Cutting The Wire
The Story of the Landless Movement in Brazil
Access to land is one of the key issues for developing countries - and Brazil has one of the most inequitable land distributions in the world, with vast tracts of land held by often absentee landowners. Meanwhile thousands of peasants live in marginal lands in cities and rural areas. The Brazilian Landless Workers' Movement (MST) has proved a huge success with the disenfranchised rural and urban poor in Brazil - becoming one of the largest social movements in the world. Cutting the Wire is the first account in English of the origins, history and current challenges faced by Brazil's poor majority. The authors have traveled the vast expanse of the country to record the words and actions of hundreds of activists who have taken their lives into their own hands. Cutting the Wire is how the MST describes the act of occupying the land, the cornerstone of their movement. It is the baptism of fire for the militant, an essential part of their identity and it plays a key role in the mistica, the moment of collective ritual that kicks off all MST events. Cutting the Wire is the story of the MST told in their own words, in vivid first-hand accounts of a continuing struggle.
Series: Latin America Bureau Books
Published: 2002
Pages: 316
eBook: 9781909013117
Paperback: 9781899365517
| Prelims - Cutting the Wire (Title Page, Copyright Information, Contents, List of testimonials, List of Illustrations and Tables, Glossary, Acknowledgements, Introduction) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | |||
| 1. The Founding of the MST | |||
| 2. The Consolidation of the MST | |||
| 3. The MST Moves Northwards | |||
| Part 2 | |||
| 4. The Occupation | |||
| 5. The Settlements | |||
| 6. Education in the MST | |||
| Part 3 | |||
| 7. Massacre in the Amazon | |||
| 8. Repression in Paraná | |||
| 9. The Globalisation of Brazilian Agriculture | |||
| 10. Agrarian Reform Through the Market | |||
| 11. The Government's Counter-Offensive | |||
| Part 4 | |||
| 12. The Green Option | |||
| 13. From a 'Culture of Resistance' to a 'Culture of Liberation' | |||
| 14. The MST in Historical Perspective | |||
| Back Matter - Cutting the Wire (Conclusion, Notes, Index) |
Jan Rocha
Jan Rocha is a freelance reporter and writer and has worked for the BBC and The Guardian
Sue Branford
Sue Branford reports from Latin America for the BBC and The Guardian.
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