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Two reviews of “Youth Activism and Solidarity”

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Gavin Brown

This week the first two reviews of our book Youth Activism and Solidarity, about the Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy in London during the 1980s, have been published. One is aimed at an academic readership and the other for activists … Continue reading →

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Book launch event (27 November, Leicester)

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Gavin Brown
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“Youth Activism & Solidarity: the Non-Stop Picket against Apartheid” published

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Gavin Brown

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 →

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The end of the project (for now). Some thanks.

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Gavin Brown

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 →

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Our achievements and the future of this blog

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Gavin Brown

We’re nearly done! Officially, the current phase of our research about the Non-Stop Picket comes to an end in under a fortnight. Since July 2011 our work has been funded by a research project grant from the Leverhulme Trust. That … Continue reading →

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The Antipode Foundation recall the Non-Stop Picket

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Gavin Brown

Gavin and Helen have written a guest blog for the Antipode Foundation’s blog to accompany their new paper about the practices of solidarity enacted through the Non-Stop Picket.  For those readers not familiar with the world of academic geography journals, Antipode describes … Continue reading →

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Non-Stop Against Apartheid at the #RGSIBG13 conference

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Gavin Brown

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 →

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Non-Stop at the Leicester Geography anniversary celebrations

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Gavin Brown

Last weekend the Department of Geography at the University of Leicester celebrated its 90th anniversary.  The anniversary open day was a great opportunity to showcase the research being undertaken in the department to former students and staff from across the … Continue reading →

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