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Tag Archives: critical geopolitics
“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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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
Posted in Academic, Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Project staff
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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The end of the project (for now). Some thanks.
Today is officially the last day of our current funding for the Non-Stop Against Apartheid project. So, our thanks are due to a few people. But, before that, here is our (current) favourite quote from the project: In the annals … Continue reading
Posted in Gavin Brown, Helen Yaffe, Project staff
Tagged City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, critical geopolitics, Helen Yaffe, historical geography, leverhulme trust, Nelson Mandela, Non-Stop Against Apartheid, Non-Stop Picket, political geography, social and cultural geography, University of Leicester
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Thoughts on young people and critical geopolitics
Last week I gave a paper about the Non-Stop Picket at the annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society in London. The paper was called “The Young Ones: adolescence, political engagement, and the anti-apartheid movement” and was presented in a double … Continue reading
Non-Stop Against Apartheid at the #RGSIBG13 conference
This week Gavin Brown will be presenting a paper from the Non-Stop Against Apartheid research at the Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) in London. His paper is called “The Young Ones: adolescence, … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Project staff
Tagged children and young people's geographies, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, critical geopolitics, historical geography, Non-Stop Picket, Royal Geographical Society, social and cultural geography, Solidarity, young people's activism
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Non-Stop Against Apartheid 