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The political strategy of the socialist shack dwellers’ movement is grounded in two decades of activism against oppression and for land

Beginning at the General Assembly held in Durban on the first Sunday in February Abahlali baseMjondolo has held an extensive process of meetings and discussions at all levels of our movement, and in all our 87 branches in good standing across the four provinces where we have members, to develop a collective strategy for the

Seeking justice in Iran and Palestine

“Since the regime succeeded in putting an end to the large-scale daily demonstrations, strikes and industrial action by workers have been on the increase. Employees, pensioners and teachers have come up with their own demands.”

“The “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising moved the whole world and generated an unprecedented upsurge of international solidarity. Several trade-union organizations, both national and international, gave their support to the risen people and condemned the brutal repression by the Islamic regime.”

Simin Fadaee, University of Manchester Forty-four years after Iranians rose up against their hated monarch in February 1979, a group of 20 organisations engaged in long-term social and economic struggles – including labour unions, teachers, women’s groups and youth and student movements – issued an ultimatum to the government of the Islamic Republic. The Charter

On February 15th, twenty workers’ unions, feminists, students, and one human rights organization in Iran published the Charter of Minimum Demands of

There is much that the global feminist movement can learn from the current women’s struggle in Iran and their vision.