Tag Archives: Carol Brickley

Zephania Mothopeng in London, 1989

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Gavin Brown

Some time ago, we wrote about the rally organised in London in July 1989 at which Zephania Mothopeng, the President of the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania spoke. Thanks to friends in the Netherlands who were previously involved with the Azania … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival research, Popular & Informal Education | Tagged Carol Brickley, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Non-Stop Picket, Pan-Africanism, Pan-Africanist Congress, Solidarity, Zephania Mothopeng, Zephaniah Mothopeng | 3 Comments

Video of “Youth Activism and Solidarity” pavement book launch

Posted on November 23, 2019 by Gavin Brown

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 | Leave a comment

Viva Carol, our convenor. No one tougher, no one meaner

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Gavin Brown

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 | Leave a comment

‘Black Londoners’ celebrate two years of the Non-Stop Picket

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Gavin Brown

The Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy (which began on 19 April 1986) celebrated its second anniversary on Saturday 16 April 1988 with a march from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square. We have recently (re)discovered a recording of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival research | Tagged apartheid in south africa, Carol Brickley, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, David Kitson, Molefe Pheto, Non-Stop Picket, Norma Kitson, South African Embassy, Trafalgar Square | 1 Comment

Launching the Non-Stop Picket, 19 April 1986

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Gavin Brown

The Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy started on 19 April 1986. The proposal for the Non-Stop Picket had been made at the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group’s Annual General Meeting in January of that year and plans for … Continue reading →

Posted in Interview material | Tagged anti-imperialism, apartheid in south africa, Carol Brickley, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Libya, Nelson Mandela, Non-Stop Picket, Norma Kitson, South African Embassy, Trafalgar Square, Tripoli, US Embassy | 9 Comments

Margaret Thatcher: friend of apartheid

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Gavin Brown

‘Every day the blood of our children flows. While all this is happening, Reagan and Thatcher continue to call themselves friends of black people while in effect they are the friends of racists.’ (Winnie Mandela,6 April 1986) Helen Yaffe writes: Winnie … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival research, Helen Yaffe, Interview material | Tagged apartheid in south africa, apartheid regime, Carol Brickley, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Margaret Thatcher, Non-Stop Picket, Revolutionary Communist Group, South African Embassy, Thatcherism, Winnie Mandela | 2 Comments

Surveillance of anti-apartheid activists revealed

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Gavin Brown

After the exposure of long-term police infiltration of environmental and anti-capitalist activist networks over the last couple of years, the idea that the British police monitored anti-apartheid activists in the 1980s is hardly a surprise. However, two publications from March … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival research, Interview material | Tagged activist networks, Anti-Apartheid Movement, Carol Brickley, Cathy Massiter, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, MI5, Mike Terry, phone tapping, Seumas Milne, Special Branch, surveillance of activists | 1 Comment

Organising for militant solidarity: City Group and the 1986 Anti-Apartheid Movement AGM

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Gavin Brown

Over the weekend of 10/11 January 1987 the national Anti-Apartheid Movement held its Annual General Meeting in London. Although the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group had been ‘disaffiliated’ (expelled) from the Anti-Apartheid Movement two years previously, City Group supporters remained … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival research | Tagged Anti-Apartheid Movement, Bob Hughes MP, Carol Brickley, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Revolutionary Communist Group, Solidarity, Workers Revolutionary Party | 2 Comments

Political responses to assaults on anti-apartheid protestors

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Gavin Brown

Before Christmas, I wrote about a series of complaints made in December 1987 by the South African Embassy in London about the anti-apartheid Non-Stop Picket outside their premises. I quoted the reply to these complaints by an official at the UK … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival research | Tagged Carol Brickley, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, FRFI Non-Stop Picket Bulletin, Metropolitan Police, Non-Stop Picket, police harassment, Revolutionary Communist Group, South African Embassy | 2 Comments

Forging a spear in the side of imperialism (and re-assembling burnt-out activists)

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Gavin Brown

Many of the stories posted on this blog recount tales of daring and defiance or celebrate political victories. It is important to remember those stories, but any attempt to seriously tell the history of a social movement also has to … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival research | Tagged Anti-Apartheid Movement, anti-imperialism, Carol Brickley, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Non-Stop Picket, Revolutionary Communist Group, Rodwell Mzotane, Solidarity | 5 Comments