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Movement of Landless Rural Workers(Brazil)

Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra (MST)

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[MST-Movement of Landless Rural Workers]by Guillermo Tell Aveledo See also:

About the Flag

From the website of the Movement of Landless Rural Workers, a Brazilian movement that has been occupying non-productive lands belonging to big landowners for several years now:
During the IV National Meeting of the MST, held in January 1987 in Piracicaba, São Paulo, the selection and official approval of the flag of the Movement of Landless Rural Workers took place. The flag is a symbol of the national character of the fight for agrarian reform. Let's see the significance of the drawings and colours that compose our flag:
    The map of Brazil represents that the MST is an organization of national scope and wishes to take the fight for agrarian reform to the whole country.
    The man and the woman represent the need to engage men and women and whole families in the struggle.
    The machete represents the tools of work, struggle, and resistance. [The word is facão. While "knife" in Portuguese is faca, the Brazilian facão is a very large knife similar to a cutlass.--Trans.]
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