pic8716. ‘Sanctions Now’ demonstration

pic8716. ‘Sanctions Now’ demonstration

Sixty thousand people marched through London from Embankment to Hyde Park on 24 October 1987 to call for sanctions against South Africa. The demonstration took place before the Commonwealth conference in Vancouver. A delegation handed in a letter to 10 Downing Street. The speakers in Hyde Park included SWAPO President Sam Nujoma, Johnstone Makatini from the ANC, TUC General Secretary Norman Willis, Glenys Kinnock, Labour MPs Bernie Grant and Joan Lestor, and AAM activist Rekha Patel.

Category: 1980s
Copyright: Tim Jarvis
Holding Institution: AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Catalogue: MSS AAM 2418
Date/Year: 1987