Dear Friend, When we put out a call back in March about evictions in Brazil, the response was beautiful. 800 people sent letters to the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to demand an extension of the pandemic eviction moratorium. We all made the difference. When our partner the Landless Workers Movement (MST) met with the STF, the ministers explicitly cited that our letters of international support swayed them. Thanks to our solidarity, 150,000 families got some breathing room. But now, the MST and families in Brazil are calling on us again. In two weeks, on June 30, the moratorium extension we won is expiring. Yet the very conditions that led to that eviction moratorium are still there. Still, the economy stagnates while prices skyrocket. Still, growing numbers of people are living on the streets as the pandemic continues. If this eviction moratorium expires, half a million people could be added to the rolls of homeless. Also at stake is the vital food production carried out in the MST settlements and encampments, which have provided well over 6,000 tons of emergency food during the pandemic. If the evictions happen, these essential food sources could be gone — even as the desperate need continues. The right-wing Bolsonaro government doesn’t care. Their land speculator and industrial agriculture friends are salivating at all the land they can steal in a few short weeks. But just as we beat them in March, we can beat them again in June… and give movements more time. The MST has been a beacon of hope for rural communities around the world and a leader in the global peasant movement La Via Campesina. Just as they have built solidarity across borders, they need our solidarity now. | 
