Land Grabs in Braszil

As many as 250,000 people are threatened with eviction as Brazil prepares to host this year's World Cup competition and the 2016 Olympics. The World Cup games will be played in twelve cities creating road construction, airport renovation, and stadium construction. In response, Amnesty International founded a campaign called, "Enough forced eviction", and Brazilian activists began "The National Coalition of People's World Cup Committees." These groups sent a report to the UN Human Rights Panel last year that, until now, has been ignored. This action by the Brazilian government is just one act in a long history of governments taking land from people to further the interests of the capitalist class. It will continue until all land is the common heritage of all humankind. John Ayers.