Brazil: Homeless Occupation Movements

[cyu]

Excerpt:

Faced with a situation where even professed left-wing political parties refuse to take the measures necessary to prevent the deaths of people who have lost their homes and livelihoods, homeless families in Rio de Janeiro have taken matters into their own hands. Across the city, occupations by families of empty government and private buildings have sprung up. The occupations are very diverse in nature – some are organized out of pure necessity without any kind of political agenda. Others are carefully planned out by the different movements operating in Brazil or are set up as temporary political stunts.

Full article: http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/830/1/

[Floyce White]

I might be mistaken, but wasn't there a land-occupation movement in the poor-soil northern coastal plain some years ago?

[Louis Pio]

Still is, there's also a factory occupation movement. Recently under attack by the state, they work with MST which is the landless peasants movement.
Threats and attempted sabotage against Flasko workers, who receive support from MST and CUT (http://www.marxist.com/threats-sabotage-flasko-workers-mst-cut270607.htm)

[Luís Henrique]

Originally posted by Floyce [email protected] 31, 2007 03:05 am
I might be mistaken, but wasn't there a land-occupation movement in the poor-soil northern coastal plain some years ago?
It spreads all over the country.

Luís Henrique

[cyu]

Here's a link: http://www.mstbrazil.org/