What's behind the attack against Brazil's Landless Rural Workers' Movement?
By Peoples Dispatch May 11, 2023
In the Atalaia, Alagoas, the Carlos Marighella Brigade of the MST, organized tree planting next to the Paraíba River. Photo: Mykesio Max
The Chamber of Deputies, dominated by the right, has set up a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry to investigate “the real purpose” of the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement
The Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST), Brazil’s largest social organization and a major force for land reform, is under attack from the country’s conservative forces in the parliament and the mass media.
On April 26, the Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress, dominated by right-wing opposition parties, approved the establishment of a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) to investigate “the activities,” “the real purpose,” and “the means of funding” of the MST.
The announcement came amid the movement’s National Commemoration of Struggles in Defense of Agrarian Reform. On this occasion, the movement organizes activities to “reaffirm the centrality of the struggle for land in Brazil and the importance of implementing an Agrarian Reform project to develop the countryside, produce healthy food, and combat hunger.”
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