Bolsonaro allies in Congress want to pass a new law to
open up the heart of the Amazon to devastating industrial
projects, and legalise the expulsion of isolated indigenous
tribes from their ancestral lands.
He’s
pushing draft bill 490/2007 -- that will basically legalise
genocide -- and it will be voted on in Congress any
day now. But there is hope. Even the greediest
politicians are worried about their image, and we can use
that to support the Indigenous activists fighting this new
law.
Let's show the Brazilian Congress that
people from all over the world are against the
genocide of indigenous people, and destruction of the Amazon --
our pressure could tip the balance.
Add your name now and join 6,000 SumOfUs members in Brazil
already fighting this:
MPs
of Brazil: vote against genocide and reject Bill 490/2007
One of the most obscene demands in this Bill -- a provision
designed to ensure isolated tribes will be expelled from their homes
-- is the obligation for them to present evidence
they inhabited their lands before the enactment of
the 1988 Brazilian Constitution.
For people who have lived without contact with
colonial culture’s laws and record-keeping, this is, by definition,
impossible to comply with. The game is of
course stacked in favour of the industrial meat and timber
corporations.
Indigenous warriors simply fighting for their right to
exist have been protesting for days in Brasilia -- and have
been viciously attacked by the police with rubber
bullets and tear gas.
Let’s join them to help prevent the erasure of the
original peoples of the Amazon and destruction of its vital
forests. Sign now to create such
enormous global pressure against this genocide bill that even
Bolsonaro can’t ignore it:
MPs
of Brazil: vote against genocide and reject Bill 490/2007
Together, SumOfUs members can stop even the greediest of
executives and politicians in their tracks. Our pressure works. We
have already secured important victories against some of the world's
biggest companies -- Apple, Amazon and Facebook. Let's now join
in solidarity with the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon against the
powerful industrial meat and timber corporations influencing
Bolsonaro. #PL490NO.
