[ [link removed] ]Indigenous man rowing in a canoe in the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil
John,
Far right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says it's his "dream" to
crack open the Amazon.
And he's pushing legislation to make his dream come true -- opening the
rainforest to out-of-control mining and expelling Indigenous peoples from
their ancestral lands to make it happen.
These hideous bills could be voted on any day now -- we need an urgent,
all-out push to stop him. That means polling to put pressure on key
politicians, generating national and international media coverage, and
backing the Indigenous organizations on the front lines to stop this
dangerous legislation in its tracks.
And it means we're counting on you, John -- will you chip in
today to save the Amazon and its people?
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If we can't stop these bills from passing, we'll see the Amazon divvied up
and parceled out to the highest bidders in the mining, logging, and big
agriculture industries -- a disaster for our planet's climate and
biodiversity.
And we'll see the erasure of Indigenous peoples across the Brazilian
Amazon, including isolated peoples that have never come into contact with
outsiders.
This is the corporate free-for-all future that Bolsonaro desperately
desires, but together, we can still stop it from coming to pass.
When you chip in today, you'll fund a campaign with the power to stand up
to Bolsonaro, his allies in Congress, and the greedy corporations that
back them. You'll pay for investigations to expose the companies behind
this inhumane legislation, running targeted TV, radio, and digital
advertising to mobilize popular opinion against Bolsonaro, and so much
more. Will you donate today?
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Thanks for all that you do,
Flora and the SumOfUs team
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More information:
[ [link removed] ]Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon at highest level since 2006, The
Guardian. 19 November 2021.
[ [link removed] ]Brazil police use teargas and rubber bullets against indigenous
protesters, The Guardian. 23 June 2021.
[ [link removed] ]Members of the ruralist caucus and allies to President Bolsonaro
approve bill that paves the way for a new indigenous genocide,
APIB. 23 June 2021.
[ [link removed] ]Firing arrows, indigenous people in Brazil protest bill curtailing land
rights, Reuters. 16 June 2021.
[ [link removed] ]Brazil sees record number of bids to mine illegally on Indigenous
lands, Mongabay. 13 November 2020.
[ [link removed] ]The Companies and Individuals Attempting to Mine on Indigenous Lands in
Brazil, Agencia Publica. 20 February 2020.
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