Tag Archives: SWAPO

Under a ‘false flag’: City Group and the troubling case of the SWAPO detainees

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Gavin Brown

One of the joys of archival research is that at times a single, short letter can reveal a great deal.  Amongst the correspondence that we have been examining from the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group’s archive is a short note, … Continue reading →

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Material aid and the 1989 Constituent Assembly elections in Namibia

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Gavin Brown

This week this blog received its first readers from Namibia. Welcome!  As luck would have it, the theme of the article I had planned for this week relates to Namibia too.  The main focus of the City of London Anti-Apartheid … Continue reading →

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Solidarity returned (to sender)

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Gavin Brown

Central to the politics of the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group and the Non-Stop Picket was the principle that British solidarity activists could not choose for the Black majority in South Africa (and Namibia) who their legitimate representatives were. City … Continue reading →

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Did you ‘Participate in ’88’?

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Gavin Brown

On 17 January 1988, the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group held a dayschool for its members and supporters around the slogan Participate in ’88. The dayschool was intended to activate members and launch a new year of campaigning.  Central to the … Continue reading →

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