Landless Workers Movement

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Also Known As	Landless Movement • Movimento dos Sem Terra • MST • Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra
Date	1984 - present
Location	Brazil
Context	liberation theology • Marxism

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education land reform environmentalism