Direct-action occupation yielded MST control over settlement selection and $15 million in funding.
Evidence
São José Agrário emerged as a distinct component during the additional financing stage of São José II (2006– 2009), arising from an MST-led occupation of state offices of Ceará’s Secretariat of Agrarian Development. According to an interview with an SJA technician, this direct action secured $15 million of the additional financing specifically for agrarian settlements. The MST also secured the authority to select participating settlements and served as a partner to state technicians in administering the projects. When selecting settlements, the MST prioritized communities whose members had participated in the occupation, regardless of prior MST affiliation. — Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth, Institutional Bricolage and Commoning…, 32
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in how social movements convert disruptive direct action into institutionalized governance power — parallels MST’s gains here with land-reform movements negotiating with state funders. — connects to: An MST occupation of state offices forced unusual World Bank development funds access. — Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth, Institutional Bricolage and Commoning…, 4
- corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth, Institutional Bricolage and Commoning…, 32