Tag Archives: legal defence

“Did you really think I wouldn’t write on your walls?”

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Gavin Brown

One of the pleasures of writing this blog is the opportunity it provides to record the stories of small incidents from the history of City Group’s anti-apartheid activism that might not end up being used in our other work.  This … Continue reading →

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An archive of petty harassment

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Gavin Brown

Over recent weeks I have found myself reading over and over an internal document written for the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group in January 1990.  The document is entitled Record of Police Harassment on and around the NSP, 28th September … Continue reading →

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On this day in 1987: Jury refuse to convict anti-apartheid activists

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Gavin Brown

I’ve written previously about the fall-out from the paint-throwing direct action taken by three City of London Anti-Apartheid Group activists against the South African Embassy on 6 May 1987.  The Metropolitan Police used this action as an excuse to ban … Continue reading →

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‘Hands Off Women Picketers’: solidarity against police harassment

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Gavin Brown

On Tuesday 16th September 1986 five anti-apartheid activists were arrested on the Non-Stop Picket outside the South African embassy in London.  The City of London Anti-Apartheid Group reported the arrests in Non-Stop News the following week: at about 10.30am the … Continue reading →

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