Meleiza Figueroa

Meleiza Figueroa is a PhD Candidate in Geography at UC Berkeley, a Fellow with the Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution, faculty-owner of the Cooperative New School for Urban Studies and Environmental Justice, and former National Press Director for the 2016 Stein/Baraka Green Party presidential campaign. She has been a longtime political journalist, educator and organizer involved in a wide range of movements for social & environmental justice. She may be reached at https://melfig.net

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Political Fires in the Amazon: Land Rights and Sovereignty for the Forest Peoples That Could Save Us All

The Amazon thrives because of its forest peoples, not despite of them. This essay by Meleiza Figueroa outlines what’s truly at stake in the struggle against Bolsonaro in the Amazon, and by extension, for the survival of the planet.