Indigenous Rights, Climate & Forests in Chile: Report Back

Featuring Photos & Videos from Wallmapu (Chile) Anne Petermann and Orin Langelle will show videos and photos, and discuss findings from GJEP’s human rights delegation in October focused on the Mapuche effort to reclaim land, culture, spirituality and food sovereignty.

Join us for an evening of powerful stories, images, and solidarity   The indigenous Mapuche people have been mobilizing to take back their ancestral lands in Wallmapu (Chile) from vast industrial eucalyptus and pine plantations developed under the Pinochet dictatorship in the 1970s. Recovering their land is part of the larger effort of Mapuche people to reclaim their culture, spirituality and language, as well as food sovereignty for their communities. A new “Usurpation” law makes Mapuche land recovery efforts illegal, and people who try to claim land or grow crops risk arrest or imprisonment.    Biofuelwatch co-Director Gary Hughes will address the unique connection between California and Chile, especially with regard to false climate solutions like biomass burning. This event is also the West Coast Book Launch for Portraits of Struggle by longtime movement photojournalist Orin Langelle.    Langelle’s captivating images document interconnected global struggles for environmental, social, and economic justice across six continents and five decades. Langelle will sign books during the event reception.