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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Non-Stop Against Apartheid in 2013
Two events in 2013 brought significantly increased traffic to the Non-Stop Against Apartheid blog: the first was Margaret Thatcher‘s death; the second, of course, was Nelson Mandela’s. The day after Thatcher died, this blog received its most traffic in a single … Continue reading
Posted in Archival research, Dissemination, Interview material, Popular & Informal Education
Tagged Anti-Apartheid Movement, apartheid in south africa, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Dunnes Store Strikers, Dunnes Stores Strikers, Ken Bodden, Leicester, Margaret Thatcher, Metropolitan Police, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela's death, Non-Stop Picket, Pan-Africanist Congress, South African Embassy, south african embassy in london, Trafalgar Square, workers' sanctions, Zolile Hamilton Keke
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A tribute to Mandela from Trafalgar Square to Houghton
When the members of the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group stood for four years outside South Africa House in the 1980s communications with South Africa could be tricky. The South African government’s censorship meant that news of anti-apartheid protests in … Continue reading
Podcast: Gavin Brown on being Non-Stop for Mandela
The University of Leicester has published a podcast of an interview with Gavin Brown about our research on the Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy in London. The interview covers Gavin’s memories of participating in Non-Stop Picket as a teenager. It summarises … Continue reading
Non-Stop for Mandela: reflections on London’s four-year continuous protest for his release
Nelson Mandela’s death has been announced tonight (5 December 2013). Although this news is not unexpected, its impact on people around the world will be significant, not least for those who maintained a four-year protest for his release in central London. In the late 1980s … Continue reading
Posted in Archival research, Gavin Brown, Helen Yaffe, Interview material, Project staff
Tagged ANC, Anti-Apartheid Movement, apartheid in south africa, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, David Kitson, free nelson mandela, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela's death, Non-Stop Picket, Norma Kitson, South African Embassy, south african embassy in london, Trafalgar Square, Umkhonto we Siswe
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Thinking international solidarity in Dublin
Gavin and Helen are speaking in Dublin tomorrow at a one-day conference about International Solidarity. The event “International Solidarity: practices, problems, possibilities” has been organised by the Department of Sociology at Trinity College Dublin. Our paper, ‘Practices of solidarity: opposing … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Helen Yaffe, Project staff
Tagged City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Dublin, Dunnes Store Strikers, international solidarity, Non-Stop Picket, political geography, political solidarity, social and cultural geography, solidarity activists, solidarity in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin
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