ABSTRACT
This chapter reflects on a practical question that we discussed at the conference that produced this book: In light of the many different, dynamic but overlapping expressions and historical forms of inequalities worldwide, how do outraged people mobilize, organize, and resist? Specifically, how do localized or place-based resistance movements generate trans-local connections and build solidarity with allies elsewhere? To further explore this praxis we planned a dialogue between two differently located anti-eviction movements who briefly collaborated in 2007 during their campaigns to illegally occupy foreclosed private homes in South Chicago and on the Cape Flats of South Africa. Using Skype, we organized a debate between leaders of a soon-to-be reconstituted anti-eviction movement, the Western Cape Housing Assembly, and the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign in Illinois. The conversations among these activists were enlightening and powerful enough to be transcribed and included in this volume.
