Tag Archives: consumer boycott

Obstructing the highway from inside a building

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Gavin Brown

In addition to maintaining the Non-Stop Picket outside the South African Embassy, the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group frequently protested at the offices of South African Airways in Oxford Circus. A favourite tactic was to occupy the airways’ offices.  In … Continue reading →

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Postcard from Dublin: (re)connecting the Dunnes Stores Strikers

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Gavin Brown

Postcards typically arrive after you’ve returned from your holidays, don’t they?  Last week I was in Dublin for a few days break before the new academic year, but despite the downtime, this project was never completely out of my head.  … Continue reading →

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South Africa: come and see our wildlife (classic subvert)

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Gavin Brown

Throughout the spring of 1988 members of the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group regularly occupied the offices of South African Airways in Oxford Circus.  Their ‘No Rights? No Flights!’ campaign responded to the growing repression in South Africa by targeting … Continue reading →

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A day of people’s sanctions against apartheid

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Gavin Brown

Earlier this week I had coffee with Ross Galbraith and began to put in place part of the story of the Non-Stop Picket that stretches to Leicester.  Ross and his colleague, Gary Sheriff were sacked in 1989 from the Leicester … Continue reading →

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