“Out, Bolsonaro!” and The Cry of the Excluded mobilize 200 cities against hunger
Food donations and repudiation of coup threats marked acts that brought together 300,000 people in Brazil
MST and Working Class Unity
Literacy and Agroecology Campaign: solidarity and hope among African peoples
The MST Internationalist Brigade Samora Machel in Zambia has been active in Africa since 2008, on the fronts of education, agroecology and women's organization
The MST Internationalist Brigade Samora Machel, located in Zambia, has been active in Africa since 2008. To bring solidarity to the peoples of the mother continent, the Brigade has worked on three central axes: education, agroecology and women's organization.
MST pays tribute to Pedro Casaldáliga on the 93rd anniversary of his birth
Landless workers of the MST celebrate his birth by continuing their legacy of humility and rebellion
This Tuesday (February 16th), the “bishop of the people” of the Prelature of São Félix do Araguaia in Mato Grosso, Dom Pedro Casaldáliga, would have turned 93 years old. The landless workers of the MST celebrate his birth by continuing his legacy of humility and rebellion.
Bolsonaro's attack on the elderly includes pensions, cuts in the BPC and breaking of the quarantine
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.
To fight the crisis, entities defend taxing the rich foreseeing R$270 billion
Changes in the national system focused on taxing income and patrimony; cities and states would get R$100 billion
Social movements release plan with 60 measures against covid-19 and economic crisis
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.]
Oil workers go on indefinite strike against mass layoffs and dismantling of Petrobras
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.
It is necessary to prevent the Paulo Freire Training Center from being destroyed
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.
Article | Meeting in NYC exposes collusion of Brazil’s Three Powers and investors
Brazilian speaker of lower house, head of Senate, Supreme Court justice, and governor met with investors in US bank
MST celebrates 35 years of struggle and resistance
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.