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The Political Ecology of Education: Brazil's Landless Workers Movement and the Politics of Education
Summary
Agrarian social movements are at a crossroads. Although these movements have made significant strides in advancing the concept
of food sovereignty, the reality is...
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,...
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...
by Charlott
e Casey, Bay Area Friends of the MST
About 100 people gathered in front of the Brazilian consulate...
by Maura Silva
"What would this world be without activists? What would the human condition be like if there were no activists? Not because the activists are perfect, because they are always right or because they are...
Anthony Pahnke, a member of the FMST's National Coordination, has authored a new book on 
the Landless Workers Movement. The book -Brazil's Long Revolution: Radical Achievements of the Landless Workers Movement - is...
Demonstrations were held in Washington D.C. and Boston on August 13, 2018 in conjunction with the international day in support of FREE LULA! The demonstrations were organized by Brazilians for Democracy and Social Justice.
Washington D.C.
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Just a few days after the Free Lula vigil in Curitiba, Brazil marked its one month anniversary, I visited the site to...