Solidarity Protest Today at the South African Consulate in New York City

Click here to see some pictures from this protest and here to see video footage of the protest.

http://picturethehomeless.org/blog/southafricarally

Picture the Homeless, the Poverty Initiative, and Domestic Workers United invite you to rally to Support Abahlali basemjondolo, the Shack Dwellers Movement under Attack in Durban, South Africa

Friday, October 9 2009

12:00pm-1:30pm

outside the South African consulate

333 E 38th St, btwn 1st & 2nd Aves

(near 4/5/6 trains at 42nd St)

Members of Picture the Homeless, the Poverty Initiative, and Domestic Workers United, three NYC grassroots organizations, met with representatives from the South African Shack Dwellers Movement Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) in NYC in August. As AbM faces attack and repression in Durban, poor and struggling people and our allies in NYC make common-cause & stand with our friends in South Africa!

For more information, contact Tej Nagaraja at cell:(646) 752-6451, tej@picturethehomeless.org or http://picturethehomeless.org/blog and Picture the Homeless at 646-314-6423 or brandon@picturethehomeless.org

More information about what’s going on in South Africa: http://abahlali.org/////

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Abahlali baseMjondolo is making the following suggestions, in terms of folks doing actions in solidarity with their movement:

1. Affirm our right to exist and our right to be critical of the government.

2. Organize in support of our demands.

3. Support those of us who have lost their homes and all their possessions with material support.

4. Support those of us who are traumatized, including the children, with counseling and spiritual support.

5. Organize serious discussions about the nature of democracy in our country – and include delegates from poor people’s organizations in those discussions on the basis of equality.

You can also take action NOW by calling or e-mailing the South African Consulate and supporting the demands of the Shack Dwellers!

Call: 212-213-4880 or e-mail: consulate.ny@foreign.gov.za