The Friends of the MST (FMST) is an organization of individuals set up with the objective of providing support for the efforts of the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement to achieve social and economic justice while securing respect for human rights. On a programmatic basis it will: (1) materially support projects of economic development, (2) make accessible background information and current news about the MST for the English speaking public, (3) strive to build a network capable of responding to the highest priority political and human rights requests. The FMST is a fiscally-sponsored project of Global Exchange.
Recent Posts
- URGENT ACTION: Freedom for MST Political Prisoners
- URGENT ACTION: One Landless Worker is Killed and Many Others Wounded in Paraíba Land Conflict
- Massacre at Carajás
- MST Activists Continue to Be Victims of Political Persecution in the State of São Paulo
- National Campaign Against the Concession of the Alcântara Base to the U.S. Government
- MST Calls on International Community
- Media Clash in Brazil: MST and the Media Democracy Movement
- Adital's Interview with national MST Leader Gilmar Mauro
- Agrarian Reform at the Witness Stand: 17 Rural Workers Imprisoned
- Current Issues for the MST in Brazil
