Indigenous Women of the Amazon Send a Call: The Fight for Mother Earth Is the Mother of All Fights

By Osprey Orielle Lake. –Published on Thursday, August 29, 2019 by Common Dreams   Read the full article  

“The lives of every future generation and our species as humans depends on the collective effort to generate new development models. Humanity has no Plan B for the Earth. Our fight is so urgent that we must all get together right now…   “…In response to increased threats for Indigenous people and forest protection, Indigenous women from across Brazil joined together on August 13th in the country’s capital for the first Indigenous Women’s March in Brazil. Their goal? To oppose Bolsonaro’s current attacks on their rights, and to visibilize the immense power of Indigenous women and women’s role in defending the Amazon and their communities from further harm…”