Utopia in the landless rural workers movement

from the real to the dreamt-of society

Abstract

The article deals with utopia in the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST). It seeks to understand what keeps the activists of the MST in their struggle for the desired society. The objectives of the MST are the struggle for land, land reform, and a fair and fraternal society. This text vindicates that utopia, understood as a social dream or wish or hope, is an essential element in social movements, given that the idea of a better world present in the various periods of human history drives people to action by criticizing the reality they live in. In the MST, the aspirations and social actions for a better world [utopia] anticipate in its members what they expect as a future reality.