[12/07/07] MST Informa #146: Our Solidarity with the Struggle to Defend "Old Chico"
Dear Friends of the MST,
Agrarian Reform
[11/30/07] MST Informa #145 - Small Scale Sustainable Farmers are Cooling Down the Earth
Current global modes of production, consumption and trade have caused massive environmental destruction including global warming that is putting at risk our planet’s ecosystems and pushing human co
URGENT ACTION NEEDED: MST Activist Killed, Letters Could Help Bring Those Responsible to Justice
Dear Friends of the MST, On October 21 at 1:30 p.m., a Via Campesina encampment located at Syngenta’s 127-hectare farm used for field trials of genetically modified crops in Santa Tereza do Oeste,
[10/23/07] MST's Valmir Mota de Oliveira, aka "Keno", murdered on 10/21/07
[10/23/07] Armed Militia Attacks Via Campesina Encampment and Kills Activist
PRESS RELEASE from VIA CAMPESINA Armed Militia Attacks Via Campesina Encampment and Kills Activist There were no hostages at the site, to the contrary of reports by the Globo News Network.
[10/16/07] Brazil's Landless Movement Raids Paper Companies
BRASILIA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Brazil's militant landless peasants invaded tree plantations of Votorantim and Stora Enso paper companies on Tuesday, destroying saplings as part of a protest against m
[10/09/07] MST Informa #143: Che Lives!
Dear friends of the MST,
[10/8/07] Brazil landless threaten to stop CVRD railroad
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - A group of Brazilian landless peasants threatened on Monday to block a railroad run by mining giant CVRD and halt iron ore shipments from Carajas area in a protest
[09/24/07] MST Informa #142: Once Again We Mobilize for Agrarian Reform
Dear Friends of the MST,
[09/24/2007] FMST in the NEWS: How to be a Good Friend (When You are 4,000 Miles Away). By Patrick Quirk
Since 1985, Brazilian families have in large numbers taken to the MST’s call for “bottom-up” agrarian reform.