Joao Pedro Stedile

MST leader says Brazilians must rise up

MST leader says Brazilians must rise up

Joao Pedro Stedile is a founder and leader of Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement (MST). One of Latin America鈥檚 largest social movements, the MST fights for land reform and the rights of poor farmers.

Below, Stedile calls for resistance to the 鈥渋nstitutional coup鈥 in Brazil, in which elected Workers鈥 Party (PT) president Dilma Rousseff was removed by the Senate and Michel Temer installed on August 31.

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