Dear Comrades Today 28 November 2021, Abahlali baseMjondolo, the shack dwellers movement in South Africa will hold its Elective Congress in Durban. Held every three years, this moment serves to deepen the movement’s internal democracy. We know this year has been particularly difficult for AbM. The movement has faced extreme levels of persecution and repression […]
Letter of solidarity from the Socialist Party (Zambia)
Abahlali baseMjondolo, or AbM, is a shack-dwellers’ movement – the largest popular movement to have emerged in post-apartheid South Africa. They organise land occupations, builds community infrastructure such as halls, creches and gardens, run occupations as democratic communes, and campaigns for land and housing and against corruption, xenophobia, evictions and sexism.