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Sustainable Favelas’ 3rd Annual Meet-Up, Part 6: Solid Waste & Favela-University Manifesto

By Julio Santos Filho • Translation by Ikrom Alajoulin • December 29, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is the sixth article in a series covering the events of the 3rd Annual Full-Network Meet-Up of the Sustainable Favela Network, which took place online on November 7, 2020.  The Sustainable […]

One year ago, 2019 Black July united many social movements from the Global South.
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The Fight for Housing and an Antiracist, Feminist Look at the City [VIDEO]

By Wilson Saiki Junior • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • August 27, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the Covid-19 and its impact on the favelas and part of our series covering 2020’s Black July. As part of 2020’s 5th Annual Black July, a group of women […]

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Favela Leaders and Activists Discuss the Fight Against Evictions During the Pandemic [VIDEO]

By Thomas Maggiola • August 21, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article covering Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. On August 11, the Popular Council, a collaborative network that defends housing rights and fights against evictions in […]

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Rio de Janeiro’s Water Crisis is Necropolitics from the Faucet

By Juliana Gonçalves • Translation by Laura Bachmann • February 6, 2020

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Juliana Gonçalves published by The Intercept Brasil click here. Necropolitics doesn’t just happen when Governor Wilson Witzel says to shoot people in their little […]

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Campaign Calls on UNESCO to Recognize Favelas as World Heritage [VIDEO]

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Cerianne Robertson • June 23, 2018

Clique aqui para Português The Chilean non-governmental organization committed to improving housing in informal settlements, TECHO, is today active in 19 countries across Latin America. In Brazil, where it is known as TETO, the NGO works […]

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