In this paper I will be dealing with the issue of the Brazil’s Landless Movement. This topic sparkled my attention because it has been one of the biggest movements in Brazil in the last few decades and has brought many political and social changes to the country. Since the transition from military dictatorship till now, it has been very important symbol of the democratization. The MST has now more than 1.5 million followers and is active in 22 out of 26 Brazil’s states. It has captured the attention of media and is well-known across the region.
Brazil’s landless workers movement (MST) was founded about 30 years ago as a reaction on the unjust land distribution and migration of poor farmers to the cities. This movement tries to force the government – very often by illegal methods e.g. occupying an idle land- to make a land reform. The government tries to solve this problem by buying off the land from large landowners, farmers and giving it to the landless rural people. …show more content…
They want to make use of the idle farmland by giving it to this group of people and therefore decrease the unemployment, make the food supply bigger and restrict the flow of migrants to the cities. A lot of city people are in favor of this agrarian reform because they hold the urban people responsible for the high criminal rate in the cities and want them out of there.
In 1978 in the most southern state of Brazil, in Rio Grande de Sul occurred the first land MST occupation. With the help of the Catholic Church, occupations became more numerous in the next few years. The Church shared the same idea that land should serve its social function and that is why they supported it. The occupations were happening independently on one another. However, in 1984 the MST was officially founded and the first national conference was held the year after in
Brazil’s landless workers movement (MST) was founded about 30 years ago as a reaction on the unjust land distribution and migration of poor farmers to the cities. This movement tries to force the government – very often by illegal methods e.g. occupying an idle land- to make a land reform. The government tries to solve this problem by buying off the land from large landowners, farmers and giving it to the landless rural people. …show more content…
They want to make use of the idle farmland by giving it to this group of people and therefore decrease the unemployment, make the food supply bigger and restrict the flow of migrants to the cities. A lot of city people are in favor of this agrarian reform because they hold the urban people responsible for the high criminal rate in the cities and want them out of there.
In 1978 in the most southern state of Brazil, in Rio Grande de Sul occurred the first land MST occupation. With the help of the Catholic Church, occupations became more numerous in the next few years. The Church shared the same idea that land should serve its social function and that is why they supported it. The occupations were happening independently on one another. However, in 1984 the MST was officially founded and the first national conference was held the year after in