We are the poors : community struggles in post-apartheid South Africa / Ashwin Desai.

Author/creator Desai, Ashwin
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Monthly Review Press, ©2002.
Description153 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Poor--South Africa.
Black people--South Africa. --Economic conditions.
South Africa--Economic policy.

Contents Fatima Meer comes to Chatsworth -- Harinarian "Moses" Judhoo in the promised land -- How are these people even able to exist? -- A social timebomb starts ticking -- The struggle and its fruits : from the militant eighties to the end of apartheid -- "We are the poors" -- Upgrading the houses and the return of relocation -- Is it legal to be poor? : evictions and resistance -- Faces in the crowd -- Working life : from rags to tatters -- Thulisile Manqele's water -- A revolt grows in Isipingo -- Mpumalanga's new war (co-authored with Heinrich Bohmke) -- Fighting neoliberalism in Soweto and Tafelsig (co-authored with Peter van Heusden) -- Labor and community : the Volkswagen and Engen strikes -- Chatsworth reignites -- Global and local : the World Conference Against Racism and the Durban social forum -- Building a new movement? -- Appendix : Durban Social Forum declaration.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2002006897
ISBN1583670505 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HC905 .D38 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold