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Tag Archives: City of London Anti-Apartheid Group
LGBT activists in the anti-apartheid struggle
The second article that Gavin has written for the Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre for Memory and Learning focused on the role of LGBT activists in 1980s’ anti-apartheid campaigning. After the end of apartheid, South Africa became the first country in the … Continue reading
Contribution to Decolonising Geography
This week Gavin Brown has contributed a post about the Non-Stop Picket and the forms of informal, anti-racist political education that took place on it, to the Decolonising Geography blog. Gavin concludes his contribution by stating: Although the Non-Stop Picket … Continue reading
Posted in Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Popular & Informal Education, Project staff
Tagged apartheid in south africa, black consciousness movement, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, decolonization, informal education, Nelson Mandela, Non-Stop Picket, Norma Kitson, Pan-Africanist Congress, Solidarity, South African Embassy, Trafalgar Square
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Interview with Zephaniah Mothopeng
What feels very current in the interview is Mothopeng’s repeated insistence that opposition to apartheid was not just about civil rights or democracy, but was fundamentally a struggle to decolonize South Africa Continue reading
Posted in Archival research, Dissemination, Popular & Informal Education
Tagged Azania, Azania Komitee, black consciousness movement, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, decolonization, Pan-Africanism, Pan-Africanist Congress, POQO, Sharpeville massacre, Soweto Uprising, Zephania Mothopeng, Zephaniah Mothopeng
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Zephania Mothopeng in London, 1989
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
City Group’s Solidarity with Pan-Africanist Exiles in London
As part of its Heritage Month, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) of Azania is pleased to re-connect with those who were part of the international anti-apartheid movement. Those who not only showed solidarity with the anti-apartheid struggle, but also, in … Continue reading
The PAC in London
The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania has recently started a social media project to educate their members and supporters about the history of the movement and their contribution to the anti-apartheid struggle. As part of this work, they are also … Continue reading
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 Against Apartheid 