Socialist ecology: the life and death of Chico Mendes

Originally published in our 2000 pamphlet on environmental and climate politics, We only want the earth. On 22 December, 1988, in the north-western Brazilian town of Xapuri, in Acre state, Chico Mendes was assassinated. The leader of the local union of rubber tappers, active member of the growing Workers’ Party, and advocate of “socialist ecology”, Mendes was the sworn enemy of the landowners against whom he had fought and organised for workers’ rights all his life.

Exploring the life, assassination and legacy of forest defender Chico Mendes with radio legend Studs Terkel

Horrifying, uplifting, surreal: my mate Dom Phillips joins the rainforest martyrs, rainforest

Conflict in the Chico Mendes Reserve threatens this pioneering ian project

NYT explores life and impact of Chico Mendes, “a Fighter for the ”

Brazil's Lula promises no deforestation but challenges loom

Brazil slows deforestation, but in Chico Mendes' homeland, it risks being too late –

Chico Mendes environmental digital carnival Installation

In Bolsonaro's Brazil, a Showdown Over Rainforest

Hostility in Drives Makers Of Chico Mendes Movie Out of Brazil - The New York Times

Chico Mendes' daughter remembers him on the 31st anniversary of his assassination : Peoples Dispatch

Ej Atlas

Conflict in the Chico Mendes Reserve threatens this pioneering ian project

Introducing the Chico Mendes Prize for the best early career practitioner – The Applied Ecologist