Tag Archives: South African Communist Party

Nelson Mandela: The Centenary Exhibition (impact and refections)

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Gavin Brown

On 17 July 2018, to celebrate the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, a free exhibition opens at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London’s Southbank Centre, in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The exhibition mostly charts Mandela’s … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Transition or revolution? The politics of being a ‘difficult woman’

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Gavin Brown

Several times over the last two years, I have been told by people who were heavily involved with the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain that the AAM’s problems with the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group originated with Norma Kitson.  Time and … Continue reading →

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City Group’s solidarity with Moses Mayekiso

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Gavin Brown

Exactly eighteen months after they had started their Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy in London, the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group held a special protest on 19 October 1987 to mark the first day of the trial in … Continue reading →

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