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Report on HLRN's Urgent Action System
In response to HIC Member demands over the years, HLRN fulfilled its promise to establish an Urgent Action system (UAS) as a mechanism to address housing and land rights violations through collective HIC mobilisation. However, member use and participation in the Urgent Action System is very weak. In order to be as effective as its envisioned potential, the system requires member participation. (Wed, August 20 2008)
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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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