Solidarity Economy in Latin America/Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra

Location (country, city or region): Brazil

Website or Social Media links: https://mst.org.br/

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Details of the Work

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Goals or Focus

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MST defines its goals as access to the land for poor workers through land reform in Brazil and activism around social issues that make land ownership more difficult to achieve, such as unequal income distribution, racism, sexism, and media monopolies[1]. MST strives to achieve a self-sustainable way of life for the rural poor[2].

Partnerships

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Values

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Equity

Solidarity

Sustainability

Democracy

General Categories

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Land and income distribution, education, self-sufficiency

Timeframe

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Officially founded in January 1984

Other sources

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Landless Workers' Movement Wikipedia

  1. "Quem Somos". MST (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  2. James, Deborah (2007). Gaining Ground? Rights and Property in South African Land Reform. New York, New York: Routledge Cavendish. pp. 148–149. ISBN 978-0-415-42031-0.