Tag Archives: political solidarity

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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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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New Publication: Practices of Solidarity

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Gavin Brown

Our paper “Practices of Solidarity: Opposing apartheid in the centre of London” has now been published online by Antipode: a radical journal of Geography. The paper examines how the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group produced solidarity through the Non-Stop Picket of the … Continue reading →

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Celebrating victory for Moses Mayekiso

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Gavin Brown

For three years from 1986 until 1989, the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group campaigned for the release of Moses Mayekiso.  Mayekiso, a leading trade unionist in South Africa, was on trial for treason along with four others for their part … Continue reading →

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Doing time: two picketers jailed

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Gavin Brown

I’ve written over the last couple of weeks about two events from January 1989 that impacted on the network of activists around the Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy.  Quite soon after the deportation of Viraj Mendis and the death of … Continue reading →

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Heated solidarity

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Gavin Brown

The winter of 1986/87, the Non-Stop Picket’s first, was a cold one.  The pavement outside the South African Embassy was very exposed to the elements – the wind, in particular, seemed to gather force as it crossed Trafalgar Square.  The … Continue reading →

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Brixton-Soweto: contours of solidarity

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Gavin Brown

I recently dusted off this old City Group t-shirt – a treasured momento of the Non-Stop Picket that has travelled around with me for more than twenty years.  The badges, t-shirts and other ephemera produced by social movements say a … Continue reading →

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Solidarity through sanitary towels

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Gavin Brown

Another year, another South African Women’s Day protest…  In 1986, the Non-Stop Picket celebrated South African Women’s Day with a rally on 9th August.  As part of this protest, City Group organised a collection of sanitary towels to send as … Continue reading →

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