Abahlali baseMjondolo the shack dwellers movement from South Africa visit Hackney

BENEFIT Fri 4 Sept 7.30pm-2am@ the Belgrade Social Centre, 2a Belgrade Rd, London N16 8DJ

Films and discussion with representatives from the South African shack dwellers’ movement, followed by uplifting African music from Jally Kebba Susso (kora master), Kodjovi Kush from the Soothsayers, Jah Warrior and Bubble-Wap featuring Isa GT.

£3 donation, free to hostel residents.

TALK Sat 5 Sept 3-5.30pm @ Navarino Mansions Community Hall, Dalston Lane, London E8 1AJ

‘Talk to us, not about us’ – talk and discussion with representatives from Abahlali baseMjondolo and Church Land Programme.

Fifteen years after the end of apartheid, poverty and inequality in South Africa have increased. The heritage of the liberation struggle means that today many communities are taking action to challenge this injustice. Durban’s shack dwellers started to build a movement in 2005 and Abahlali baseMjondolo is now the largest social movement of the poor in post-apartheid South Africa. The movement’s key demand is for ‘Land & Housing in the City’ but it has also successfully politicized and fought for an end to forced removals and for access to education and the provision of water, electricity, sanitation, health care and refuse removal as well as bottom up popular democracy. Amongst other victories the Abahlali have democratized the governance of many settlements, stopped evictions in a number of settlements, won access to schools and forced numerous government officials to ‘come down to the people’.

Children welcome at the talk. Venue is wheelchair accessible and has accessible toilets.

Contact
‘Talk to us not about us’

Posted on | August 22, 2009 |

Contact londoncoalitionagainstpoverty@gmail.com with any questions.

For more info visit lcap.org.uk / abahlali.org

London Coaltion Against Poverty
e-mail: londoncoalitionagainstpoverty@gmail.com
Homepage: https://www.lcap.org.uk/?p=158

For more information on the Climate Camp national gathering happening this Saturday and Sunday daytime see https://climatecamp.org.uk/node/471

Rampart Social Centre Rampart Street Whitechapel, E1

£5 – £3 suggested donation on the door

With music from:

Hello Bastards https://www.myspace.com/hellobastardsxxx

52 Commercial Road https://www.myspace.com/52commercialroaduk

Dissident Island djs

Tickin’ Timebomb John https://www.myspace.com/tickintimebombjohn

Film showing: “Occupation 101”

Speakers from D.A.M.

Vegan food on donation

D.A.M. formed from a cohort of U.S. military veterans, conscientious objectors, war resisters, social justice activists and community organizers from the San Francisco Bay Area. The idea is to connect anti-war activists and war resisters from the US with those in Israel/Palestine to work towards forms of more substantive support and solidarity for each other’s movements and to work collectively against the destructive forces militarism on a global scale. All money raised during this event will go towards funding the D.A.M. project.

https://www.againstmilitarism.org

161 Commercial street, the squat opened for the freeschool event on housing last month, is still occupied, and wioll be reopening to the public this Sunday with a 100% off Jumble sale, free bike repairs, free solar shower, stencil making workshop , food, and film showings.

Come on down from noon till 9 in the evening

please bring things to add to the free shop, and take anything you need.

Place: 2a Belgrade Road, London, N16, United Kingdom
Access to land is one of the key issues for developing countries – and Brazil has one of the most inequitable land distributions in the world, with vast tracts of land held by ofton absentee landowners. Meanwhile thousands of peasants live in marginal lands in cities and rural areas. The Brazilian Landless Worker’s Movement (MST) has proved a huge success with the disenfranchised rural and urban poor in Brazil – becoming one of the largest social movements in the world.
Please come for a day of music and information in support of MST.
£5 donation entrance fee
Ground floor. Bands and bar. From 8.30pm
– Afro Indigenous Colombian band
– Millie and the Moonstone
– Tilt at Windmills
– Nila and the Rajas
1st floor. Sebastiao Salgado photo exhibiton
– 5pm – 11pm Brazilian food and cafe
– 5.30pm – Eu, tu e Eles (Me, You, Them) Brazilian romance film.
– 7.30pm – MST documentary
– 10pm Acoustic acts followed by an open mike.

The freeschool is in a newly squatted building and will be focused on squatting and housing related issues, including workshops and skillshares on plumbing, electricity, gentrification, gender and housing, and the property markets

For more info see https://www.londonfreeschool.wordpress.com

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