On Thursday, everyone was talking about the fires in the Amazon — so we teamed with animal rights’ activists and Fridays for Future Toronto to mobilize almost a hundred people at the Brazilian consulate on Friday.
Everyone is talking about the fires in the Amazon — but not everyone knows that these fires were started on purpose to drive out indigenous people and clear land for cattle ranchers. Bolsonaro campaigned on this policy and world leaders said almost nothing — until the fires got completely out of control — because they didn’t want to risk their precious trade deals.
