Monthly Archives: September 2011

On this day in 1987: Jury refuse to convict anti-apartheid activists

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Gavin Brown

I’ve written previously about the fall-out from the paint-throwing direct action taken by three City of London Anti-Apartheid Group activists against the South African Embassy on 6 May 1987.  The Metropolitan Police used this action as an excuse to ban … Continue reading →

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Brixton-Soweto: contours of solidarity

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Gavin Brown

I recently dusted off this old City Group t-shirt – a treasured momento of the Non-Stop Picket that has travelled around with me for more than twenty years.  The badges, t-shirts and other ephemera produced by social movements say a … Continue reading →

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‘Hands Off Women Picketers’: solidarity against police harassment

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Gavin Brown

On Tuesday 16th September 1986 five anti-apartheid activists were arrested on the Non-Stop Picket outside the South African embassy in London.  The City of London Anti-Apartheid Group reported the arrests in Non-Stop News the following week: at about 10.30am the … Continue reading →

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Whose vote? Protesting whites-only elections, 1989

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Gavin Brown

The last racially segregated general election conducted under apartheid in South Africa took place on 6th September 1989.  The City of London Anti-Apartheid Group held a day of action to protest this racist election and to call for majority rule … Continue reading →

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