In this paper, we analyze the political dynamics of the contemporary 'transnational peasant network' through a comparison of two movements: the Brazilian Movimento Dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) and the South African Landless People's Movement (LPM). We argue that transnational visions of 'peasants' often obscure relations between or within rural movements. One tangible benefit of the transnational peasant network is the exchange of ideas, experiences and information, but this exchange does not happen in a vacuum, rather it happens in the historically-situated, power-laden context of an uneven world system. Organized in 1984, MST activists from Brazil helped to train, educate and inspire South African activists after the LPM formed in 2001, but key elements of the MST's success were inappropriate or unworkable in the South African context. Ultimately, the transfer of movement knowledge from the MST to the LPM may have worked against the long-term success of the latter.
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机译：在本文中，我们通过两个运动的比较来分析当代“跨国农民网络”的政治动态：巴西运动者（Movimento Dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra，MST）和南非失地人民运动（LPM）。我们认为，“农民”的跨国视野常常模糊了农村运动之间或内部的关系。跨国农民网络的一个明显好处是思想，经验和信息的交换，但是这种交换不是在真空中进行的，而是在历史悠久，充满权力的世界体系不平衡的情况下发生的。来自巴西的MST维权人士组织于1984年，在2001年LPM成立后，帮助培训，教育和启发了南非维权人士，但MST成功的关键要素在南非背景下是不合适或行不通的。最终，将运动知识从MST转移到LPM可能不利于后者的长期成功。
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