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Former Occupants Evicted from IBGE and Amarelinho Buildings Protest for Social Rent Payments

By Jorge Amilcar de Castro Santana • Translation by Edmund Ruge • October 21, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On October 3 at 2pm, families protested at the doors of the Rio de Janeiro municipal government offices, demanding the social rent payments promised them following their eviction from urban occupations […]

#HousingWatch

The City Shouts for Life! Rio Residents Take to Streets on World Homeless Day

By Tara Nelson • October 20, 2019

On Monday October 7, Rio de Janeiro residents, community leaders, and activists joined outside City Hall to demand their constitutional right to housing. Various movements—including Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto (Homeless Workers’ Movement), Uniāo Nacional […]

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‘NOlympics Anywhere’: Unprecedented Transnational Olympics Protest in Tokyo

By Cerianne Robertson • July 26, 2019

Clique Aqui para Português  Tens of thousands of Tokyo residents heard the drumline. Tens of thousands saw the jubilant parade of hundreds of banner-bearing protesters. And tens of thousands heard the chants rejecting the Olympic […]

*Highlight

Act Marks 2nd Anniversary of ‘Enough Violence! Another Maré is Possible,’ Demands Public Action

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Edmund Ruge • July 19, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, July 10, community residents and representatives from local organizations gathered in the Complexo da Maré favelas in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone to recognize the two-year anniversary of the […]

Performance by Bando Cultural Favelados from Rocinha during the "Stop Killing Us" demonstration. Photo: Daiana Contini
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‘Stop Killing Us!’ Drew 2000 to Rio Beachfront to Protest State Violence in Favelas [IMAGES]

By Carolina Medina Zárate, Daiana Contini • Translation by Ava Rose Hoffman • June 2, 2019

Clique aqui para Português One week ago, on May 26, approximately 2,000 people participated in the “Stop Killing Us!” protest in front of Post 8 at Ipanema’s beachfront, in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone. Community-based […]

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