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Tag Archives: Anti-Apartheid Movement
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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Posted in Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Helen Yaffe, Popular & Informal Education, Project staff
Tagged Anti-Apartheid Movement, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Nelson Mandela, Non-Stop Picket, Revolutionary Communist Group, Solidarity, South African Embassy, Trafalgar Square, Youth activism
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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
War on Want: Evolution of Struggle series
War on Want are organizing a series of events over the coming months to explore the legacies of the anti-apartheid struggle. We noticed (thanks to Bob Shepherd for drawing it to our attention) that the poster for the Leeds event … Continue reading
Nelson Mandela: The Centenary Exhibition (impact and refections)
On 17 July 2018, to celebrate the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, a free exhibition opens at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London’s Southbank Centre, in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The exhibition mostly charts Mandela’s … Continue reading
Posted in Archival research, Dissemination
Tagged AAM Archive Committee, ANC, Anti-Apartheid Movement, AZAPO, black consciousness movement, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, David Kitson, Nelson Mandela, Norma Kitson, PAC, Revolutionary Communist Group, South African Communist Party
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“Youth Activism and Solidarity” review for youth workers
We were really pleased to see this review of Youth Activism and Solidarity published in ‘Rapport: the journal for playworkers, community and youth workers in Unite‘. It is great to see the book reaching beyond academic audience and being engaged with … Continue reading
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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Fighting Apartheid in Islington
Here are details of a new exhibition at the Islington Museum about the history of anti-apartheid campaigning in that borough. Gavin advised the curators about the history of the Kitson family (who lived in the borough) and some of the tensions … Continue reading
Non-Stop Against Apartheid 