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by Fernanda Alcântara
Over the past 35 years, the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) has been known worldwide for organizing thousands of landless workers to occupy large estates in order to earn the right to land, health, education and to develop production practices for healthy and agroecological food.
[NOTE: This section usually focusses on the work of FMST. We thought that this article from a mainstream newspaper shows how the view of the MST has changed over time.]
Movement focuses efforts on flags such as agroecology and seeks to gain scale in production
Note: This article is from Antonio Lupo from the Italian Friends of the MST committee
Summary
Agrarian social movements are at a crossroads. Although these movements have made significant strides in advancing the concept
On April 18, 2019, in honor of the International Day of Peasant Struggle, the Family Farm Defenders (a member of La Via Campesina), the Friends of the MST and other allies protested at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). The CME is the private agency that trades in soy, cheese, hogs, animal feed and lumber, among other commodities.
by Charlott
e Casey, Bay Area Friends of the MST
About 100 people gathered in front of the Brazilian consulate in San Francisco on January 18 to protest Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s threats against the Amazon and the indigenous people who live there.
by Maura Silva
