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The right to the city, lecture by Professor David Harvey
The right to the city is not merely a right of access to what already exists, but a right to change it. We need to be sure we can live with our own creations. But the right to remake ourselves by creating a qualitatively different kind of urban sociality is one of the most precious of all human rights. (Mon, June 23 2008)
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Whose South Africa?
South Africa will host the World Cup in 2010 so construction – and corruption – is booming. But almost none of the building or the money can be accessed by the poor who live in shantytowns without proper water, sanitation or electricity. These inequalities could be a major issue in the 2009 presidential election. Le Monde Diplomatique april 2008 (Thu, June 19 2008)
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Urgent Action Appeal: Philippines, Manila urban poor against government plans
In 2002, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo proclaimed for the residents the 56 hectares of land that make up Baseco. This means the area was declared “open for distribution to the actual occupants”. The government now wants to use the 56 has. for commercial purposes and intends the families to move to a ten-hectare site to be still reclaimed near Baseco in Manila Bay. (Wed, June 18 2008)
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FEANTSA's Toolkit for developing an integrated homeless strategy
The following 10 approaches could be an interesting guide for policy makers, NGOs, and other stakeholders involved in the fight against homelessness (Mon, June 16 2008)
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Take Back the Land
Liberty City residents and supporters, led by the Center for Pan-African Development, squat on public land, to build housing for our own community. No government permission or money. We are liberating the land for our people. (Fri, June 13 2008)
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The world does not need more of the same medicine
Joint written statement submitted to the Human Rights Council by Foodfirst Information and Action Network (FIAN International), Centre Europe - Tiers Monde (CETIM), ActionAid, Habitat International Coalition (HIC), International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH). (Fri, May 23 2008)
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Urgent Action Appeal, Haiti: Forcible eviction of peasant families, Artibonite
In 2004, 1200 Haitian peasant families were violently evicted from their lands in the Artibonite department. Today evicted families live in a precarious situation and do not have adequate housing or access to resources to feed themselves. (Thu, May 22 2008)
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Urgent Action Appeal: Mosul Dam, Iraq: Millions of Iraqis at risk from collapse of Mosul Dam
House/community demolitions, forced evictions, dispossession, deprivation of the means of subsistence (Thu, May 22 2008)
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Forced evictions and desperate plight of homeless in Zimbabwe
Video and information about the conflict in Zimbabwe (Fri, April 25 2008)
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Introduction to the debate, review of the thesis of Hernando de Soto in light of the analysis by Naomi Klein.
HIC-GS would like to invite HIC members and everyone involved in the issue, to participate in that space of debate. (Tue, April 22 2008)
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