The arson attacks in the Amazon are the perfect example of how settler colonialism and capitalism are reliant on *ongoing* processes of violence and dispossession.
What is happening is not the theft of property. It is the imposition of a property-logic on the commons.
What is happening is not the theft of property. It is the imposition of a property-logic on the commons.
The question of "who owns this land?" should be as ridiculous as "who owns the air?" - and, tbf, with regards to forestry in particular, the question of land ownership and air is inherently linked.
We can see the beginnings of radical solutions when it comes to protecting the ecological commons. Moving from a relationship of private ownership to collective stewardship of land, defending indigenous land rights, and rejecting extractive models of economic development.
Make ecocide, a crime against the planet, a prosecutable offence like war crimes. And make sure that the leaders of Western and wealthy powers (whose consumption drives ecological degradation globally) are equally likely to be forced into the dock if current patterns persist.
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