Tag Archives: defending the right to protest

When other geographers find themselves in ‘our’ archive

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Gavin Brown

On 19 November, I gave a seminar paper about the Non-Stop Picket to staff and students in the Geography Department at University College London. I had been invited to contribute to a series of seminars on participatory research methods in … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic, Archival research, Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Helen Yaffe, Project staff | Tagged City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, defending the right to protest, Jeremy Bray MP, Metropolitan Police, Non-Stop Picket, participatory research methods, Professor Andrew Barry, Sir Kenneth Newman | Leave a comment

“Pik off Botha”: attempting to arrest the South African Foreign Minister

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Gavin Brown

On the evening of Wednesday 15 March 1989, South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha visited the South African Embassy in London for ‘secret’ talks with his British counterpart, Geoffrey Howe. The City of London Anti-Apartheid Group (and the national Anti-Apartheid … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival research, Interview material | Tagged Anti-Apartheid Movement, apartheid in south africa, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, defending the right to protest, Direct Action, Geoffrey Howe, Metropolitan Police, Non-Stop Picket, Pik Botha, South African Embassy | Leave a comment

“Unruly Bodies” in Body/State

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Gavin Brown

I have a chapter about the Non-Stop Picket in a new book just out. The book is Body/State edited by my colleagues Angus Cameron and Jen Dickinson, with Nicola Smith from the University of Birmingham, and published by Ashgate. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic, Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Project staff | Tagged City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, defending the right to protest, Direct Action, Non-Stop Picket | 1 Comment

The Pavement is Ours: ban on anti-apartheid protest defeated

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Gavin Brown

After nearly two months during which the Non-Stop Picket was banned from protesting directly outside the gates of the South African Embassy, on 2 July 1987 the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group won back the right to protest where they … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival research | Tagged City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, defending the right to protest, Direct Action, Metropolitan Police, Non-Stop Picket, Norma Kitson, Trafalgar Square | 3 Comments

Remembering Denis Rosen: Jewish socialist and anti-apartheid activist

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Gavin Brown

Denis Rosen was a member of the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group and a stalwart of the Non-Stop Picket. He died, in suspicious circumstances, in Botswana on 2 July 1989. Denis was a socialist, an active trade unionist and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival research | Tagged Anti-Apartheid Movement, City Group Singers, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, defending the right to protest, Denis Rosen, Jewish Socialists Group, Non-Stop Picket | Leave a comment

The Routemaster bus as an agent of direct action

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Gavin Brown

Throughout May and June 1987, members and supporters of the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group continued their campaign of direct action to try to overturn the Metropolitan Police’s ban on demonstrations outside the South African Embassy. During the ban, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival research, Interview material | Tagged City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, defending the right to protest, Direct Action, Metropolitan Police, Non-Stop Picket, routemaster buses, Trafalgar Square | 5 Comments

A motley crew: Tory MP attacks ‘world conspiracy’ of communists and lesbians

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Gavin Brown

Some things never change. While rooting around in the archival material about the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group recently, I was reminded of the time a Tory MP launched a vitriolic attack on the Non-Stop Picket of the South African … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival research | Tagged apartheid in south africa, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, defending the right to protest, John Carlisle MP, Non-Stop Picket, South African Embassy | 2 Comments

Defiance of ban on anti-apartheid protest continues

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Gavin Brown

The day after the Metropolitan Police banned the City Of London Anti-Apartheid Group’s Non-Stop Picket from demonstrating directly outside the South African Embassy the civil disobedience against the ban continued. On the evening that the ban was imposed (6 May … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, defending the right to protest, Direct Action, Metropolitan Police, Non-Stop Picket | 3 Comments

Defending the right to protest (and a right to the city)

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Gavin Brown

Following on from yesterday’s post about the Metropolitan Police’s imposition, under Commissioner’s Directions, of a ban on protests outside the South African Embassy in London on 6 May 1987, here are some further photos of anti-apartheid protesters defying that ban. … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival research | Tagged Adrian States, Carol Brickley, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, defending the right to protest, Direct Action, Non-Stop Picket, Norma Kitson, Steve Kitson, Trafalgar Square | 6 Comments