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NEW! Artist Donates Artwork to Help Fund the Congress
Brazilian-American artist Aliene de Souza Howell has donated 7 paintings and 2 linocuts to help fund the MST Congress. Complete information on the artworks and how to donate to receive one can be found by clicking HERE.
The Movimento dos Trabalhdores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) will be holding its Sixth Congress in February, 2014 amidst its celebration 
of 30 years of struggle for agrarian reform, social justice and democracy. The movement's 2 million members have spent the last year preparing, debating and discussing in preparation for this historic gathering. Mobilizing 15,000 movement leaders in the capitol Brasilia, the MST will gather to debate and discuss the challenges and next steps in building a more just and equitable Brazil.
The MST is a global leader of social movements of the poor through its leadership in various international movement networks such as Via Campesina International. In the last 30 years, MST has reclaimed 17 million acres of land, which is equivalent to the size of Uruguay. The MST's Sixth National Congress is a space for celebration, exchange and learning for movement leaders around the world.
Events like this are the most important gathering for any social movement, because they can re-energize the members and allies and help to mobilize more people around the issues of agrarian reform and food sovereignty in Brazil
More than ever, we need a strong movement like MST. The MST has been fiercely criminalized by local oligarchies and their international allies in the agribusiness sector. The organization of the 6th Congress will be a public response of the strength of the largest peasant movement in the American continent.
Nevertheless, it takes a lot of resources to hold the Congress. The MST needs funds for transportation, food and lodging. We are reaching out to you because of your knowledge and support of MST in the past. We ask for a contribution towards the organization of the Sixth Congress.
We have set a goal of raising $10,000 for the Congress. We have set up a special donation through a Crowdtilt website. You can access the website by clicking on this icon:
For more information on the Sixth Congress and prior MST Congresses, click HERE.
In an historic trial, a jury sentenced ruralista Mark Prochet to 15 years and nine months in prison for second degree murder, resorting to
the defense that the victim was indefensible and had concealed other crimes. The trial ended around 10:00 pm and was attended by over 200 people in the 2nd Circuit Court in Curitiba, Paraná.
The widow and son of Sebastião Camargo, murdered 15 years ago, attended the entire trial. For Cesar...
by Joao Pedro Stedile, National Coordination of the MST
It is usual to take advantage of the year-end period, forever doing the critical balance of losses, achievements and progress in the various sectors of activities of our society.
Unfortunately for workers who live in the countryside the balance of 2013 is anything but optimistic. Briefly we could track several defeats that the movement of capital in imposed....
Dear Comrades José Dirceu and José Genoíno,
The National Directorate of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) has been following with indignation the Judgment of Exception and unjust conviction.
We vehemently repudiate the action of the Brazilian judiciary, especially the Supreme Court (STF), servant to the ruling class in thecountry, which for years has been acting against the working class, social movements and political struggle.
For Social Movements, criminalization is a retreat from democratic gains obtained through the historical struggles of the...
Sem Terrinha’s (Children of the MST) event began in Alagoas with games and...
Last Tuesday morning (10/15), 5000 peasants, members of the MPA (The Small Farmers Movement), occupied Monsanto’s 36th Research Unit located at the Nilo Coelho irrigation district in Petrolina, in the northeast of Brazil.
The occupation happened as a way to bring attention to the social and ecological impacts caused by the company’s activities, especially in regards to the production of genetically...
