Gabriel Bastos, a member of CASAS, was recently featured as a guest in a newly released documentary. The short film, “The History of the Society of Small Farmers and Squatters of Pedra Lisa”, produced by the Federation of Urban and Rural Residents’ Associations of Japeri (FAMEJA), chronicles the story of one of the first rural…
Month: September 2024
Collective Political Amnesty in Brazil: The First Formal Recognition for Peasant Populations
Class struggle manifests in various forms, including strikes, protests, and the dispute for the institutional politics. It is also expressed through several forms of daily mobilization promoted by unions, social movements, political parties, associations, and collectives. In addition to these forms, class struggle also takes place in the struggle for memory. August 23, 2024, occurred…
Beyond simplistic narratives: Dynamic farmers, precarity and the politics of agribusiness expansion
New publication alert! Enrique Castañón Ballivián, CASAS’ member, has recently published an article in Journal of Agrarian Change. Abstract: Agribusiness expansion is usually framed around two competing narratives. On the one hand, advocates present it as a promising vehicle to modernise agriculture and integrate small farmers into global value chains. On the other hand, critics…