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Tag Archives: David Kitson
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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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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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
Youth Activism & Solidarity: a dedication
Now that Youth Activism and Solidarity: the Non-Stop Picket against Apartheid has been published and had its launch, we wanted to share the book’s dedication. We have told the stories of Norma, David and Steve Kitson on this blog a number … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Dissemination, Interview material, Popular & Informal Education
Tagged ANC, Andrew Privett, Andy Gardner, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, David Kitson, Jacky Sutton, Ken Bodden, Ken Hughes, Non-Stop Picket, Norma Kitson, obituary, Pan-Africanist Congress, Revolutionary Communist Group, Solomon Odeleye, Steve Kitson, Zoilile Hamilton Keke
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Mementos of Steve Kitson
Sunday 12 November 2017 marks the twentieth anniversary of the death of Steven Kitson. Steve was born in 1957 as the eldest child of the South African communists and anti-apartheid activists David and Norma Kitson. In the 1980s, he became … Continue reading
A parcel from Cape Town (and a letter from Robben Island)
A thick envelope covered in South African stamps arrived in my office just before Easter. It contained copies of correspondence relating to the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group from the Mayibuye Archive at the University of Western Cape. We have to … Continue reading
Surveying the Anti-Apartheid Movement digital archives
This week the digital archives of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement have gone live online. The website, Forward to Freedom, charts the history of the AAM from 1959 until 1994. It provides a rich resource of photos, interviews, video clips and scanned documents … Continue reading
Posted in Archival research
Tagged AAM Archive Committee, AAM Archives, Anti-Apartheid Movement, Bodleian Library, Christabel Gurney, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, David Kitson, Forward to Freedom, Non-Stop Picket, Ruskin College, south african embassy in london, South African Embassy Picket Campaign, TASS
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Stories from the green crates: exploring Steve Kitson’s papers
There are two green, plastic crates full of papers sat on the end of my desk. They smell a little damp. My office smells a little damp. The papers are squeezed so tightly into the boxes that I fear for … Continue reading
Non-Stop for Mandela: reflections on London’s four-year continuous protest for his release
Nelson Mandela’s death has been announced tonight (5 December 2013). Although this news is not unexpected, its impact on people around the world will be significant, not least for those who maintained a four-year protest for his release in central London. In the late 1980s … Continue reading
Posted in Archival research, Gavin Brown, Helen Yaffe, Interview material, Project staff
Tagged ANC, Anti-Apartheid Movement, apartheid in south africa, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, David Kitson, free nelson mandela, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela's death, Non-Stop Picket, Norma Kitson, South African Embassy, south african embassy in london, Trafalgar Square, Umkhonto we Siswe
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Non-Stop Against Apartheid 