Abahlali baseMjondolo to host National UnFreedom Day Freedom Day, 27 April, is the major national holiday in the civic religion of post-apartheid South Africa. The poor are usually herded into…
The Politics of Fire Abahlali baseMjondolo has long sought to politicise fire & shit: to show that people suffer fires because electricity is refused, to show that…
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Release for the March on Mlaba, 28 September 2007 Press release of Abahlali baseMjondolo in the run up to a march on the mayor of Durban to protest his refusal to supply electricity to the shack dwellers' settlements.
100,000 civil servants to strike on April 24 Workers in ten government departments and agencies will join thousands of other public and voluntary sector workers in a strike over pay.
Coastguards join day of strikes As previously reported on libcom, following their first ever strike coastguards are due to walk out alongside tens of thousands of other workers…
TV Times - 19 - 25 April 2008 This weeks highlight is Al Gore's renowned documentary critique of the effects and consequences of global warming.
April 24 – hundreds of thousands to walk out On Thursday April 24 thousands of civil servants, coastguards, council workers, FE lecturers and charity workers will join a national teachers…
South African workers refuse to move arms bound for Zimbabwe South African Transport Union members have announced they will not offload Chinese arms that are being shipped to crisis-torn Zimbabwe.
Civil society, citizenship and the politics of the (im)possible: rethinking militancy in Africa today Michael Neocosmos on the rising tide of politics at a distance from the state in…
Maoists win the election in Nepal The Maoist party - former guerrillas CPN(M) - have won a clear majority in last week's elections. But what changes will this mean for Nepal's…
Taking Poverty Seriously: What the poor are saying and why it matters Article based on interviews with South African shack dwellers about their views of what constitutes 'democracy', stressing the need for those in struggle to set their own agenda rather than have it set by professional activists.
