1 00:00:02,417 --> 00:00:06,132 Bill 490 was drafted in 2007, 2 00:00:06,233 --> 00:00:09,548 but reflects motives that are much older than that. 3 00:00:09,649 --> 00:00:13,925 It has the same colonial origins as what we now call "Brazil": 4 00:00:14,027 --> 00:00:17,519 a vastly diverse territory defined by imaginary lines, 5 00:00:17,620 --> 00:00:22,173 where the state aims to ensure the exploitation of the land and those who inhabit it. 6 00:00:22,274 --> 00:00:26,227 This bill is a threat to all forms of life, 7 00:00:26,328 --> 00:00:27,682 human and non-human, 8 00:00:27,782 --> 00:00:29,800 indigenous and non-indigenous alike. 9 00:00:29,901 --> 00:00:34,328 However, due to the systemic racism inherent in the State, 10 00:00:34,430 --> 00:00:37,281 it is native peoples who suffer most. 11 00:00:39,303 --> 00:00:40,558 In such a context, 12 00:00:40,659 --> 00:00:44,506 what can we as people who grew up outside the indigenous communities do? 13 00:00:45,730 --> 00:00:49,160 June 2021 is being defined by the uprisings 14 00:00:49,262 --> 00:00:52,626 known as the Indigenous Uprising or the Land Uprising, 15 00:00:52,727 --> 00:00:56,868 due to barricades and confrontations by dozens of indigenous peoples 16 00:00:56,969 --> 00:01:02,083 expressing their indignation with the setback in the demarcation of indigenous lands. 17 00:01:04,273 --> 00:01:09,321 Bill 490 legitimizes mining and exploitation of these lands, 18 00:01:09,421 --> 00:01:10,857 restricting demarcation, 19 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:12,837 encouraging evangelization, 20 00:01:12,938 --> 00:01:16,796 and threatening peoples who have chosen to live isolated from the white man. 21 00:01:16,897 --> 00:01:20,829 The activities that the bill legitimizes have always occurred, 22 00:01:20,930 --> 00:01:23,381 with greater or lesser encouragement from the state, 23 00:01:23,483 --> 00:01:26,362 even if more discreetly than the current administration. 24 00:01:26,463 --> 00:01:27,992 Just like the indigenous uprising, 25 00:01:28,093 --> 00:01:30,309 which is not new and is not isolated in Brasilia either, 26 00:01:30,410 --> 00:01:33,359 the colonization was never peaceful. 27 00:01:33,459 --> 00:01:35,585 There has been resistance since the invasion and, 28 00:01:35,687 --> 00:01:37,491 whether this Bill passes or not, 29 00:01:37,593 --> 00:01:39,740 there will continue to be resistance. 30 00:01:41,936 --> 00:01:45,369 As was observed by a leader at the beginning of a landback campaign, 31 00:01:45,470 --> 00:01:47,368 "Mbya has already spoken to Mbya, 32 00:01:47,469 --> 00:01:50,008 now Juruá has to speak to Juruá." 33 00:01:50,109 --> 00:01:54,862 The then chief pointed out that articulation among indigenous peoples is already ongoing, 34 00:01:54,964 --> 00:01:57,323 and that it was the turn of outsiders to organize themselves 35 00:01:57,424 --> 00:01:59,784 to meet the demands of the forest. 36 00:02:01,219 --> 00:02:04,980 It is time to act in all aspects to disrupt and stop 37 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,820 the advance of the fascist death plan that haunts this territory. 38 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:10,426 On all fronts, 39 00:02:10,526 --> 00:02:12,387 every activity and every craft 40 00:02:12,487 --> 00:02:17,046 can bring a decolonial, anti-fascist, and anti-patriarchal stance. 41 00:02:17,473 --> 00:02:19,731 It is time to join forces with the landback campaigns, 42 00:02:19,831 --> 00:02:21,861 with the autonomous solidarity networks. 43 00:02:21,961 --> 00:02:24,090 Acting and listening, 44 00:02:24,190 --> 00:02:26,331 it is necessary to consult the leaders, 45 00:02:26,431 --> 00:02:30,793 valuing the experience of the elder to strengthen the communities. 46 00:02:30,894 --> 00:02:35,517 Recognize our ancestry and propose collective futures, 47 00:02:35,617 --> 00:02:39,312 because the fascist God-father-family and its death plan 48 00:02:39,412 --> 00:02:41,688 are strengthened by our isolation. 49 00:02:41,788 --> 00:02:46,524 Participate in the incendiary turmoil that takes the streets of major cities, 50 00:02:46,624 --> 00:02:49,028 to show that the green and yellow flag 51 00:02:49,128 --> 00:02:51,531 is nothing more than a corporate military sham 52 00:02:51,631 --> 00:02:53,493 that seeks to dominate and annihilate. 53 00:02:54,614 --> 00:02:57,249 Let's act and defend our positions. 54 00:02:57,349 --> 00:03:01,502 Tomorrow belongs to gender, spiritual, ethnic and cultural diversity. 55 00:03:01,602 --> 00:03:03,936 56 00:03:04,585 --> 00:03:07,356 Standardization facilitates domination 57 00:03:07,456 --> 00:03:10,020 and we are ready for the counter-attack. 58 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,107 We will not be governable. 59 00:03:12,207 --> 00:03:16,277 We will respond with fire to any order that excludes the lives of people, 60 00:03:16,377 --> 00:03:18,101 indigenous or non-indigenous, 61 00:03:18,201 --> 00:03:19,711 human or non-human, 62 00:03:19,811 --> 00:03:22,439 of the waters, the mountains, and the forests. 63 00:03:22,955 --> 00:03:25,596 Forest standing, down with fascism.