On Friday (June15), beginning at around 10 am, the notorious Security Management Unit illegally, brutally and violently evicted more than 40 families in the Barcelona 2 ‘transit camp’. The eviction was carried out until 1 am in the morning on Saturday. A number of people were wounded during the attack. This morning (June18) Abahlali baseMjondolo […]
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South Africa: AbM win in court!
Duran (South Africa): ANC members are threatening AbM leaders in Cato Crest now
Update: It was impossible to carry out the process as stipulated by the court order due to intimidation and threats from ANC supporters including open and public death threats. The rule of law is being undermined at every turn. Our lawyers and leaders have now left the area. 17 September 2013 – 9:11 a.m. Abahlali […]
South Africa: Evictions mark first day of national lockdown
Even as police let loose with rubber bullets and beatings against shoppers yesterday in an effort to enforce the new national Covid-19 lockdown, in Durban they were turfing people into the street. The eThekwini municipality evicted residents from the Ekuphumeleleni settlement near Shallcross in Ward 17 on Friday when, at 2pm, nine vehicles linked to […]
Dublin: Leo’s Early Risers
Yesterday [9/8/18] the housing activist occupation at 35 Summerhill Parade entered its third day. Approximately 100 people attended the ‘Leo’s Early Risers’* event yesterday evening to show solidarity and support to the local community and all those involved in the occupation. Speeches came from housing activists and residents in the local area to demand adequate […]
South Africa: Abahlali baseMjondolo Statement
An Old Snake in a New Skin – From Raymond Masondo to Heinrich Bohmke and Bandile Mdlalose In 2006, when we made it clear that we would not give up our autonomy to the NGOs and walked out of a meeting at the Centre for Civil Society (CCS) at UKZN, some NGO workers, such as […]
New York City: An interview with Rob Robinson from Picture the Homeless and Take Back the Land Movement
Published in “Brisbane From Below” n°1 (Brisbane, 2011). Could you tell us a bit about yourself and how you became involved with Picture the Homeless? No problem. I became involved with Picture the Homeless after spending 10 months in a NYC shelter. I was advocating within that shelter for better maintenance conditions, adherence to rules […]
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