Combating social inequality in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic - the solidarity actions of the landless rural workers movement

ABSTRACT

The main objective of this article is to present a reflection on the importance of socio-territorial movements in the face of actions to combat social inequality in this pandemic period, 2020-2021. In this sense, the article deals with a debate on COVID-19 and the impacts resulting from this pandemic. It discusses the emergence of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST), its solidarity actions and the debate on the Popular Agrarian Reform Plan. This study ends with a presentation of data, resulting from the result of a questionnaire applied online on society's vision of the MST. Finally, the article presents a reflection that highlights the peasantry, which, despite all the subordination that has been going through over the centuries and has been suffering from the impacts arising from the agribusiness development model, has much to contribute to the development of regions, when we see actions that guide new possibilities of producing, consuming and protecting nature, boosting the quality of life in the countryside and in the city.