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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Stop batting for apartheid – it’s just not cricket
What could be more English than sitting down to enjoy a game of cricket on a late summer bank holiday weekend? During the summer of 1989 many City Group anti-apartheid activists attended cricket matches around London and the South East. They … Continue reading
Helen Yaffe profiled in Times Higher Education
Helen Yaffe, the Research Associate on the Non-Stop Against Apartheid project was profiled in the 18 August 2011 edition of the Times Higher Education. Helen’s parents were heavily involved with the Non-Stop Picket and the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group and … Continue reading
Breaking silence: activist adventures in noise pollution
On Monday 18 August 1986 100 people gathered, gagged, on the Non-Stop Picket to preemptively break the silence that the Metropolitan Police were attempting to impose on anti-apartheid protest outside the South African Embassy. These attempts to silence the Picket by … Continue reading
Rare documentary footage of the Non-Stop Picket
During our archival work, rare documentary footage of the Non-Stop Picket has come to light. The documentary was produced by the Revolutionary Communist Group [RCG] and filmed during the early days of the Picket in the Spring of 1986. It includes … Continue reading
Solidarity through sanitary towels
Another year, another South African Women’s Day protest… In 1986, the Non-Stop Picket celebrated South African Women’s Day with a rally on 9th August. As part of this protest, City Group organised a collection of sanitary towels to send as … Continue reading
Women scrub away the taint of apartheid
One of the dates that was marked by the Non-Stop Picket each year was South African Women’s Day on 9th August. On or around this date, City Group would organise a special rally on the Picket to honour and remember … Continue reading
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