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The AAM organised a Week of Action on Zimbabwe, 9–14 May 1977, to demand that the British government stop talking to the Smith regime and support the struggle of the liberation movements. Public meetings were organised in major centres and Shell and BP service stations were picketed to expose the way in which the companies were busting oil sanctions. This leaflet was produced by the Zimbabwe Ad Hoc Campaign, a coalition of groups campaigning on Zimbabwe.

Poster produced for a Week of Action on Zimbabwe, 9–14 May 1977. The illegal Smith regime held regular executions of captured Zimbabwe freedom fighters. Public meetings and film shows took place in major centres throughout Britain during the week.

Poster produced for a Week of Action on Zimbabwe, 9–14 May 1977. The AAM campaigned against an initiative by the new British Foreign Secretary David Owen which it feared would lead to a settlement in Zimbabwe that fell short of majority rule. Public meetings and film shows took place in major centres throughout Britain during the week.

Poster advertising a march and rally on 18 June 1977 to mark the first anniversary of the Soweto student uprising, organised by the National Union of Students and the National Union of School Students with support from the AAM. The rally was addressed by future South African Cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini, then Vice-President of the South African Student Organisation (SASO), Stephen Dlamini, President of SACTU, and British student leaders, including future Labour Cabinet Minister Charles Clarke.

Demonstrators marched through central London on 18 June 1977 to mark the first anniversary of the Soweto uprising. The march was organised by the National Union of Students and National Union of School Students, with support from the AAM. Two days before, Nkosazana Dlamini and Canon Collins spoke at a commemoration service in the crypt of St Martin’s in the Fields. In Scotland AAM supporters held a vigil outside South Africa’s Glasgow consulate. 

The ANC contingent on the march through central London on 18 June 1977 held to mark the first anniversary of the Soweto uprising. The march was organised by the National Union of Students and National Union of School Students, with support from the AAM. Two days before, Nkosazana Dlamini and Canon Collins spoke at a commemoration service in the crypt of St Martin’s in the Fields. In Scotland AAM supporters held a vigil outside South Africa’s Glasgow consulate. 

ANC Acting President Oliver Tambo (left) at a reception held by the AAM on 13 June 1977 during the Commonwealth Conference held in London. The conference issued a comprehensive communiqué on Southern Africa that affirmed total support for the liberation movements in Zimbabwe and Namibia and condemned South African aggression against the frontline states.

Rock climbers Edwin Drummond and Colon Rowe climbed Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, London in October 1977 and unfurled a banner calling for an end to investment in South Africa.