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

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[–] Feliskatos@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

It seems the U.S. isn't the only country with wealth worship.

“The director there wasn’t nice at all to the people who were staying at the shelter,” she says. “To tell you the truth, she was really arrogant with me. And a bunch of us said, look we can’t stay here anymore. And that was when we heard about the occupation.”

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In numerous interviews with shelter residents, directors and volunteers, Truthout found that class differences underlined the realities at many shelters. Most of the shelter directors and volunteers are middle to upper class. Most of the residents are working class and poor, and now have lost everything to the floods.