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Climate change is no longer

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a threat on the horizon.

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It's already here.

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Things are bad...

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and they’re going to get worse.

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But they could get even worse

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if we stand by and do nothing,

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allowing capitalism

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to ravage living conditions on Earth

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—destroying forests, deserts, mountains,

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rivers, and oceans

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in pursuit of the eternal “progress”

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and “infinite growth”

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to the benefit of a small elite,

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while dooming an ever-increasing
number of people

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to an increasingly precarious existence

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in an increasingly hostile environment.

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Governments around the world

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have done little to prevent

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the most catastrophic scenarios
from becoming reality.

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Quite the contrary—

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they are making the situation even worse.

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In many countries,

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we witness the rise and consolidation
of authoritarian leaders,

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who close borders while persecuting
and criminalizing minorities

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within their own countries.

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And in the most brutal cases,

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they wage wars

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and carry out genocide and ethnic cleansing

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to secure control over the last remaining
reserves of fossil fuels

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and strategic military positions.

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In the territories occupied
by the Brazilian state—

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whether under far-right governments

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or under governments claiming
to be more left-leaning—

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environmental devastation continues,

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sometimes at a rapid pace,

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sometimes more slowly,

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but always in the same direction.

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The Lula administration authorized

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oil extraction at the mouth
of the Amazon River,

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a sensitive area for wildlife
and the ecosystem.

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Despite all the promises
of environmental safety,

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the first oil spill occurred

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just a few months after Petrobras received

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the license to begin operations.

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The state also violates the
self-determination of indigenous peoples

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when it ignores their protests

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and imposes the opening of
new transport routes

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for grains and minerals extracted from
the heart of the Amazon Rainforest,

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thereby encouraging the devastation carried
out by agribusiness and mining companies.

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Political institutions offer
no prospect of change.

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The National Congress is,
as it always has been,

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full of reactionaries,

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religious fundamentalists,

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and defenders of the interests of capital,

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who gamble away the future
of their own children

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to ensure the maintenance
of this patriarchal,

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racist, and colonial order.

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Meanwhile, the institutional left—

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the so-called progressives—

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are preoccupied in maintaining governability

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and winning the next elections;

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to that end, they become the
most loyal defenders

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of the very institutions that
have historically oppressed

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and exploited the inhabitants
of these territories.

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All of this can lead us to despair

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and a sense of powerlessness,

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which paralyze us in the face of
such daunting challenges.

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But where there is life,

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there is resistance.

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There is hope.

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Groups of people who have plenty of reasons

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to be the most hopeless—

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who suffer the greatest violence

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and have been resisting this
system for centuries—

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are on the front lines, setting an example.

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In the territories occupied
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we see indigenous peoples

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using direct action

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to combat the ecocidal advances of capitalism

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 and Brazilian colonial genocide,

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in order to protect the forests and biomes.

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In recent years,

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waves of land reclamations
have swept the country,

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from south to north across the territories
occupied by the Brazilian state,

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keeping large landowners awake at night.

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From the so-called Rio Grande do Sul,

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where the Mbya Guarani,

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Kaingang, and Xokleng-Konglui peoples

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have carried out dozens of land reclamations,

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through Paraná state,

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where the Avá Guarani people reclaimed
Tekoha Tatá Rendy;

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through Mato Grosso do Sul state,

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where the Kaiowá and Guarani bravely

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reclaimed their ancestral territories

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in the Panambi-Lagoa Rica Indigenous Land;

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through Bahia state,

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where the Pataxós reclaimed areas

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of the Pataxó Comexatiba
Indigenous Territory;

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all the way to the Parnamirim reclamation

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by the Anacé people in Ceará.

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But it’s not limited to land reclamations.

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In January 2025,

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hundreds of Indigenous people from
more than 50 ethnic groups

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occupied the Pará State
Department of Education

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for over a month,

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forcing Governor Helder Barbalho

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to revoke a new law

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that would have made Indigenous education
in their villages unfeasible.

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That same month,

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the Kapinawa people occupied

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the headquarters of the Pernambuco
State Development Agency

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to protest the construction of a wind farm

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on their territories.

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After two days of occupation,

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they achieved victory when the wind
farm’s construction was halted.

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In November of that same year,

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Indigenous protesters stormed the COP30,

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the United Nations Climate Change Conference,

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to protest various projects that facilitate

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deforestation and agribusiness
expansion in the region,

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such as the construction of
the Ferrogrão railroad

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and the privatization of the
Tapajós River waterway.

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The protest laid bare the impacts

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of oil exploration in the Amazon River Delta

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and the international climate negotiations,

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which exclude the voices
of indigenous peoples

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and treat native forests

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as mere carbon credit assets.

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On January 21, 2026,

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Indigenous people from more than
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along the middle and lower reaches
of the Tapajós River

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occupied the port terminal

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of agribusiness giant Cargill

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in Santarém, Pará.

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The occupation,

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in which more than 1,000 people participated,

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condemned the lack of consultation
with Indigenous peoples

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and demanded the repeal of the decree

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that paved the way for the privatization

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of the Tapajós, Tocantins, and Madeira rivers

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and their dredging projects.

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On February 19,

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about 400 Indigenous people intercepted

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a grain-carrying vessel on the Tapajós River.

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And on the 21st,

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they stormed Cargill’s office
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further increasing pressure
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On February 23,

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after 33 days of mobilization,

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the government announced the revocation
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On the same day,

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hundreds of women from the Indigenous Women’s
Movement of the Middle Xingu

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occupied the FUNAI Regional
Coordination Office

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in Altamira, Pará,

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to protest against the advancement
of the project

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by the Canadian company
Belo Sun Mining,

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which plans to establish,

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on the banks of the Xingu River,

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the largest open-pit gold mine

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in territories occupied
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On March 16,

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two hundred Indigenous
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access to the Altamira airport.

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The occupation of the FUNAI office
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until April 3,

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when the protesters left the site

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to head to the Terra Livre Camp in Brasília.

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These are just a few of the
most recent examples

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in the lands occupied by the Brazilian state.

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But examples of indigenous resistance

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can be found throughout every
colonized territory.

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From Wallmapu, in the far south of Abya Yala—

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known as South America

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—where the Mapuche have been
resisting for centuries

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against the Argentine and Chilean states

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and against capital,

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to the frozen lands stolen by Canada,

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where the Wet’suwet’en, Gitxsan,
and other peoples

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are fighting against gas pipelines
and other ecocidal projects.

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All the way to Palestine,

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occupied and ravaged,

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where the population bravely resists

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the atrocities committed by the genocidal,

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racist, and colonial state of Israel.

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In the face of seeming
insurmountable challenges,

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the struggle continues.

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For the struggle and the lives
of these peoples

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are inseparable from the
territories they inhabit—

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the rivers, forests, and mountains.

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To have a chance at a slightly
more tolerable future,

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we must draw inspiration
from these struggles,

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from these lives.

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When we look at the land we inhabit,

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we understand that our future
depends on the earth,

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the waters, and the winds

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that surround us and sustain us

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and those around us.

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And we will do everything in
our power to defend them.

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Air, earth, and water are not for sale;

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they are to be loved and defended.

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Direct action gets the goods,

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and our future depends on it.