Everybody Thinks, Everybody Counts, Everybody Cares, Everybody Acts: Twenty Years of Abahlalism

Speaking at Curries Fountain this weekend, twenty years after Abahlali baseMjondolo emerged from the shack settlements of Durban, I was reminded of what genuine popular democracy looks like when it refuses co-option. It has been twenty years since a meeting brought together leaders from fourteen shack settlements at Kennedy Road in Durban, and they decided … Continue reading "Everybody Thinks,…