To Inherit the Earth

, by Wright, Angus Lindsay

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ISBN: 9780935028904 | 0935028900
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 8/1/2003

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Preface

vii

Publisher's Note/About the Authors

Map of Brazil

xii

Introduction: To inherit the Earth

xiii

The Frustrating Trap of Inequality

A Way Out of the Trap?

History's Geography: The Organization of This Book

xxii

Chronology: Some important Dates in Brazilian and MST History

xxvii

Glossary: Acronyms and Portuguese Terms

xxx

CHAPTER ONE Fulfilling a Promise: The Beginnings of the Landless Movement in Rio Grande Do Sul

(100)

Decades of Dictatorship: Repression, Religion and Resistance

(10)

The Beginnings of Agrarian Reform in Rio Grande do Sul

(33)

Life in the Camp: Hardship and Community

(8)

New Thought, New Speech, New Action: The Grass Roots of Political Change

(15)

The Church Brokers a Respite

(2)

Victory for the Settlers and the Formation of the MST

(5)

Sarandi: The Challenges of Settlement

(24)

CHAPTER TWO "The Land is Only the First Step": Pernambuco and Northeastern Brazil

101

(80)

Agrarian Reform and the New Democracy

102

(4)

The Northeast of Brazil: Legacies of Poverty and Impunity

106

(18)

A History of Resistance: Quilombos, Canudos and the Peasant Leagues

124

(6)

The MST and the Struggle for Land in Pernambuco

130

(22)

"The Land Is Only the Beginning": Facing the Hurdles of Sustainable Reform

152

(12)

Small-Scale Farmers in a Large-Scale Landscape: The Challenges of Catalunha and Ouro Verde

164

(12)

Agrarian Reform in the Northeast: A Balance Sheet

176

(5)

CHAPTER THREE Beyond the Lure of the Amazon

181

(82)

The Amazon: What's at Stake? Who Decides

183

(6)

The Transformation of the Amazon

189

(17)

Visiting MST Settlements and the Carajás Mine

206

(29)

Where the MST Stands in the Amazon, and Who Stands with It

235

(9)

Making a Life on Palmares II

244

(14)

The Dialectic of Amazonian Development

258

(5)

CHAPTER FOUR Assessing the MST

263

(77)

Is Life Better on the Settlements?

264

(10)

"Agrarian Reform Light": Assessing the Government's Approach

274

(5)

Land Reform Around the World: The Legacies of US Policy and Influence

279

(8)

Avoiding the Dependency Trap

287

(3)

Agrarian Reform, Legal Impunity and the Future of Land and Forests

290

(17)

The MST and Revolution

307

(8)

The Creation of Citizenship and the Fight Against "Politics as Usual"

315

(10)

The MST and Civil Society in Brazil

325

(5)

The MST in the International Context

330

(3)

Children of the MST and the Future

333

(2)

Postscript: The Lula Government

335

(5)

Notes

340

(15)

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