After 60 hours of resistance, MST camp is violently evicted

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After 60 hours of resistance, MST camp is violently evicted

Police destroyed 20-year-old homes and agroecological crops during the violent eviction

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Police set fire to MST camp during eviction

The 450 landless families have been resisting the eviction for more than 30 hours in the state of Minas Gerais

Mobilizing

Venezuela combats hunger and malnutrition with a network of 3,000 restaurants

Meet the “Patriotic Cooks”, women who prepare meals in community Food Halls

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Brazil reaches the grim milestone of 100,000 covid-19 deaths

Also featured: Aid for small farmers is approved by the Senate and the accelerating destruction of Brazil’s Highlands

Memory

100 years of Florestan Fernandes, a theoretician who served the working class

The sociologist who took his class origins to the pages, saw revolution as essential for the transformation of Brazil

Finapop

MST partners with financier to fund co-ops at low rates in Brazil’s northeast

The initiative seeks to offer funding to cooperatives at lower interest rates than banks

Rural Workers

Faced with the pandemic and a decrease in sales, farmers incur losses and seek aid

A drop in production and difficulty in repaying debts are now the reality of rural residents impacted by the crisis

Resistance

To defend life, people of the “sacred grounds” release anti-Bolsonaro manifesto

Religions with African roots join social movements in the defense of democracy and for the president’s impeachment

Solidarity

To combat “hunger pandemic” MST has donated more than 600 tons of food

Kelli Mafort, one of the movement’s leaders, reinforces the importance of solidarity in order to save lives

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VIDEO | Far-right Bolsonaro supporters attack journalists and healthcare workers

While ultra conservative supporters of Jair Bolsonaro assault people, social movements in Brazil distribute food

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