The social movements' politics for the rural world

Scherer-Warren, Ilse; Pires, Pedro Stoeckli

doi:10.1590/s1413-05802007000100002

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“…Its objectives are to combat the commodification of land reform, fight agribusiness and transnational companies because these want to control seeds, production and agricultural trade, besides keeping workers in the field under labor conditions analogous to slavery and other forms of subordination. MST proposes that agriculture be focused on the domestic market, that it respect the environment and encourages the agricultural cooperation and autonomy of workers [36].…”

Section: Mst and Contag Two Nationwide Movementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, the two largest groups defending peasants (MST and CONTAG) have common goals such as (a) the expropriation of all land holdings belonging to foreign capital and banks; (b) the expropriation of land in which 'modern slavery' is used; (c) both strive for the demarcation of all the lands of indigenous and quilombo communities [36]; and (d) both have national penetration and their members are scattered around the country, unlike most regional agrarian movements.…”

Section: Mst and Contag Two Nationwide Movementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Piece of Land or Peace on the Land: How Much Is a Peasant's Life Worth in Brazil?

Zimerman

2016

Journal of Human Security

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Land inequality in Brazil is alarming and several poor individuals living in rural areas do not have enough income to survive decently. The struggle to access land should lead to a paradigm shift with social movements leading this process since democratization. Their strategies vary, but usually focus on complementary activities of mass mobilization that culminate in the occupation of unproductive land that is not fulfilling its social function in order to force expropriation and the creation of new settlements. This study aims to investigate, through empirical evidence, if such strategies are having the desired effect of allowing the poor to access land, without increasing the already high numbers, and potentially aggravating the violent characteristics, of such disputes. During the Cardoso and Lula presidential administrations the relation between the number of new settlements and the number of deaths caused by land disputes increased. However, there is still a long way to go to improve this policy and achieve positive results. Overall, is this struggle for the reduction of inequality in the Brazilian countryside being won? Is the sacrifice paying off? And what is the price regarding the relation between land conflict victims and the creation of new rural settlements?

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Section: Mst and Contag Two Nationwide Movementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Mst and Contag Two Nationwide Movementsmentioning

confidence: 99%