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Like many of the larger local AA groups, Aberdeen AA group published an annual report of its activities for local members.

Bristol City Council’s decision in 1986 to stop imports of South African coal through the Port of Bristol was opposed by some trade unionists who feared job losses in the docks. In this newsletter Bristol AA Group argued that trade union concerns should be taken into account. It suggested that the Port’s management should seek alternative imports and that steps should be taken to ensure South African goods were not diverted to other ports.

Chelmsford AA newsletter telling AA members that Chelmsford Borough Council was about to become the first council controlled by the SDP-Liberal Alliance to withdraw its account from Barclays Bank. The letter asked members to write to their local councillor and to their trade union, church or community group calling for withdrawal. It asked them to attend the Council meeting on 8 October 1986.

Hounslow AA Group distributed regular newsletters reporting on its activities and AAM campaigns. The October 1986 issue highlighted the campaign to stop executions of South African political prisoners and South Africa’s attacks against the frontline states. It advertised the group’s fortnightly pickets of a local supermarket and asked for support in making Hounslow an apartheid-free zone. 

Flyer advertising a meeting organised by Kingston AA Group in October 1986. The meeting featured a speaker from SWAPO and a film about Namibia’s independence struggle. It explained that Namibia was illegally occupied by South Africa and accused Western governments of ‘soft-pedalling’ on Namibia to protect their own interests. 

AAM supporters in Oldham, Greater Manchester, call for sanctions against South Africa in 1986. At the head of the march is the Oldham AA Group banner.

 

 

Banner produced by the local AA Group in Oldham, Greater Manchester. Oldham AAM members campaigned for local support for a boycott of South African goods and for support for the ANC and SWAPO.

Resource pack showing how black women in South Africa and Namibia were doubly oppressed under apartheid by both racism and sexism. The pack also stressed the special problems of Namibian women.