Boycott

Postcard distributed during the AAM’s month of boycott action in March 1985. The year before, in June 1984, the AAM relaunched the consumer boycott of South African goods to mark its 25th anniversary.

Stickers distributed during the AAM’s month of boycott action in March 1985. They were designed for anti-apartheid activists to stick on South African products in supermarkets. The AAM relaunched the consumer boycott of South African goods to mark its 25th anniversary in June 1984.

Badge produced for the AAM’s Month of Boycott Action in March 1985.

Local AA groups all over Britain organised meetings, demonstrations and fundraising events as part of the AAM’s national month of action in March 1985. This leaflet asked community organisations in the London boroughs of Hackney and Tower Hamlets to sign a declaration pledging that they would boycott South African goods. It advertised a series of pickets outside local supermarkets promoting the boycott.

Leaflet advertising a demonstration in Derby, organised by Derby AA Group, as part of the AAM's March Month of Action in 1985, marking the 25th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre. The leaflet called for a boycott of South African goods and listed ten reasons for boycotting Barclays Bank. The demonstration assembled at the local Indian community centre. An anti-apartheid group was first formed in Derby in 1970.

Scottish AA groups campaigned to persuade the Dundee-based supermarket William Low to ban South African products. They distributed this leaflet outside William Low stores during the AAM boycott month in March 1985. After a long-running campaign the chain agreed to stop selling South African goods in the early 1990s.

Carrier bag produced for the AAM’s Month of Boycott Action in March 1985.

Badge calling for a boycott of South African goods, produced in the USA.