Monthly Archives: December 2011

Christmas on the Non-Stop Picket

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Gavin Brown

The Non-Stop Picket of the South African embassy was just that.  It was ‘non-stop’ and that included Christmas Day.  Just as this year various Occupy encampments  have been getting publicity for their intention to keep protesting over the festive period, … Continue reading →

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Demo of the Year (1987)

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Gavin Brown

The recent news that TIME magazine has named ‘The Protestor’ their personality of the year for 2011 brought back memories of December 1987.  In that year, the readers of London’s erstwhile radical listings magazine, City Limits, voted the Non-Stop Picket … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: The Spatialities of Protest Camps (RGS-IBG 2012)

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Gavin Brown

Here’s one for our academic readers…  Along with the Protest Camps crew, we are organising a session at the Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) Annual Conference at the University of Edinburgh (Tuesday 3 July 2012 to Thursday … Continue reading →

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Music for Mandela

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Gavin Brown

In December 1986, to “celebrate 240 days non-stop against apartheid outside the South African Embassy”, the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group held a fundraising benefit.  The Music for Mandela benefit night took place at Islington Town Hall in north London and … Continue reading →

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Political, informal education against apartheid

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Gavin Brown

The City of London Anti-Apartheid Group worked hard to ensure that its members and supporters were well-informed about the functioning of apartheid, the history of resistance to it, and current events in South Africa as they were unfolding.  Through its … Continue reading →

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Birmingham research seminar: practising solidarity

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Gavin Brown

Gavin Brown will be giving a tabula rasa research seminar at the University of Birmingham on Monday 5th December.  His talk, “Non-Stop Against Apartheid: practising solidarity” will present some early thoughts on this research project.  The seminar, hosted by the … Continue reading →

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