AA News December 1982

The December issue exposed the complicity of the South African Embassy in smuggling British military equipment to South Africa in contravention of the UN arms embargo. The centrespread reproduced leaked documents showing how BOSS agents spied on anti-apartheid activists. The newspaper protested against the IMF’s decision to lend to South Africa and reported on action against British firms with operations in Namibia. It reported on British trade union support for South African workers and showed how African freedom songs were influencing British pop music.