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> This is one of the latest housing occupations in Brazil. Families displaced by unprecedented floods, which inundated cities across Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul in early May, took over the building on the evening of Friday, May 24.
https://truthout.org/articles/climate-refugees-are-occupying-abandoned-buildings-in-southern-brazil/
#PortoAlegre Once host to World Social Forum and the Participatory Budget!?!?!
#ClimateRefugees #ClimateOccupations
Climate Refugees Are Occupying Abandoned Buildings in Southern Brazil

As the climate crisis continues, flood victims in Brazil are building solidarity as they occupy unused buildings.

Truthout
Jun 18, 2024 at 11:25pmWeb
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> “This is our salvation,” flood victim Anselmo Gomes says of the occupation. Before the rains, he delivered online orders on his motorcycle. His bike, however, has now been underwater for more than a month. “This is the chance of a new beginning.”

#ClimateFlooding #MassiveFlooding #LongTermFlooding #Brazil #SoutherBrazil
/HT @RSMacKinnon

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> “We’re happy here. We’re treated well. Everyone is equal,” she says. “Everyone is homeless. Everyone has their story and we are helping each other. If someone needs a diaper or milk for our little ones, we share amongst each other. If I have bread, I’m going to share with everyone else. And if others have food, I’ll eat too.”

#ParadiseInHell comes to mind, by #TheHopeLady #RebeccaSolnit