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Category Archives: Academic
“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
“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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Histories and Legacies of Solidarities with the Anti-Apartheid Struggle (Glasgow, 22 May 2018)
On 22 May, the University of Glasgow is organising an event about the Histories and Legacies of Solidarites with the Anti-Apartheid Struggle. This event has been organised to mark the publication of a new book by Gavin Brown and Helen … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Helen Yaffe, Popular & Informal Education, Project staff
Tagged Anti-Apartheid Movement, children and young people's geographies, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Non-Stop Picket, political geography, social and cultural geography, Solidarity
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Two reviews of “Youth Activism and Solidarity”
This week the first two reviews of our book Youth Activism and Solidarity, about the Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy in London during the 1980s, have been published. One is aimed at an academic readership and the other for activists … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Helen Yaffe, Media coverage, Project staff
Tagged Anti-Apartheid Movement, Antipode journal, apartheid in south africa, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, historical geography, Non-Stop Picket, Revolutionary Communist Group, social and cultural geography, Solidarity
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Youth Activism & Solidarity: a dedication
Now that Youth Activism and Solidarity: the Non-Stop Picket against Apartheid has been published and had its launch, we wanted to share the book’s dedication. We have told the stories of Norma, David and Steve Kitson on this blog a number … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Dissemination, Interview material, Popular & Informal Education
Tagged ANC, Andrew Privett, Andy Gardner, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, David Kitson, Jacky Sutton, Ken Bodden, Ken Hughes, Non-Stop Picket, Norma Kitson, obituary, Pan-Africanist Congress, Revolutionary Communist Group, Solomon Odeleye, Steve Kitson, Zoilile Hamilton Keke
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Book launch event (27 November, Leicester)
Posted in Academic, Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Popular & Informal Education, Project staff
Tagged Anti-Apartheid Movement, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, historical geography, Nelson Mandela, Non-Stop Picket, political geography, social and cultural geography, University of Leicester
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“Youth Activism & Solidarity: the Non-Stop Picket against Apartheid” published
We are pleased to announce that our book Youth Activism and Solidarity: the Non-Stop Picket against Apartheid is published, by Routledge, today. From April 1986 until just after Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in February 1990, supporters of the City of London … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Helen Yaffe, Popular & Informal Education, Project staff
Tagged Anti-Apartheid Movement, apartheid regime, children and young people's geographies, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, critical geopolitics, Geography, historical geography, international solidarity, internationalism, Nelson Mandela, Non-Stop Picket, political geography, social and cultural geography, social movements, Solidarity, South Africa, South African Embassy, Trafalgar Square
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Youth Activism and Solidarity: A step closer to publication
Yesterday the copy editor’s comments and queries on the manuscript for our book Youth Activism and Solidarity: the Non-Stop Picket against Apartheid arrived. I’ve spent the last day attentively working through every bit of changed formatting, spelling, and punctuation, to ensure the … Continue reading
Youth Activism and Solidarity: The Non-Stop Picket Against Apartheid book manuscript submitted
Today we have finally submitted the manuscript of Youth Activism and Solidarity, our book about the anti-apartheid Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy, to our publishers. The book will now go through a process of peer review. All being … Continue reading
The Non-Stop Picket and the solidarity of the British Far Left
Today is the anniversary of the launch of the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group’s Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy in London. The ways in which City Group provided solidarity with those resisting apartheid in South Africa both drew … Continue reading
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Tagged ANC, Anti-Apartheid Movement, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Cold War, Communist Party of Great Britain, critical geopolitics, Far Left, geopolitics, internationalism, Marxist Workers Tendency, Militant, Non-Stop Picket, Pan-Africanist Congress, political geography, Revolutionary Communist Group, Socialist Workers Party, Solidarity, South African Communist Party, Third World
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Non-Stop Against Apartheid 