MST and Working Class Unity

Expansion of emergency basic income for poor elderly was approved by the Senate, but vetoed by the president

It is not new, with the COVID-19 pandemic, that the living conditions of the elderly and retirees have been worsening in Brazil. During the government of Jair Bolsonaro (without a party), the country has been witnessing measures such as the pension reform, approved by the National Congress in October 2019.

Changes in the national system focused on taxing income and patrimony; cities and states would get R$100 billion

Proposed actions seek to “protect life, health, jobs and income”

[NOTE: We have attached the EMERGENCY PLATFORM TO COMBAT THECORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND THE BRAZILIAN CRISIS, translated into English by Friends of the MST.]

State-run company is selling 8 refineries, thousands of miles of pipelines, and fuel distributors

Workers at the Brazilian oil company Petrobras will go on an indefinite nationwide strike starting Saturday (February 1) at midnight, the Unified Federation of Oil Workers (FUP) and its 13 unions informed the state-run oil giant’s management.

Opinion by: Marília Arraes, Federal Congresswoman, Worker’s Party, Pernambuco

The story is long and more like a script from those horror movies that make us lose sleep.

Brazilian speaker of lower house, head of Senate, Supreme Court justice, and governor met with investors in US bank

Bringing together some 400 Movement members, the political event in honor of the MST's 35 years of existence was attended by parliamentarians, representatives of popular movements, university professors and friends of the organization.

During the event, the MST launched the "Letter to the Brazilian People", addressing the Movement's position in the current Brazilian and international political situation.

People across the world have responded with outrage, sadness, and grief to the assassination of Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Pedro Gomes on Wednesday night in Rio de Janeiro. Marielle Franco was a councilwoman from the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and an activist who opposed the militarization of poor neighborhoods.

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