The Poor People's Alliance was a network of radical grassroots movements in South Africa.Voices of poor must be heard, Editorial, Business Day, 25 October 2010South Africa: A Revolution in Progress , Ceasefire, 9 January 2009 It was formed in 2008 after the Action Alliance, formed in December 2006, was expanded to include two more organisations.The Struggle for Land & Housing in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Toussaint Losier, Left Turn, January 2009 It become defunct following the collapse of two of its affiliated movements, the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign and the Landless People's Movement.
The following organisations were members of the alliance:
Abahlali baseMjondolo in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Abahlali baseMjondolo in the province of the Western Cape. The Landless People's Movement in the province of Gauteng. The Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign in the province of the Western Cape. The Rural Network of KwaZulu-Natal.'Participatory Society: Urban Space & Freedom', by Chris Spannos, Z-Net, 29 May 2009 South Africa: A Revolution in Progress , Ceasefire, 9 January 2009
The Poor People's Alliance refused electoral politics Possibilities for other options at polls, Imraan Buccus, Sunday Tribune, 28 February 2010 and resolved to boycott the 2009 national elections under the slogan "No Land! No House! No Vote!".See 'Post Annual General Meeting Speech by S'bu Zikode' at http://www.abahlali.org/node/4666ANC Attacks Shack Dwellers MovementsBy Voting We Are Only Choosing Our Oppressors, Soundz of the South
The Poor People's Alliance supported the struggle of the eMacambini Community against mass eviction by Ruwaad Holdings and KwaZulu-Natal Premier S'bu Ndebele and the African National Congress Provincial Government of KwaZulu-Natal.See 'Ten Thousand to March on S’bu Ndebele in Protest at eMacambini Evictions' at http://www.abahlali.org/node/4584
International links The Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign stated that it has been influenced by the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign and the Poor People's Alliance.February "Rent Party" Fundraiser for Freedom, Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign
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