This article seeks to identify the relationship between capitalist production and environmental destruction, which has become more accentuated in the current political situation under the economic orientation of the neoliberal perspective that is dominant in the world today. The result of this confrontation, despite some conquests, is expressed in the aggression of social and environmental rights, especially in locations where large developments by private and multinational capital affect the living conditions of neighboring traditional communities. The article is based on bibliographic and documental research as well as direct observation in the city of Anchieta in Espirito Santo state Brazil, guided by a methodology of participating research.
Environmental preservation; Social rights; Social struggles; Capitalism