Tag Archives: protest movements

Being ‘non-stop against apartheid’: seminar in Nottingham (5 February)

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Gavin Brown

On Wednesday 5th February 2014 Gavin Brown will be giving a seminar at the University of Nottingham about the Non-Stop Picket project. His talk is called “Being ‘non-stop against apartheid’: the spatialities and temporalities of British solidarity activism in the late … Continue reading →

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Mandela Memories: urban connections, protest connections

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Gavin Brown

In the days and weeks after Nelson Mandela’s death many people around the world reflected on their involvement with anti-apartheid campaigning. Some of those people remembered the Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy in London. Some of them searched … Continue reading →

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Networks of activists: the lost art of mobilizing

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Gavin Brown

I’ve been reading two things this week that have inspired this post.  The first is Paul Mason’s latest book, Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere, about the worldwide anti-austerity protests of the last few years and the events of the Arab Spring.  The … Continue reading →

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