Reflections on work, legal aid and the welfare state A legal aid worker's analysis of legal aid, and its role in preserving social peace in capitalist society.
The politics of protest - Red and Black Notes Red and Black Notes analysis on OCAP and Canadian unions against the Tory government.
Anti-poverty in Ontario - Red and Black Notes The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) is one of the best known anti-poverty organizations in Ontario. It has acquired a reputation for…
California homeless hold demonstration to demand accomodations On July 2, 2009, hundreds of homeless Californians marched on the Sacramento Town Hall to demand …
Abahlali baseMjondolo: ‘a homemade politics’ Matt Birkinshaw, a researcher from London, spent three months living in Abahlali baseMjondolo communities in Durban and Cape Town in 2008. This paper, prepared for a conference in Manchester, gives a brief but useful overview of the movement.
Zabalaza, Unfinished Struggles against Apartheid: The Shackdwellers’ Movement in Durban This article by Nigel Gibson gives an overview of the emergence of Abahlali baseMjondolo in 2005. Much has changed since then - the movement has grown enormously and the early ambivalence about the ANC on the part of some militants was decisively broken in 2006 - but this is a classic account of the early days of the movement.
Martin Legassick on the Macassar Village Land Occupation in Cape Town The Macassar Village Land Occupation, organised by Abahlali baseMjondolo, has rocked Cape Town. In a…
We are the Third Force - S'bu Zikode S'bu Zikode's article in response to the attempts of the South African government to attack the shack dwellers' movement.
Open Letter to US Activists Battling Evictions from the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign in South Africa The Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign, the oldest and perhaps the most militant…
Sekwanele! Social movement struggles for land and housing in post-apartheid South Africa This article, published in the current issue of Left Turn magazine in the USA, gives a useful overview of the militant grassroots movements in South Africa.
What recession means for us An analysis of the likely impact of the coming recession on workers' lives and a rallying call for collective action to mitigate that impact.
Thousands to march against eviction for a massive themepark in South Africa Fifty thousand people are threatened by an eviction to build a Zulu themepark with Dubai money.
