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Brazil: Political Prisoner at Risk of Death, Peasants Mobilize in Defense

Cover photo: Luzivaldo de Souza Araujo in the cap, in an audience at the Agrarian Ombudsman in Brasilia, October 2017 By Nélida Tello The National Commission of the League of Poor Peasants (LCP, Liga dos Camponeses Pobres), which organizes the poor peasants in the countryside in their struggle for land, published a statement on December 28 on the status of Luzivaldo de Souza Araujo, a … Continue reading Brazil: Political Prisoner at Risk of Death, Peasants Mobilize in Defense

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Brazil: Comrade Pele, Present in the Struggle

By Nélida Tello On December 9, the National Commission of the League of Poor Peasants (LCP, Liga dos Componeses Pobres) published a commemorative statement for the late Jose Fonseca de Aruajo, also known as Comrade Pele, who was one of the founders of the LCP in the western Brazilian states of Rondonia and Western Amazonia. Born in the northeastern state of Bahia, Comrade Pele’s family … Continue reading Brazil: Comrade Pele, Present in the Struggle

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Week in Struggle: November 19-25

India On November 14, the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) killed four police informants and blew up their homes. The combatants left a warning affirming that the Party (the Communist Party of India (Maoist), which leads the PLGA) would punish traitors and that the action was retaliation for the death of four PGLA members and lost weapons as a result of the informants’ betrayal. The … Continue reading Week in Struggle: November 19-25

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Ecuador: ‘Your Blood Is Our Blood’: Revolutionaries Issue Solidarity with Brazilian Peasants

By David Martinez Last week, Ecuadorian revolutionaries issued a statement and carried out actions in solidarity with the League of Poor Peasants in Brazil (LCP, Liga dos Camponeses Pobres). The solidarity comes as the LCP faces persistent violent attacks from the military government of Brazil, which is backing the large landowners in the countryside threatening the peasants living at the Tiago Campin dos Santos and Ademar Ferreira … Continue reading Ecuador: ‘Your Blood Is Our Blood’: Revolutionaries Issue Solidarity with Brazilian Peasants

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Brazil: Great Peasant Resistance Continues, Tiago Campin dos Santos Settlement Reoccupied

Editors’ Note: This article relies on important coverage of the struggle of the Brazilian peasants carried out by the democratic newspaper, A Nova Democracia: Grandiosa resistência: Como os camponeses retornaram à Área Tiago dos Santos By Nélida Tello On October 27, the hundreds of Brazilian peasants that were evicted from the Tiago Campin dos Santos and the Ademar Ferreira Settlements valiantly reoccupied their land and … Continue reading Brazil: Great Peasant Resistance Continues, Tiago Campin dos Santos Settlement Reoccupied

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Week in Struggle: October 29-November 4

Turkey The Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML) militants put up a banner in honor of martyrs who died in Turkey’s People War in the fall of 2020. The banner reads, “Nubar, Rosa, Özgür, Asmin live in our struggle, TIKKO [Turkish Liberation Army of the Workers and Peasants] fights.” Flyer reading, “TIKKO calls on you to fight” were also distributed. Brazil On the 7th anniversary of the murder … Continue reading Week in Struggle: October 29-November 4

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Brazil: Peruvian Reaction Wants to Investigate LCP for Honoring Chairman Gonzalo

Editor’s Note: The following is an unofficial translation of an article by Brazilian democratic newspaper, A Nova Democracia: Reação peruana quer investigar LCP por homenagem ao Presidente Gonzalo By Jailson da Souza The National Defense Commission of the reactionary Peruvian Congress approved investigating a peasant homage to Dr. Abimael Guzmán Reynoso, Chairman Gonzalo, organized in Rondônia [state in Brazil, -Ed.], as a “pro-terrorism” practice. The … Continue reading Brazil: Peruvian Reaction Wants to Investigate LCP for Honoring Chairman Gonzalo

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Brazil: Peasants Resist and Prevent Massacre, Hold Large Assembly

By Nélida Tello Poor Brazilian peasants, organized by the League of Poor Peasants (LCP, Liga dos Camponeses Pobres), from Camp Tiago dos Santos have unwaveringly defended their land and successfully prevented a massacre at the hands of the police by burning bridges and blocking roads leading to the Camp. On October 17, the reactionary armed forces sieged the Camp and evicted dozens of families to … Continue reading Brazil: Peasants Resist and Prevent Massacre, Hold Large Assembly

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Video: Brazilian Peasants Hold Grand Demonstration for Chairman Gonzalo

By David Martinez In the countryside of Brazil, peasants carried out a massive, elaborate demonstration recently to honor Chairman Gonzalo (Abimael Guzman Reynoso), the fallen leader of the Communist Party of Peru. Video of the demonstration was shared by the Front for the Defense of the People’s Rights (FRDDP, Frente de Defesa dos Direitos do Povo), showing a huge contingent of peasants marching behind a … Continue reading Video: Brazilian Peasants Hold Grand Demonstration for Chairman Gonzalo

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Brazil: Police Prepare to Massacre Peasants, Judge Issues Eviction Order

By Nélida Tello Thousands of poor Brazilian peasants who live and work in Camp Tiago dos Santos and Camp Ademar Ferreira, located in the western Amazon region, are resisting police preparations for a massacre. On October 2, peasants from the two camps held a popular assembly to denounce the reactionary Brazilian police and declare their readiness to fight for their land. On September 28, the Ministry … Continue reading Brazil: Police Prepare to Massacre Peasants, Judge Issues Eviction Order

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