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Abahlali baseMjondolo

Shack dwellers

Durban (South Africa), 2005–present day

Social movement of slum dwellers

Campaigns against clearances and for the construction of social housing.

Shaheen Bagh Protest

Delhi (India), 2019–2020

Sit‑in organized by women in the district of Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, targeting anti-Muslim changes of citizens’ rights, but also campaigning for more safety for women in the urban space.

Fristad Christiania

Freetown Christiania

Copenhagen (Denmark), 1971–present day

Alternative district on an empty military area, currently with a population of 850 to 1,000 people, partly autonomous.

El Estallido Social

Eruption of social unrest

Santiago der Chile (Chile), 2019–2020

A series of demonstrations in the capital of Chile to protest against social inequality.

The trigger for these protests was the planned price increase for the Metro de Santiago.

Occupy Gezi

Istanbul (Turkey), 2013

Demonstrations that were initially directed against construction in the Taksim Gezi Park, later leading to a nationwide protest against the Turkish government.

Save Hackney Wick Campaign

London (UK), 2016–2017

Campaign launched by artists to demonstrate against the demolition of a building in the Vittoria Wharf neighbourhood that previously housed artists’ studios.