Factions of the elite fund all the political parties, and not one of them is on the side of the people.
South Africa’s Human Rights Day remains uncelebrated by the poor
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Abahlali baseMjondolo: Mcdonald’s is dumping rubbish in our community
We do not count as human beings to them.
Abahlali baseMjondolo on the ICJ
We do not see the importance of this case as being restricted to proving to the ICJ that the Israeli state is committing genocide.
Rare South African unity in support of genocide charge against Israel
We know oppression, and we are always on the side of all oppressed people everywhere.
Abahlali baseMjondolo in solidarity with Palestine
Black people were not seen as human beings in this country under apartheid, and we, as impoverished black people, continue to have our humanity denied.
18 years of Abahlali baseMjondolo
In 2005, the movement was established because the impoverished, the marginalised and the shack dwellers of South Africa were continuously rejected or left out by the system that had promised to be democratic and free to every citizen of South Africa.
ANC profits while KwaZulu-Natal residents thirst
The ANC does not care about poor black people.
Abahlali baseMjondolo Women’s League celebrate Women’s Day
Today we celebrate Women’s Day, which is held on the anniversary of the Women’s March in 1956 when 20 000 women marched against the “pass laws” which mandated people of colour to carry an internal passport and severely restricted their movement.
Statement on the police killing of Karabo Chaka
Karabo Chaka was shot dead by the police while in the yard of his family home in Slovo Park.
UnFreedom Day held by Abahlali baseMjondolo
We were made poor so that others could be made rich and we are kept poor so that others can remain rich.
Recent Articles
Anarch-iversaries: Miners’ strike and the Carnival Against Capital
Looking back to two events that shaped the last decades’ radical history ~ Scott Harris ~ We can’t let this year pass without tributes for two big anniversaries in radical political history.
“All of a sudden the streets were ablaze”: Nikos Romanos and legacy of the Greek revolt
The anarchist’s recent arrest continues a long story: ten years ago today, his prison hunger strike brought the country to the edge of insurrection on the anniversary of the 2008 uprising ~ Neil Middleton ~ The recent arrest of Nikos Romanos, following the widely publicised explosion in an Athens apartment, took place in the run-up
The lie of a bloodthirsty empire
Political artists Andrei Molodkin and Santiago Sierra, and Wikileaks ambassador Joseph Farrell, talk to A/POLITICAL about the sham of Western liberty, Julian Assange, and how art can still transform pain into defiance ~ Becky Haghpanah-Shirwan ~ The heightened tensions of international politics are reflected in the work of Andrei Molodkin (Russia, 1966) and Santiago Sierra
What chances for climate protesters at Court of Appeal?
Van Gogh soup protest and M25 blockade among cases in January hearing ~ Andy Meinke ~ In July, when five Just Stop Oil activists were jailed for a total of 21 years for a plan to block the M25 motorway in London, it was part of a huge jump in sentencing for peaceful protesters.
Harrods workers vote for Xmas strike
Walkout over pay and conditions expected on 19 December as company refuses to engage with union ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Hundreds of workers across Harrods’ retail, restaurant, kitchen and cleaning departments have returned a resounding 95% yes vote to strike action in the Christmas season.
