PADKOS NO 99 This edition of padkos contains a new report from us at the Church Land Programme (CLP) about the eviction of shack-dwellers in eThekwini during the Covid-19 crisis. Violent evictions and demolitions of poor black shack-dwellers homes in South Africa are ongoing and must be stopped immediately! As the world rises against the
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PADKOS NO 100 In our 100th padkos mailing1, we’re following up on the release of our research report into the evictions and demolitions in eThekwini – and giving you a way to support the campaign to stop them. A number of significant leaders from religious and solidarity formations that we’ve long worked with, have already
PADKOS NO 98 Recently we’ve seen some truly historic mobilisations in Canada, blocking railways and blockading ports. They are protesting against a proposed gas pipeline that would to cut through territories and waterways that are deeply significant for indigenous people there, especially for the Wet’suwet’en nation. What’s been especially notable about the protest movement is what Jon Langdon
PADKOS 97 Welcome to a serving of padkos during this time of the global corona virus crisis. Afrikaans dictionaries translate padkos as ‘provisions’ in English. It is made up of two separate Afrikaans words: pad, meaning road; and kos, meaning food. So it describes food for the journey. We are aware that to a small degree, padkos has developed a sense of
Padkos No 94 Join us for the final session this year exploring another central theme in the work of John Holloway. We kicked off the 2nd half of the year’s padkos with readings focused on “the revolt of doing against labour”. All societies requires lots and varied forms of productive & creative activity (‘doing’). But under
PADKOS NO 93 Next up in our series focused on key themes in the work of John Holloway, we consider the place of dignity. Your (essential!) reading is a piece called “Dignity’s Revolt”, originally published around 1998 and that has recently been included in the extraordinary collection of Holloway material, We Are The Crisis of
Working together to learn from and discuss John Holloway’s lecture series, In, Against, and Beyond Capitalism, has been deeply rewarding. We’ve all benefited – not only by learning a bit more of Holloway’s extraordinary work, but from the perspectives and questions that all the participants have brought with them in the 1st two sessions –
Please note slightly revised times for this great event: we’ll gather from 4pm and the talk will start promptly at 4.30 – drinks and snacks will be available. A final reminder that visiting scholar-activist, Patrick Kane, will be talking about the “Civic Strike to Live with Dignity” that took place in Colombian port city of
Reminder: Learning “in-against-and-beyond” – Part 2: 30 April 10am Thanks so much to everyone who joined the excellent discussions in our first session. The second one explores the next lecture in John Holloway’s In, Against, and Beyond Capitalism: The San Fransisco Lectures (2016). In this chapter, John discusses “Capital, the Social Cohesion that Strangles Us”.
PADKOS NO 90 Learning from “The Civic Strike to Live with Dignity” in Buenaventura, Colombia, with Patrick Kane (UK), 4:30pm, 25 April at UKZN We’re delighted to offer this chance to meet and hear from Patrick Kane. Patrick has been involved in solidarity activism supporting social movements and trade unions in Colombia for over