Chico takes his message to the national and international stages, where he finds both support and increased threat of violence. Jim and Graham take a look at the larger drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. It ends at the beginning, with Chico’s murder.Sources:<ul><li>Revkin, Andrew. The Burning Season: the Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest. Island Press, 2004.</li><li>Rodrigues, Gomercindo, et al. Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes: Struggle for Justice in the Amazon. University of Texas Press, 2007.</li><li>Mendes, Chico, et al. Fight for the Forest: Chico Mendes in his Own Words. Latin America Bu</li><li>Shoumatoff, Alex. “Murder in the Rainforest.” Vanity Fair, 1989.</li><li>Mendes, Francisco. “Antihero.” Spin, September 1989, page 76-78.</li><li>Surui, Almir Narayamoga, et al. Save the Planet: An Amazonian Tribal Leader Fights for His People, The Rainforest, and the Earth. Editions Albin Michel, 2015.</li><li>Hecht, Susanna, and Alexander Cockburn. The Fate of the Forest: Developers, Destroyers, and Defenders of the Amazon. University of Chicago Press, 2010.</li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Chico takes his message to the national and international stages, where he finds both support and increased threat of violence. Jim and Graham take a look at the larger drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. It ends at the beginning, with Chico’s murder.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Revkin, Andrew. The Burning Season: the Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest. Island Press, 2004.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rodrigues, Gomercindo, et al. Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes: Struggle for Justice in the Amazon. University of Texas Press, 2007.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mendes, Chico, et al. Fight for the Forest: Chico Mendes in his Own Words. Latin America Bu&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Shoumatoff, Alex. “Murder in the Rainforest.” Vanity Fair, 1989.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mendes, Francisco. “Antihero.” Spin, September 1989, page 76-78.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Surui, Almir Narayamoga, et al. Save the Planet: An Amazonian Tribal Leader Fights for His People, The Rainforest, and the Earth. Editions Albin Michel, 2015.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hecht, Susanna, and Alexander Cockburn. The Fate of the Forest: Developers, Destroyers, and Defenders of the Amazon. University of Chicago Press, 2010.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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Environmentalist, Chico Mendes, takes his message to the national and international stages, where he finds both support and increased threat of violence. 

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Ep. 5: The International Stage

Ep. 5: The International Stage

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