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The Shacks Fight Back! 3 Talks by Richard Pithouse

Anthony | 29.05.2007 00:00 | Free Spaces | Social Struggles | London

THE SHACKS FIGHT BACK!
THE SHACK DWELLERS MOVEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA

3 talks by Richard Pithouse of the South African shack dwellers movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo

THE SHACKS FIGHT BACK!

THE SHACK DWELLERS MOVEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA

3 talks by Richard Pithouse of the South African shack dwellers movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo.  http://www.abahlali.org/

Abahlali have fought for the right of Durban's shack dwellers to basic amenities - housing, water, land. This democratic grassroots movement has confronted the lies and evasions of local government and aid agencies to show that real participatory democracy is possible: when it is organised by and for the dispossessed.

Richard Pithouse, an academic and journalist who has been active in the movement since its inception, will talk about the struggle, show some short videos, and answer questions.

Community activists from the East End and South London will be in attendance. We hope that the parallels between Abahlali's struggle and that of Londoners fighting the decay and privatisation of their services will provide inspiration and a chance to think.

Please come and join in the discussion!


WHEN AND WHERE:

7pm, Tuesday 5th June, The Soho Theatre
21 Dean Street London W1D.

Entry: £5/£3

Tube: Tottenham Court Road. Bus 7, 8, 10, 25, 55, 73, 98, 176; 38,19,14; 3, 6, 12, 13, 15, 23, 53, 88; 14, 29, 176.

7pm, Thursday 7th June, Centerprise

136 – 138 Kingsland High Street, Dalston, London E8.

Entry: FREE

Bus: 67, 76, 149, 243 (direct); 242, 30, 38, 56, 277 (Dalston Junction)
Tube: Highbury & Islington, 1 mile
Train: Dalston Kingsland (Silverlink Metroline)

2pm Sunday 10th June, Camberwell Squatted Social Centre
192 Warham St, off Camberwell New Rd, Camberwell SE5

Entry: FREE

Bus: 36, 436 tube: oval

www.56a.org.uk/warham.html

Organised by Mute magazine [ http://metamute.org

Anthony
- Homepage: http://www.metamute.org

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