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.
