Tag Archives: Dunnes Store Strikers

Non-Stop Against Apartheid in 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Gavin Brown

Two events in 2013 brought significantly increased traffic to the Non-Stop Against Apartheid blog: the first was Margaret Thatcher‘s death; the second, of course, was Nelson Mandela’s. The day after Thatcher died, this blog received its most traffic in a single … Continue reading →

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Thinking international solidarity in Dublin

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Gavin Brown

Gavin and Helen are speaking in Dublin tomorrow at a one-day conference about International Solidarity.  The event “International Solidarity: practices, problems, possibilities” has been organised by the Department of Sociology at Trinity College Dublin. Our paper, ‘Practices of solidarity: opposing … 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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Marching for Mandela

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Gavin Brown

On 14 March 1987 5000 people marched six miles across London on the ‘March for Mandela’ called by the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group.  The demonstration started at Whittington Park in North London and ended at the Non-Stop Picket of … Continue reading →

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