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Category Archives: Dissemination
Video of “Youth Activism and Solidarity” pavement book launch
On 9 August 2019, we held a launch event for the paperback edition of our book Youth Activism and Solidarity: the Non-Stop Picket Against Apartheid. The launch took place on the pavement in front of South Africa House where the Non-Stop … Continue reading
Posted in Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Helen Yaffe, Popular & Informal Education, Project staff
Tagged Amandla Kitson, Anti-Apartheid Movement, anti-apartheid songs, Carol Brickley, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, David Kitson, David Yaffe, international solidarity, internationalism, Non-Stop Picket, Norma Kitson, Revolutionary Communist Group, Solidarity, South African Embassy, Trafalgar Square, Youth activism
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Viva Carol, our convenor. No one tougher, no one meaner
Carol Brickley, the Convenor of the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group throughout the 12 years of its existence, died in September. Carol was central to the formation of City Group and her revolutionary communist politics played a key role in … Continue reading
Posted in Archival research, Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Interview material, Popular & Informal Education, Project staff
Tagged Anti-Apartheid Movement, anti-imperialism, apartheid in south africa, Carol Brickley, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Non-Stop Picket, Revolutionary Communist Group
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“Youth Activism and Solidarity” now out in paperback
We are pleased to announce that our book Youth Activism and Solidarity: the Non-Stop Picket against Apartheid is now published in paperback. From April 1986 until just after Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in February 1990, supporters of the City of London … Continue reading
Non-Stop Picket in the ‘Official’ Mandela Exhibition
On 8 February 2019 a new ‘official’ exhibition about Mandela’s life in London’s Waterloo. The exhibition has been organised by one of Mandela’s grandsons and pitches itself in the following terms: Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition is the major new global … Continue reading
“Youth Activism and Solidarity” out in paperback in March
The paperback edition of Youth Activism and Solidarity: The Non-Stop Picket against Apartheid will finally be published in March 2019. Watch this space for details of a launch event in London for the new paperback edition.
Posted in Academic, Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Helen Yaffe, Popular & Informal Education, Project staff
Tagged anti-imperialism, apartheid in south africa, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, international solidarity, Non-Stop Picket, Solidarity, South Africa, South African Embassy, Youth activism
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Andy Higginbottom critiques the British Council’s Mandela exhibition
An article in today’s The Conversation critiques the “Mandela and Me” exhibition at the British Council in London as corporate whitewashing for its principal sponsor, Anglo American. The article is by Andy Higginbottom an Associate Professor of International Politics, Human … Continue reading
