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Those interested in knowing more, please refer to: https://epw.in/journal/2023/8/review-urban-affairs/planning-informal.html Do DM/message me if you need a PDF of the piece.  Key arguments: 1. Draft MPD 2041 and its absence of inclusion of provision for vending and SV Act 2014 is an antecedence to the impending challenges of implementing SV Act, and to understand how it will be resisted, diluted and excluded from planning practices.  2. The Street Vendors Act is an outlier & contradicts neo-liberal urban logic and challenges the state that is used to removing informalities to ‘protect’ and…

Online registration for the conference is closed, but you can still register in person! Visit our registration table—on the second level of the Hyatt Conference Center—starting at 11:30am on Friday to register in person! Conference sessions will begin promptly at 2:30pm and you’ll need your registration badge to gain entry, so make sure to arrive early to avoid getting stuck in line. Here are some final conference reminders: We’re asking all conference attendees to take a rapid Covid test before traveling to Socialism 2024 (whether from across the country or across…

The Socialism 2024 virtual program will feature speakers including: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Noura Erakat, Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Rabbi Brant Rosen, George Abraham, Ilan Pappé, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Silky Shah, Harsha Walia, Sarah Jaffe, Eman Abdelhadi, Kelly Hayes, Vincent Bevins, Hanif Abdurraqib, and more.  Making sure that conference sessions are accessible to folks who aren’t able to join us in person is very important to us—but it also comes with a hefty price tag. While all of our live-streamed programming is available for free, please consider RSVPing for…

Why this petition matters Started by Gauteng T2 I hope this finds you well. The intention of this petition is to address an issue of profound importance concerning the values and affiliations associated with Maccabi South Africa, the Maccabi Table Tennis Club, and partner entities like JusTT. After careful reflection and extensive deliberation within our own organization (Gauteng T2 Table Tennis Club), it has come to our attention that the Maccabi South Africa publicly aligns itself with Zionist ideologies and supports the State of Israel. Refer: https://maccabi.co.za/site/our-purpose/“…while promoting Zionism and supporting the…

By José Miguel Gándara C. La Marx Spain On August 5, humanity was commemorating, because it was 129 years since the death of one of the most brilliant minds not only of the 19th century, but of the entire corpus of Marxist thought. On August 5, 1895, a scientific communist, co-author of the founding works of unionism, socialism and communism, Friedrich Engels, died in London, England. This had seen the light in Barmen, Prussia, on November 28, 1820, he was born into a bourgeois family, since it owned a good…

Demands Submitted to State Govt and fruitful discussion held with Mission Sakti Addl Secretary & Director, they assured that the Department will not insist on restructure. They also told that the Records, Registers, Passbook, Account Books & other things of GPLF is to be kept in GPLF Office, if there is no office it has to be kept with President & Secretary of GPLF. By Jayantha Das