“South Africa’s freedom serves the interest of a few while the majority lives in deep poverty”
S’bu Zikode, President of Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM), South Africa’s shack dwellers’ movement, talks about UnFreedom Day which is marked by the organization in April every year.
Unhoused people face uncertainty as officials raze makeshift shelters and other stories
Today we look at the clearing of homeless encampments in New York City, US; the ceasefire declared by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen; and more
26 arrested in police crackdown on homeless encampment in Toronto
Hundreds arrived at the Lamport Stadium park to oppose the forcible eviction of a homeless encampment, leading to 26 arrests and several injuries
Ariel Henry takes over as Haiti PM amid inquiry into Moïse’s killing & other stories
Today we look at the situation in Haiti and the ongoing inquiry into Jovenel Moise’s killing, the police crackdown on an encampments of unhoused people in Canada, and more
Residents protest against demolition drive in Karachi, Pakistan
On Monday, June 14, while hearing the petition filed by Karachi Metropolitan Corporation on the demolition of leased houses along Gujjar nullah, the apex court noted that encroachments need to be removed
Unfreedom Day in South Africa
Ahead of the national holiday commemorated for the 1994 democratic elections in South Africa, a leader of the shack dwellers movement declared, “We are burning because of the conditions we live under.”
UK tenants union calls for no homelessness and rent debt
The call for the mobilization was given by the union, ACORN, which has also started a petition to protect tenants, lodgers and mortgage holders from eviction and debt during the COVID-19 outbreak
Violent evictions in Bogotá, Colombia amid the coronavirus pandemic
Many question the motivation of the city government to evict the community amid the pandemic as they have been occupying the land for the last 20 years
Army brought in to aid illegal evictions in South Africa, several left homeless amid lockdown
The Azania shack dwellers’ settlement of Abahlali baseMjondolo in Durban, was attacked by agents hired by the eThekwini municipality authorities on April 2. 15 shacks were demolished, leaving several people homeless
Solidarity with shack dwellers in South Africa (statement from Arundhati Roy, Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad and Yanis Varoufakis)
Following a series of violent and illegal evictions of shack dwellers in South Africa, scholars and activists denounce the actions and stand in solidarity with the movement
As South Africa locks down, the homeless left most vulnerable
Soon after the lockdown began in South Africa, security forces patrolling the streets of Johannesburg were seen chasing homeless people with batons. Later in the afternoon, eight shacks were demolished in eThekwini municipality, while 17 have been marked for demolition in Durban
The Cost of This Pandemic Must Not Bankrupt the People
Vijay Prashad and Manuel Bertoldi discuss the pressing need for states to take humanitarian measures in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic and crisis
- Nearly the entire US House of Representatives just equated anti-Zionist to anti-semitism
- Community organizations in the UK step up solidarity with Palestine by blockading arms supply companies
- Childhood obesity, the COVID-19 pandemic, and ultra-processed foods in Brazil
- Israel extends detention of Al-Shifa hospital’s director by 45 days
- Participants in Queer Pride March in Delhi call for the liberation of Palestine
