Tag Archives: Pan-Africanist Congress

Contribution to Decolonising Geography

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Gavin Brown

This week Gavin Brown has contributed a post about the Non-Stop Picket and the forms of informal, anti-racist political education that took place on it, to the Decolonising Geography blog. Gavin concludes his contribution by stating: Although the Non-Stop Picket … Continue reading →

Posted in Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Popular & Informal Education, Project staff | Tagged apartheid in south africa, black consciousness movement, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, decolonization, informal education, Nelson Mandela, Non-Stop Picket, Norma Kitson, Pan-Africanist Congress, Solidarity, South African Embassy, Trafalgar Square | Leave a comment

Interview with Zephaniah Mothopeng

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Gavin Brown

What feels very current in the interview is Mothopeng’s repeated insistence that opposition to apartheid was not just about civil rights or democracy, but was fundamentally a struggle to decolonize South Africa Continue reading →

Posted in Archival research, Dissemination, Popular & Informal Education | Tagged Azania, Azania Komitee, black consciousness movement, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, decolonization, Pan-Africanism, Pan-Africanist Congress, POQO, Sharpeville massacre, Soweto Uprising, Zephania Mothopeng, Zephaniah Mothopeng | 2 Comments

Zephania Mothopeng in London, 1989

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Gavin Brown

Some time ago, we wrote about the rally organised in London in July 1989 at which Zephania Mothopeng, the President of the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania spoke. Thanks to friends in the Netherlands who were previously involved with the Azania … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival research, Popular & Informal Education | Tagged Carol Brickley, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Non-Stop Picket, Pan-Africanism, Pan-Africanist Congress, Solidarity, Zephania Mothopeng, Zephaniah Mothopeng | 3 Comments

City Group’s Solidarity with Pan-Africanist Exiles in London

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Gavin Brown

As part of its Heritage Month, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) of Azania is pleased to re-connect with those who were part of the international anti-apartheid movement. Those who not only showed solidarity with the anti-apartheid struggle, but also, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Dissemination, Popular & Informal Education | Tagged City Group Singers, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, international solidarity, internationalism, John Nyati Pokela, Johnson Mlambo, Pan-Africanism, Pan-Africanist Congress, Zimbabwe | 1 Comment

The PAC in London

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Gavin Brown

The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania has recently started a social media project to educate their members and supporters about the history of the movement and their contribution to the anti-apartheid struggle. As part of this work, they are also … Continue reading →

Posted in Dissemination, Media coverage, Popular & Informal Education | Tagged City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Gora Ebrahim, Johnson Mlambo, Non-Stop Picket, PAC, Pan-Africanist Congress, Rodwell Mzotane, Zephaniah Mothopeng, Zoilile Hamilton Keke | Leave a comment

Youth Activism & Solidarity: a dedication

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Gavin Brown

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 | 2 Comments

The Non-Stop Picket and the solidarity of the British Far Left

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Gavin Brown

Today is the anniversary of the launch of the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group’s Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy in London. The ways in which City Group provided solidarity with those resisting apartheid in South Africa both drew … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic, Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Project staff | Tagged ANC, Anti-Apartheid Movement, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Cold War, Communist Party of Great Britain, critical geopolitics, Far Left, geopolitics, internationalism, Marxist Workers Tendency, Militant, Non-Stop Picket, Pan-Africanist Congress, political geography, Revolutionary Communist Group, Socialist Workers Party, Solidarity, South African Communist Party, Third World | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Archival research, Dissemination, Interview material, Popular & Informal Education | Tagged Anti-Apartheid Movement, apartheid in south africa, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Dunnes Store Strikers, Dunnes Stores Strikers, Ken Bodden, Leicester, Margaret Thatcher, Metropolitan Police, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela's death, Non-Stop Picket, Pan-Africanist Congress, South African Embassy, south african embassy in london, Trafalgar Square, workers' sanctions, Zolile Hamilton Keke | Leave a comment