The Current State of the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement

The Current State of the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement Belchior Gonsalves, a leader of Latin America’s largest social movement, Brazil’s Rural Landless Workers Movement (MST), will speak on the current process of agrarian reform in Brazil. Thursday, October 23, 7;30 p.m. New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., S.F. An evening of updates and analysis on the current state of agrarian reform and rural activism in Brazil. The featured speaker will be Belchior Viana Gonsalves, a leader of Brazil’s Rural Landless Workers Movement (MST) and an expert in ecological agriculture. Mr. Gonsalves will speak about the history of the MST as well as the current status of the movement and its relationship to the government of President Luis “Lula” Ignacio da Silva. Sponsored by the Friends of the MST. Co-sponsored by New College. $5-10 sliding scale - with no one turned away for lack of funds For more information, call (510) 644-9341.