No Land! No House! No Vote!: Voices from Symphony Way - Brossura

Symphony Way Pavement Dwellers

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1906387842 ISBN 13: 9781906387846

Casa editrice: Pambazuka Pr, 2011

Riassunto

Early in 2007, hundreds of families living in shacks in Cape Town were moved into houses they had been waiting for since the end of the apartheid. But soon they were told that the move had been illegal, and they were kicked out of their new homes. They built shacks next to the road opposite the housing project and hundreds organized themselves into the Symphony Way Anti-Eviction Campaign, vowing to stay on the road until the government gave them permanent housing. This anthology of stories of justice miscarried, of violence domestic and public, of bigotry and xenophobia, is both testimony and poetry. This book is a means to dignity, a way for the poor to reflect and be reflected. It is testimony that there's thinking in the shacks, that there are humans who dialogue, theorize, and fight to bring about change.

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L'autore:

Symphony Way Pavement Dwellers are shack-dwelling families in Cape Town who were moved into houses but soon afterwards evicted again. They organized the Symphony Way Anti-Eviction Campaign and write about their experiences and their struggle for justice.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Pambazuka Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1906387842
• ISBN 13: 9781906387846
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 141