How Greensboro Massacre survivor Marty Nathan taught the next generation to fight
The Ku Klux Klan murdered five of her comrades and the father of her six-month-old child. She remained undeterred in her activism for the rest of her life.
People’s movements across the world demand freedom for Julian Assange
In cities across the world, activists from people’s movements demand that journalist Julian Assange be freed and his extradition be blocked
The MST has donated more than six thousand tons of food during the pandemic to fight hunger
Just during the Christmas Without Hunger campaign, the MST distributed food donations to 250,000 people in 24 Brazilian states
“Lula knows that the ecological question is strategic and fundamental,” says Leonardo Boff
The Brazilian theologian discusses the direction of society, the need to save the people and the planet, and Pope Francis
João Pedro Stedile on Bolsonaro and Brazilian elections in 2022
Brazilian peasant leader João Pedro Stedile discusses the different dimensions of the worst crisis in the country’s recent history, as well as the priorities for movements in 2022
Noam Chomsky & Vijay Prashad: We stand with the residents of the Marielle Vive Camp in Valinhos (Brazil)
In response to the order to evict 450 families of the Marielle Vive camp, Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad manifest their solidarity and call for the evictions to be halted.
100,000 people have become literate through MST education programs in Brazil
In 37 years of struggle, the MST has already enabled more than 100,000 people throughout Brazil to become literate. The work has been based on the Cuban literacy method “Yes, I can” and Paulo Freire’s Brazilian Cultural Circle
Activists slam state “necropolitics” as Ecuador prison riot kills 68 and other stories
Today we look at the wave of prison massacres in Ecuador, a report on the cover-up of a major 2019 U.S. airstrike on Syria, and more
Food sovereignty: 25 years in the making
Jaime Amorim of La Via Campesina discusses the importance of food sovereignty as the pandemic induced global economic crisis has sent millions back to situations of hunger and misery
Body of LGBT and land reform activist found burnt in the south of Brazil
25-year-old Lindolfo Kosmaski ran for the City Council in 2020. The MST deems his death a hate crime
Joaquin Piñero: MST loses a steadfast comrade in the struggle for the working class
Valquimar Reis, as he was also known, dedicated more than 20 years of his life to militant struggle
MST calls for Bolsonaro’s removal in letter to Brazilian people
In the letter, the MST highlights the key struggles for the next period in defense of the life and rights of the Brazilian people. They declare that forcing Bolsonaro out is urgent and necessary.
- First commercial flight in last six years takes off from Yemen’s Sanaa airport
- Cuba describes easing of US sanctions as “a limited step in the right direction”
- Communists demand ouster of US military and NATO from Turkey
- Women in Croatia say enough to conservative obstruction of right to abortion
- Belgian workers demand scrapping of Wage Margin Act of 1996
