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Brazil: Save the environment, smash the system!

September 6, 2019Bruna Leão

Bruna Leão is a member of Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (ISA in Brazil). According to INPE (Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research), between August 2018 and July of this year, there were reports indicating that 6,800 km² were deforested, while in the same length of time between August of 2017 and July of 2018, the […]

Why is the Amazon burning?

August 30, 2019Electra Kleitsa

Electra Kleitsa is a member of Xekinima (CWI in Greece). It is estimated that since the beginning of 2019, when Jair Bolsonaro took over the presidency of Brazil, the Amazon lost an area of rainforest equal to one football field every minute. The countless fires that have broken out in recent weeks are destroying extremely […]