to succeed Putschist Michel Temer in the October 2018 elections.
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.
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.
“Brazil has Lost Control Over its Natural Resources Because it has Lost its Sovereignty.” An Interview With MST Leader João Pedro Stédile
To the MST leader, foreign capital controls the country after the institutional coup that 
ousted Dilma.
