A liga dos camponeses pobres e a luta pela terra no Norte de Minas: 1995-2017

Abstract

This research analyzes the political trajectory of the League in the North of Minas (LCP) between 1995 and 2017. During this period, the League was present in dozens of municipalities in the region, promoting occupations that resulted in the possession and settlement of countless families peasant women in the region. The movement has a rich history, marked by confrontations, defeats, victories and conquests. We seek with this work, mainly through sources produced by the movement itself, to tell a part of this story, which is still ongoing. Our interest is, mainly, to unveil political and ideological aspects about the LCP that reveal an authentic peasant movement, deeply linked to the rural poor and whose practices, narratives and representations present in this work denote the existence of a critical and consistent theoretical-political perspective about the agrarian and social reality of the country which, above all, points to an optimistic vision for the future.