Noted activist, Noam Chomsky, calls the MST (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra) the worlda019s most important social movement. Southern Brazila019s rural workers are striving to improve the economic plight of the dispossessed and poor
Americana folk music about the problems of the common man in the tradition of Woody Guthrie who said aA folk song is what's wrong and how to fix it"
Lyrics
The MST
Therea019s a movement in the south of Brazil called the MST; D-Em-G-A
Landless rural workers with the steam and the dream to be free;
A horizontal force on a course for a destiny.
Thinkina019 out of the box, building blocks for a new society.
Born in the gorges, dead seas of poverty;
Steeled in the forges, heats of adversity,
A new way to see reality a013 theya019re the MST.
Out in the fields, southern hills of the global food chain,
Tested and steeled, doing battle with Goliath again.
Up against the guns and mega-funds of the soy profiteers,
Political whores, evil warlords of violence and fear;
A new kind of woman, a new kind of man,
New ways to relate, irrigate and work the land;
Teachina019 common people how to think for themselves,
How to share the wealth and be a family called the MST.
[Bridge] Some of the best things happening these years, D-A
Come from the southern hemisphere. Em-Bm
Maybe we got something to learn, D-A
As far as Ia019m concerned, freedom burns with the MST. Em-G-A-D-Em-G-A
Creative, innovative, democratic to the core;
Goina019 places, doing things theya019ve never done before.
Standina019 strong and tall against the whirlwinds of greed
Knockina019 down the walls of poverty - theya019re the MST.
Some of the best things happening these years,
Come from the southern hemisphere.
Maybe you and me got something to learn;
As far as Ia019m concerned, the tide has turned with the MST.
