Monthly Archives: December 2012

Father Freedom visits Trafalgar Square

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Gavin Brown

The Non-Stop Picket of the South African embassy in London was non-stop. It didn’t stop for Christmas.  The members and supporters of the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group maintained the Picket for four Christmases in the late 1980s.  This time … Continue reading →

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Contesting the peace and dignity of the apartheid embassy

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Gavin Brown

Throughout the 1980s the South African Embassy in London regularly complained to the British Government about anti-apartheid protests outside its premises.  In December 1987, staff at the embassy wrote to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office twice in one day to … Continue reading →

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Raincoats from Romford

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Gavin Brown

The City of London Anti-Apartheid Group often collected material aid for members of the South African liberation movements in training camps across Southern Africa and the families of political prisoners inside South Africa and Namibia.  It did this through the … Continue reading →

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“Creating solidarity”: a video of a talk on creative (anti-apartheid) activism

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Gavin Brown

Back in September I spoke at a workshop at the Watershed in Bristol organised by Michael Buser from the University of the West of England.  The workshop was on the theme of “Creative Practice, activism, and place-based identities”.  My talk was … Continue reading →

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