
Cutting The Wire
The Story of the Landless Movement in Brazil
Published: 2002
Pages: 316
eBook: 9781909013117
Paperback: 9781899365517
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Title Page | iii | ||
Copyright Page | iv | ||
Table of Contents | v | ||
List of Testimonies | vi | ||
List of Illustrations and Tables | vii | ||
Glossary | viii | ||
Acknowledgements | x | ||
Introduction | xi | ||
Part I | 1 | ||
1. The Founding of the MST | 3 | ||
2. The Consolidation of the MST | 26 | ||
3. The MST Moves Northwards | 41 | ||
Part II | 63 | ||
4. The Occupation | 65 | ||
5. The Settlements | 89 | ||
6. Education in the MST | 109 | ||
Part III | 127 | ||
7. Massacre in the Amazon | 129 | ||
8. Repression in Paraná | 148 | ||
9. The Globalisation of Brazilian Agriculture | 171 | ||
10. Agrarian Reform through the Market | 185 | ||
11. The Government's Counter-Offensive | 195 | ||
Part IV | 209 | ||
12. The Green Option | 211 | ||
13. From a 'Culture of Resistance' to a 'Culture of Liberation' | 240 | ||
14. The MST in Historical Perspective | 264 | ||
Conclusion | 285 | ||
Notes | 288 | ||
Index | 298 |
Jan Rocha
Jan Rocha, a former correspondent for the BBC and The Guardian, lives in São Paulo and is the author of several books on Brazil.
Sue Branford
Sue Branford is a freelance journalist and writer, based in the UK, who worked for the BBC World Service as a Latin America analyst.