Z Needs Your Help!
It’s been several months since the crisis of capitalism was unleashed on the international level, with its epicenter in financial capital and…
João Pedro Stedile
João Pedro Stedile (born December 25 , 1953 in Lagoa Vermelha) is a Brazilian economist and social activist . He holds a degree in economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul and a postgraduate degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico . He works in the cause of Agrarian Reform , Agroecology and popular causes.
A descendant of immigrant peasants from the province of Trento , from a young age he worked in the organization of rural workers in Rio Grande do Sul. Still under the Military Dictatorship , he worked in unions in rural areas, advised the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) and helped the mobilization of landless workers in the struggle for Agrarian Reform. In 1984, he participated in the founding of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST), where he works to this day.
He is currently a member of the national coordination collective of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) and contributes to several international articulations of social movements, such as Via Campesina , the International Assembly of Peoples (AIP) and ALBA Movimentos. He also participates in the Meeting of Popular Movements with Pope Francis .
Brazil’s Landless Worker’s Movement (MST) celebrated its 25th birthday, in January 2009 at its 13th National Meeting, held on the Anonni settlement…
Brazil’s Landless Worker’s Movement (MST) celebrated its 25th birthday, in January 2009 at its 13th National Meeting, held on the Anonni settlement…
The price of crops is rising with the rise in the cost of oil and is thus driving up food prices. In…
We the social movements must mobilize, roll up our sleeves and go to the streets to defeat Alckmin’s candidature. FROM 1990 to…
In recent weeks, a corruption scandal has engulfed the government of Luis Ignacio ‘Lula’ da Silva in Brazil, with demonstrations from both…
Gazeta Mercantil ‘ Why is the MST starting a new series of actions? João Pedro Stedile ‘ Unfortunately, after two years of…
The main leader of the Landless Workers Movement (MST), economist João Pedro Stedile, remains hopeful that President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva…
Joao Pedro Stedile is one of the leaders of Brazil’s Landless Peasant’s Movement, the Movimento Sem Terra or MST. Writers Naomi Klein…
Talk given in Toronto, Oct 20 2003 [This is a brief talk Joao Pedro Stedile of the Movimento Sem Terra gave to…