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Gold Fever, COVID-19 and the Genocide of the Yanomami – update

Barbara Crane Navarro

I’ve been dreading this news ever since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Brazil on February 25th. Now it has happened. After testing positive for coronavirus, Alvanei Xirixana, a 15 year old Yanomami boy died on April 10th in the hospital in Roraima, the Brazilian state where most of the Yanomami territorial reserve is located. The teenager complained of chest pains, difficulty breathing, a sore throat and a fever. Reportedly, his community had to threaten the health team after his transportation request was denied in order to have him taken to the General Hospital of Roraima. When he arrived at the hospital, he was sent to the intensive care unit and intubated. The boy was from a community on the Uraricoera river which has long been plagued by gold miners.

photo montage: Yanomami boy targeted – Barbara Navarro

As of December 31st, there are over 1600 confirmed cases…

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« ¡No al ORO! – ¡Pas de Cartier! » Yanomami y árboles – minería de oro y artículos de lujo de oro / exposición 2022 — Barbara Crane Navarro

« El Bosque está Ardiendo »Fotomontaje de performances de « Esculturas de Fuego »Barbara Crane Navarro « Los chamanes Yanomami que luchan contra la epidemia de xawara ven aparecer la imagen de la enfermedad en forma de bandas de tela escarlata. ¡La epidemia de xawara se acerca y su humo brilla! Hace que el cielo sea un fantasma y devora a todos los seres […]

« ¡No al ORO! – ¡Pas de Cartier! » Yanomami y árboles – minería de oro y artículos de lujo de oro / exposición 2022 — Barbara Crane Navarro

Ouro ilegal de Terra Indígena termina em gigante italiana — Por favor, ajude a parar este tragédia! – Por favor, Boicote o Ouro! – Ecoamazônia — Barbara Crane Navarro

Inocentes noivos italianos podem estar carregando em suas mãos parte da destruição da Terra Indígena Kayapó, no sul do Pará. Graças a um esquema criminoso, o ouro extraído ilegalmente dessa Terra Indígena é esquentado e chega à italiana Chimet – um braço da UNOAERRE, responsável por produzir 70% das alianças de casamento vendidas na Itália.… Ouro […]

Ouro ilegal de Terra Indígena termina em gigante italiana — Por favor, ajude a parar este tragédia! – Por favor, Boicote o Ouro! – Ecoamazônia — Barbara Crane Navarro

Climate Change is Killing the Crappy Fake Lake of My Youth – a microcosm of the climate-change induced water woes facing the West as global temperatures rise and droughts become more severe — Mother Jones — Barbara Crane Navarro

Ogden, Utah, is a long way from the beach. To the west is the Great Salt Lake, a huge salty body of water, but one so stagnant, buggy, and smelly that no one would want to swim in it more than once. So instead, when I was growing up in Ogden, we went to Pineview Reservoir.… Climate […]

Climate Change is Killing the Crappy Fake Lake of My Youth – a microcosm of the climate-change induced water woes facing the West as global temperatures rise and droughts become more severe — Mother Jones — Barbara Crane Navarro

Studs Terkel’s Working 50 Years On — Working-Class Perspectives

As I prepared to teach my module on work this year, I realised that Studs Terkel’s book Working celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in 2022. It’s a book that both reflects and helps to explain working-class life. I first encountered it as a student, and in the passing years Working — or to give it its […]

Studs Terkel’s Working 50 Years On — Working-Class Perspectives

Jolly Monday On … Er … What’s That Day??? | Filosofa’s Word

Today is February 14th which means it is Valentine’s Day … whoopee.  I guess I’m not a very romantic person, for I’ve always found Valentine’s Day to be rather silly, but … this year, we need all the love, joy, and humour we can get in our lives, so for what I believe is the…
— Read on jilldennison.com/2022/02/14/jolly-monday-on-er-whats-that-day/

Decida

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Há momentos na vida em que é preciso se posicionar, dizer o que pensa de uma forma madura. Portanto, não se acomode ou acostume com aquilo que lá na frente pode se tornar um problema maior. Entenda que, algumas vezes, a vida vai pedir para que você seja claro com aquela linha curva que você tem que observar o que ela te diz. Considere, avalie e decida, antes de qualquer perda ou mal-estar.

Marii Freire Pereira.

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Santarém, Pá 13 defende de 2022

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Racist remarks hurled at Oliver B.C. students by adult protester during confrontation | Globalnews.ca

She says the woman hurled racist remarks at her and another Punjabi student.

The woman said, ‘I deserve to be in this country, do you?’ She also said, “go home” and “go back to your country.”

“I just kept telling her that I was born here,” said the student, adding she couldn’t believe the woman’s shocking remarks.

“When my parents moved here over 30 years ago, they wanted a better life and moved to a community where they felt safe, and somewhere to feel like they belong. To have this happen to me was heartbreaking,” she said.

In the video, the two go back and forth yelling at each other, until the woman used another slur to describe the student and then walked away.

Source: Racist remarks hurled at Oliver B.C. students by adult protester during confrontation | Globalnews.ca

That Organic Cotton T-Shirt May Not Be as Organic as You Think – The New York Times

In recent months, the credibility of these inspection agencies has been destroyed. In November, the European Union voted to no longer accept Indian organic exports certified by the main companies responsible for organic cotton: Control Union, EcoCert and OneCert. And in January, the international agency that provides accreditation to organic inspection agencies, IOAS, withdrew OneCert’s ability to inspect and certify cotton processors for these labels.