Category Archives: Solidarity

Challenges of Internationalism, Solidarity and Integration of Peoples

Challenges of Internationalism, Solidarity and Integration of Peoples

– Address by S’bu Zikode to the People’s BRICS meeting in Brasilia, 12 November 2019

Thank you Programme Director. May I take this opportunity to thank the International Secretariat for creating this space for us. I see this space as an instrument full of possibilities and hope for a better world, a world that we want and for which we are all prepared to fight. May I also thank all comrades from Pan Africa Today who have always counted us, the uncounted, in this difficult journey for a world we want, a world in which we all live like human beings.

In recent years we have had a close and important relationship with the MST, the movement of the landless here in Brazil, and many of our comrades have travelled to Brazil to spend time with the MST, and to participate in the MST political school. Our struggles to put the social value of land before its commercial value have much in common. We deeply appreciate the solidarity from the MST and our movement shares in your joy at the release of Lula. Continue reading

The Social Justice Coalition condemns threats & violence against our Abahlali baseMjondolo comrades in KZN!

The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) condemns threats and intimidation by ANC leaders in eThekwini against Abahlali baseMjondolo.

The reports in the past week about eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede and Councillor Nelly Nyanisa are very disturbing and must be condemned. Mayor Gumede labeled comrades of Abahlali as being used by a “third force”, and Councillor Nyanisa made a threat saying “we will deal with them”. These are very dangerous statements in an already politically violent environment in KZN. Continue reading

Abahlali baseMjondolo to hold Solidarity Meeting in Durban

2 March 2018
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement

Abahlali baseMjondolo to hold Solidarity Meeting in Durban

Our movement will be hosting a solidarity meeting in Durban with comrades from other organisations from 9:30 am till 6:30 pm on Saturday. The organisations that will be part of this meeting include the Housing Assembly in Cape Town, Ubunye bamaHostela in Durban and Abahlali baseMjondolo branches in Gauteng.  Continue reading

Solidarity with the MST in Brazil

MST4 November 2016
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement

Solidarity with the MST in Brazil

The National School Florestan Fernandes in Guararema, São Paulo, is the political school for the MST – the Landless Workers’ Movement in Brazil. Our comrades have had the honour of studying and teaching there. We have just received the statement below from the MST. We currently have two comrades at the school.

We are in full solidarity with the MST and all the comrades at the school. Continue reading

Upcoming Engagements with Solidarity Networks

Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA Press statement

26th October 2016

 

Upcoming Engagements with Solidarity Networks

Our movement is committed to internationalism. We have always understood that while some struggles, like the struggles against gangster councillors, are local other struggles, like the struggle against capitalism, are global. International solidarity has been extremely helpful to us when we have faced repression and we have always offered our solidarity to our comrades elsewhere in the world when they have requested our support. We have learnt a lot from comrades in other struggles in other parts of the world and we have always been happy to host comrades from elsewhere in the world who want to learn from our. Continue reading