Printed items used to raise awareness of the aims of the Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement (WAAM) and to promote its activities, comprising leaflets, flyers, cards and stickers. Also includes some preparatory artwork and lists of members of the House of Commons, the Wales TUC, Cardiff City Council, the Welsh Diplomatic Service and various political parties including Plaid Cymru and the Welsh LIberal Democrats. Many items are undated.
UN Special Committee against apartheid strategy session,
Policies and statements of associated groups from a conference in New York, November 1985.
'A Trust Betrayed: Namibia', 1974; ' Apartheid in Practice' 1976; 'Objective: Justice', Vol. 9 No. 4., 1977/78; 'Plunder of Namibian Uranium', 1982; 'A Crime against Humanity, questions and answers on apartheid in South Africa', 1983; 'Social conditions in Namibia', 1984; 'Seminar on the intransigence of the South African regime with regard to Namibia: strategies for hastening the independence of Namibia', 1985; 'South African destabilization, the economic cost of frontline resistance to apartheid', 1989; 'Progress made in the implementation of the declaration on apartheid and its destructive consequences in Southern Africa', 1990.
UN Centre Against Apartheid, notes and documents,
Selected publications containing papers presented by officers or members of the AAM. Includes, 'Apartheid's threat to world peace', by Abdul S. Minty, Nov. 1977; 'Apartheid economy and the role of foreign investment', by the British AAM, Nov. 1977; 'Israel and South Africa, an unlikely alliance?' by Rosalynde Ainslee, July 1981; 'International policy options, by Robert Hughes, MP, March 1983; 'The emigration of skilled personnel to South Africa', by Chris Child, April 1983; 'Apartheid, economic collaboration, and the case for the United Nations comprehensive mandatory sanctions against South Africa,' by Chris Child, July 1984.
Material relating to the AAM's campaign to seek support for their "Manifesto for Sanctions" proposals by General Election candidates in the 1987 and 1992 UK General Elections, in opposition to the current government policy on sanctions against South Africa. File includes copies of letters, the AAM Manifesto, briefing papers and campaign documents.
Briefing papers, circulars, printed material and some letters relating to the campaign to twin regions of the AAM with regions of the ANC. The campaign to twin the Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement (WAAM) Region with the African National Congress (ANC) Western Cape Region was continued by Action For Southern Africa (ACTSA) following the dissolution of WAAM.
Consumer boycott campaign pack and related material on the identification of South African products.
South Africa Labour and Development Research Unit paper "Trade Unions in South Africa 1970-1980: A Directory and Statistics". Saldru working paper number 45, by Shirley Miller.
Material relating to the work of the Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement's Trade Union Committee comprising meeting agenda and minutes.
Trade union action against apartheid,
Briefings, conference papers, press cuttings and some printed material concerning sanctions and investments, and Anti-Apartheid Movement support of South African workers and trade union members.
AAM briefing documents relating to the launch of a national campaign "Southern Africa: The Time to Act" which called for a fundamental change in British policy towards Southern Africa. Also a WAAM conference programme and flyers, 'Apartheid - Time to Act', 1990.
'The South African economy and the future of apartheid’,
Papers for discussion at the conference organised by the University of York, Centre for Southern African Studies, March-April 1973.
'The liberation struggle - a historical perspective',
Address by Alan Brooks given at the South Africa - The Imprisoned Society conference, London, 8 December 1973.
The Liaison Group of National Anti-Apartheid Movements in the Countries of the European Community,
Address by Shridath S. Ramphal, Commonwealth Secretary-General, at the annual conference of the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa (IDAF) in London, 10 May 1985.
Lists, compiled over several years, of British companies (in Wales) known to have trading links with South Africa.
Material relating to WAAM support for workers of Dunnes Stores (Dublin), on strike in support of colleagues suspended for refusing to handle South African goods. Includes letters, press cuttings and a copy of AAM Boycott Special, December 1984.
Material relating to the "Stop the Apartheid War" campaign comprising briefing and draft briefing documents, letters and fact sheets.