Abahlali baseMjondolo Solidarity group in association with SOAS War on Want Society Presents:<br><div class="gmail_quote">
<br>*The Right to Know: The Fight for Open Democracy in South Africa*<br><br>- A Short Film Showing and Discussion -<br><br>*7pm - Wednesday 3rd March*<br><br>*Room 4418 (4th Floor, SOAS Main Building)*<br><br>Since the mid-2000s, a number of social movements in South Africa have<br>
organised and acted to improve the lives of those living in substandard<br>housing and working, if at all, precariously in the informal economy<br>and fighting against privatization, evictions, water-collection and<br>electricity cut-offs.<br>
<br>These community-oriented struggles are based in the “illegal”<br>settlements which are mushroom in and around major cities and sections of the<br>countryside because of South Africa's ongoing housing crisis. Loosely<br>
linked together in the Poor People's Alliance, movements like AbM, the<br>Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign, the Landless People's Movement, and Abahali<br>baseplasini (Rural Network), have taken direct action against government<br>
policy and official neglect.<br><br>
AbM's website:<a href="http://abahlali.org/" target="_blank">http://abahlali.org/</a><br>
UK group blog: <a href="http://abmsolidaritygroup.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://abmsolidaritygroup.blogspot.com/</a><br>
UK group email list:<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/AbM-solidarity-group" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/AbM-solidarity-group</a><br>
Facebook event: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=346647102111" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=346647102111</a><br><br>All are welcome to enjoy the short film and discussion on these<br>
movements, as well as how YOU can help support their struggles.
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