A organização da juventude e a repercussão sobre sua formação e contribuição no MST: a experiência de um acampamento em Rio Bonito do Iguaçu/PR

Abstract

The theme of this research is the formation and the political action of the Youth Collectives in the Landless Worker’s Movement. The main objective was to analyze the repercussion of the organization of young people in Youth Collective on the process of forming their political awareness and contribution in the MST. Therefore, the study analyzes a concrete action located at Acampamento Herdeiros da Terra de 1º de Maio, in Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, a city located in Paraná, south part of Brazil. The specific objectives were: to show the materiality of the young person's life in the countryside, and at the Acampamento Herdeiros da Terra 1º de Maio; Describe the history and the current work with youth in the Landless Worker's Movement, expressing the understandings that are built in relation to this subject and their participation.To discuss the actions youth of the Youth Collective are building and participating in the camp; Identify the potential of this experience from the perspective of the Landless Workers' Movement on the formation and political contribution of youth. This is a qualitative research and the methodological instruments used were bibliographic research, documentary, field study with interviews, involving an action research. The course of the research contributed to the understanding of the Youth Collective and its capacity to carry out concrete actions, as a privileged space to undertake advances in the formation of class consciousness and a new political positioning of youth in the territory.