A-Infos (en) Brazil, CAB:[FAG]10 CAUSES AND POPULAR CLAIMS ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

"Unlimited evolution is what breaks the dam Taking everything that 
exists In the force of the current Where Uncle Sam makes his guess There 
is no bread left on the table Because no people can resist The death of 
nature" . "Since the times of Sepé" by Pedro Ortaça. ---- There is 
nothing natural about the tragedy that the people of Rio Grande do Sul 
are going through. The emergence of climate change caused by this system 
of capitalist domination has long been announced. Insatiable 
accumulation, progressive profits, the precariousness of social rights, 
the ideological expansion of neoliberalism with its maximum 
individualization are the factors responsible for these deaths, losses 
and disasters that we see in Rio Grande do Sul.

The Mayor of Porto Alegre Sebastião Melo (MDB), in power for 12 years, 
either as vice-mayor or holder of the position, and Governor Eduardo 
Leite, in office for 6 years, are two exponents of this policy that 
subjects us to chaos, at the behest of businessmen and landowners who 
speculate in the city and destroy in the fields. Lula, in his third 
term, also decided on a similar path, with the valorization of 
agribusiness and the maintenance of a spending ceiling. No wonder, the 
three government officials are already talking about the need for 
extensive privatization to "reconstruct" Rio Grande do Sul.

The environmental catastrophe we are experiencing in Rio Grande do Sul 
today, the largest ever documented in the state, is therefore a social, 
political and economic phenomenon. It is social because it mainly 
affects those at the bottom, indigenous and quilombola communities, 
peasants and the poor people of the countryside and the city. Meanwhile, 
those above continue to enjoy the comfort of their glass fortresses. The 
landowners, soy and cattle colonels, who inherit their assets from the 
slave system, are safe with their diesel-powered pickup trucks. The 
catastrophe is also a political and economic phenomenon, as it is thanks 
to the international capitalist system, combined with the economic 
interests of national states (especially from the global north), that 
predatory extractivism and agribusiness sink their claws into 
territories to suck out every last penny. that they can pull out of the 
ground. That's why we scream THAT THE RICH PAY FOR THE CLIMATE CRISIS, 
since they own the companies that invade and exploit the land, devastate 
forests and pollute the waters. May the rich pay for the destruction 
driven to maintain their parasitism, their whims, the concentration of 
power, goods and capital in their hands. May we tear them away from 
their comfort in the face of the end of the world that they have imposed 
on us!

10 social, political and economic causes of the environmental and 
climate collapse that devastates RS

1. Privatization of basic infrastructure (sanitation)

2. Settlement of environmental protection over rivers, forests and soil

3. Intensive exploration of agribusiness, mining companies and real 
estate speculation

4. Dismantle strategic social and ecological research and planning on 
common goods and the environment

5. Cutting public spending to meet popular demands and scrapping the 
public service

6. Capture of public policy and budget by financial groups that loan the 
state debt

7. Poverty and precariousness in communities on the urban periphery, 
housing, community infrastructure and work

8. War of extermination against indigenous, quilombola and peasant ways 
of life and cultures

9. Violent increase in private wealth and the power of the rich classes 
over the world

10. The neoliberal adjustment of society: the supreme rule of the 
market, the company, "every man for himself"

As important as denouncing these attacks from above and their 
responsibilities with the crisis that is affecting us, is thinking about 
how we are acting and where we are going to go in this situation, since 
it is only the population, volunteers, and climate refugees, who are 
helping each other in the midst of the climate crisis, with 
self-organization initiatives, whether in shelters, rescues or in 
collecting and producing food, and it will only be them, as organized 
oppressed classes, not governments or large corporations, who they will 
be able to rebuild their cities and communities, from an anti-capitalist 
perspective and an ecology that is socialist and libertarian.

10 Popular Claims About the Climate Crisis

1 Strengthen solidarity and mutual support networks in neighborhoods, 
unions, schools and universities

2. Spread ideas of struggle for housing occupations as a way of 
sheltering climate refugees and solidarity distribution of food from 
warehouses and supermarkets

3. Economic reparations: emergency aid grant, social rent, tax exemption 
on household appliances and construction materials, debt amnesty for 
climate refugees

4. Decent and free legal assistance

5. That Eduardo Leite's attacks on Rio Grande do Sul's environmental 
code in 2019 be reviewed

6. DEMARCATION NOW! For the guarantee of the original territories that 
were devastated and those that are still exploited by agribusiness owners

7. Popular management of essential service companies, such as sanitation 
and electricity. Enough of privatizations and scrapping by the State!

8. Investment in public and social policies, ensuring equal rights, 
access to services and a dignified life

9. Return of research institutes that were extinguished or scrapped to 
favor the interests of those above

10. In defense of rivers and forests! Enough of unbridled extractivism!

Brazilian Anarchist Coordination (CAB)

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