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Member of the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), wearing a mask during a demonstration in the Esplanade of the Ministries, in front of the National Congress. Photo: Marcello Casal JR/ABr, Wikimedia Commons.
Recent literature has recognised the value of food sovereignty and human rights frameworks in agrarian struggles. Relatively little attention has gone toward how agrarian movements develop and apply their own rights discourses to further demands for social justice.
This study considers Brazil’s landless movement (MST) between 1984 and 1995, revealing three distinct rights discourses that recruited and mobilised protest by linking local issues to the movement’s broader political project. The findings illustrate the value of rights, frames and ideology as analytical tools, shedding light on how movement-generated rights emerge through processes of reflexivity and in response to dynamic social-political contexts.
Journal article / Find out how resilience practice can take better account of equity and power issues by paying greater attention to social contexts.
Press release / New analysis in the Trase Yearbook identifies deforestation risks associated with the supply chain of soy.
Perspective / Some stand to lose out in the transition away from fossil fuels unless policies that address inequality and injustice are put in place.
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