<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2726.2500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff>Greetings from En Camino... We are pleased to announce two very important upcoming events (Toronto, Canada).  (1) On October 20, one of the leaders of Brazil's Movimento Sem Terra (Landless Peasants Movement), Joao Pedro Stedile, will be in Toronto, speaking at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.  In Porto Alegre in 2003, Noam Chomsky called the MST "the most important and exciting popular movement in the world," adding that "With constructive local actions such as those of the MST, and international organization of the kind illustrated by the Via Campesina and the WSF, with sympathy and solidarity and mutual aid, there is real hope for a decent future." (<A href="http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=40&ItemID=2938">http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=40&ItemID=2938</A>) An opportunity to hear Joao Pedro Stedile in Toronto is rare, and not to be missed!  To see some of his writings and interviews, see ZNet's Brazil Watch: <A href="http://www.zmag.org/brazilwatch/brazilwatch.htm">http://www.zmag.org/brazilwatch/brazilwatch.htm</A> Here is the event notice.  If you are media, please take note of the contact information as there will be opportunities for a press conference or interviewing. The MST and the Agrarian Question in Contemporary Brazil a public lecture by JOÃO PEDRO STEDILE of the MST (Landless Workers' Movement) of Brazil Monday, October 20, 2003 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm O.I.S.E. Auditorium 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto Detailed info: <A href="http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/EVENTS.html#STEDILE">http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/EVENTS.html#STEDILE</A> Download the flyer in PDF: <A href="http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/MST_Flyer.pdf">http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/MST_Flyer.pdf</A> The Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC, York University), The Transformative Learning Centre (OISE / University of Toronto), and The Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy (Ryerson University) proudly present João Pedro Stedile is considered one of the principal founders of the MST and presently is its main political spokesperson and one of 25 members of its National Directorate.  He is also a leader and activist of the international Via Campesina movement and has been an organizer of the World Social Forum in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has published extensively on issues relating to agrarian reform, rural development, social justice, and globalization. We are extremely pleased to host Mr. Stedile's appearance in Toronto as part of this rare public tour.  He will discuss the challenges of rural development in Brazil, with a focus on the work of his organization & its current context: both national (the government of Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva & the Worker's Party - PT), & international (the broader context of corporate globalization). This event is part of a tour organized by The Canadian Association for the Study of International Development - CASID, and Development and Peace. Contact: <A href="mailto:cerlac@yorku.ca">cerlac@yorku.ca</A>, 416-736-2100 ext. 88705 More info and many useful background readings: <A href="http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/EVENTS.html#STEDILE">http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/EVENTS.html#STEDILE</A> Download the flyer for this event in PDF: <A href="http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/MST_Flyer.pdf">http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/MST_Flyer.pdf</A> * * * (2) The day before Stedile's talk, George Galloway will be speaking in Toronto.  Galloway, an MP in the UK is one of the few politicians who spoke out against the Iraq war.  For his trouble, he was slandered in various publications, which then retracted the lies about him.  Come and hear him speak on the 19th. "What Tony Blair doesn't want you to know" Date: Sunday, October 19, 2003 at 2:00 PM. Location: Music Hall 147 Danforth Avenue, Toronto [East of Broadview Subway Station] Ticket: $10.00 Event sponsored by: MUSLIM CANADIAN CONGRESS For more information: Call Tarek Fatah at 416-953-1798 E-Mail Jehad Al-Iweiwi at <A href="mailto:jehad@comnet.ca">jehad@comnet.ca</A> * * * We hope to see you at both events! En Camino </BODY></HTML>