In Cuiabá, peasant women march to defend social rights
During the march, an act was also carried out in front of the Federal Public Ministry to demand from this institution an action aimed at defending the collective rights of society.
March 8th Struggles in Pernambuco
Focus of the actions is the fight against the proposal of reform of the Social Security, of the coup government of Michel Temer.
Finally came the 8th of March, a date so expected by all popular movements, and this year has assumed a character of confrontation with the agenda of the coup government, which seeks to deepen the gender inequalities already so entrenched in our society.
Landless Women march in Santa Catarina on National Day of Struggles
In the municipality of Chapecó, about 5,000 protesters marched through the city's streets in order to dialogue with the population and add strength to the mobilizations taking place across the country on March 8, 2017, International Women’s Day.
MST adopts the FORTALEZA MANIFESTO
With representations of the five regions of the country, more than 400 militants of the MST met 
in Fortaleza-CE for the meeting of the National Coordination of the Movement, between January 23 and 27, 2017. With deep reflections, dialogue and a lot of excitement in a revolutionary mística, the Movement's whole team deliberated on an extensive calendar of struggles to confront the threats to social rights carried out by coup president Michel Temer.
Cuban method of literacy seeks to end illiteracy in 11 MST areas in Bahia
A national brigade was created with the aim of organizing people’s educators to act in their respective states in a campaign that aims to eliminate illiteracy in all areas of the Movement
Education is a powerful weapon that can change the world and it is from this principle that the popular struggle is strengthened in opposition to the model of exploitation of the working class by capital.
Brazil’s Senate Passes PEC 55 Austerity Bill / Police Repression in Brasilia
In his short time in office as an un-elected president, Temer has tried to roll back progressive measures carried out by Worker’s Party leaders.
The Brazilian senate has voted 65 to 14 for PEC 55, an austerity measure that will limit social spending for the next 20 years.
At the ALBA Movements Assembly in Colombia, Joao Pedro Stedile Says: “In the current stage our only task is to increase organization and mass struggle”
Last Thursday, in the framework of the II Continental Assembly of Social Movements Towards
the ALBA, the first panel of speakers was led by the representative of the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) of Brazil, João Pedro Stedile, who offered a master class titled “Political juncture: neoliberalism, neodevelopmentalism and socialism in our continent”.
Rural Organizations Maintain Continuity of Mobilizations after Unified Encampment
The day mobilized 30,000 people in 14 states plus the Federal District, with land occupations, public buildings and marches held by a broad unity of the movements of the countryside
Occupations and roadblocks on the “Days of Unified Struggle of Rural Workers”
This week, popular movements, unions, and religious organizations who work in rural areas
carried out the “Days of Unified Struggle of Rural Workers.” The days of struggle involved building occupations and blockade of roads — which started on Monday, Sept. 5, and ended on Thursday, Sept. 7.
Major U.S. Labor, Human Rights, Environmental and Women’s Organizations Denounce “Legislative Coup” Against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
As the Olympic Games come to a close in Rio de Janeiro, non-governmental organizations and unions in the United States are condemning the impeachment process against Brazil’s president. A public statement released today states: “We, the undersigned organizations, support democracy in Brazil and denounce the forced removal of Brazil’s elected president, Dilma Rousseff, as well as the criminalization and repression of Brazilian social movements.”
