Material relating to the South African coal industry, and the British and Irish Anti-Apartheid Movements' efforts to raise public awareness about the importance of continuing sanctions against the importation of South African coal. Also contains correspondence relating to South African coal imports at Royal Portbury Docks and the effects on UK collieries. Material comprises letters, memoranda, reports and copies of news cuttings.
Material relating to a campaign to boycott the sale of South African gold in the UK, organised jointly by End Loans to South Africa (ELTSA) and the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), comprising letters, reports, campaign kit and printed leaflets. Also includes letters concerning the AAM's support for the World Gold Commission and the use of the AAM symbol on jewellery made with non-South African gold.
Reports, letters, newsletters, press releases, leaflets and printed matter relating to the AAM campaign against banks investing and operating in South Africa, targeting Barclays Bank in particular. Includes 'Barclays Shadow Report' 1982, 1984 and 1986, published by End Loans to South Africa (ELTSA).
British companies trading in South Africa,
Material compiled by the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) on UK companies operating in South Africa including letters, circulars, reports, UK government and European Community guidance and Codes of Conduct, press statements, news cuttings and printed items.
Material relating to calls for the implementation of economic sanctions against the Apartheid regime in South Africa, and the activities carried out at local and national levels in support of sanctions through the AAM "Isolate Apartheid South Africa: Sanctions Now" campaign and the organisation of a mass lobby of Parliament for sanctions against apartheid on 17 June 1986. Material includes letters, reports, memoranda, seminar and campaign papers, strategy papers, briefing documents, fact sheets, action plans, printed speeches and press releases. Also includes letters and background papers for the AAM "Isolate Apartheid" Trade Union Week of Action, 1981.
Copies of data collected on the shareholdings of a number of British and European companies with suspected links to Apartheid South Africa,1976, and a report on South African corporate interests in Britain, 1988.
Disinvestment in South Africa,
Material relating to an Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) disinvestment campaign which sought to raise awareness of the extent of British investment in South Africa and how this supported the Apartheid regime there. This file contains material aimed mainly at students attending British universities, consisting of campaign briefings and instructions, correspondence between particular student unions and Barclays Bank, draft memoranda, and printed reports and studies by various organisations such as the AAM, Leeds University South Africa Disinvestment Group, and the United Nations. Also a Trades Union Congress (TUC) report on the withdrawal of all British investment from South Africa, which was circulated to Trade Union Pension Fund Trustees.
Material relating to campaigning by European Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO), End Loans to South Africa (ELTSA) and the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) against loans to South Africa and debt rescheduling. Includes campaign plans, newsletters, letters, briefings, reports and other strategic documents.
Printed and published material collected by WAAM in relation to the oil embargo placed on South Africa and Namibia in 1980. Includes reports by the AAM, the Shipping Research Bureau, the Counter Information Services (CIS) and studies published by the UN Centre Against Apartheid in their 'Notes and Documents' series.
Fair elections and independence,
Material relating to campaigns for democracy in South Africa organised and promoted by the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the African National Congress. Also contains material pertaining to campaigns assisting the struggle for freedom in other countries in the Southern Africa region such as Angola, Mozambique and Namibia.
Countdown to democracy in South Africa,
Material relating to the Countdown to Democracy in South Africa campaign, which sought to ensure a fair electoral process in the April 27th elections. File includes campaign plans and briefings; letters and statements from the Anti-Apartheid Movement, African National Congress and others; Local Group circulars and meeting agenda; draft background papers; newsletters (including 'Election Monitor'); leaflets; posters and press announcements.
Fair elections and independence,
Material relating to the 1993 International Conference on Southern Africa and the International Campaign for Free and Fair Elections in South Africa, comprising launch statements, campaign materials, draft fundraising documents, AAM National Committee reports and minutes, political reports and conference papers, AGM notices and promotional material. This campaign was the pre-cursor to the 'Countdown to Democracy Campaign.'
Mozambique and Angola emergency campaigns,
Material relating to campaigns and initiatives of the Mozambique Angola Committee and the Anti-Apartheid Movement, including the Angola Emergency Campaign and the Mozambique Now! campaign. These campaigns focused on support for peaceful multi-party elections in Angola and Mozambique. Folder includes memoranda, order forms for campaign materials, campaign launch statements and bulletins, campaign plans and timetables, and printed leaflets.
Material relating to the 1988 'Free Namibia Now!' Lobby of Parliament regarding the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 435 calling for the repeal of restrictive legislation and supporting Namibian independence, and its follow-up campaign, 'Namibia Emergency Campaign', initiated by the Namibia Support Committee. Material includes background notes and papers, campaign circulars and briefing papers, reports, conference programmes, copies of news articles, press releases, newsletters, printed items, Namibia Support Committee minutes and papers, and circular letters from the Political Consultative Council of ex SWAPO detainees. Also contains South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) election campaign material, and a Trades Union Congress (TUC) briefing pack on solidarity with Namibian trade unions. There is also a small amount of material from a 1980 conference on repression in Namibia.
Material relating to the Anti-Apartheid Movement campaign 'South Africa Freedom Now!' comprising reports, campaign briefings, newsletters, briefing on the tour of the South Africa Freedom Bus, and campaign conference papers.
Military and nuclear collaboration,
Material relating to Anti-Apartheid Movement campaigns against military and nuclear collaboration with apartheid South Africa, which called for the implementation of a world-wide arms embargo and programme of nuclear disarmament.
Material relating to the AAM and WAAM support for the implementation of a UN Arms Embargo against South Africa. File includes printed reports and memoranda, copy letters, 'The S.A. War Machine' draft manuscript, and some earlier printed matter.
Material relating to the Campaign Against the Namibian Uranium Contracts (CANUC), which opposed the export of uranium to the UK from Namibia. Includes a copy of "Namibia's Uranium Implications for the South African Occupation Regime" (1975), printed flyers, campaign circulars and briefings, collated statistics and Namibia Support Committee letters.
Material relating to the joint Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) campaign for ending nuclear collaboration by Western governments and others with the apartheid regime in South Africa. File contains notes, draft briefings and reports, meeting resolutions, flyers, press releases and other printed matter.
World campaign against military and nuclear collaboration with South Africa,
Typescript and printed information produced and circulated by the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), African National Congress (ANC) and the United Nations (UN) in relation to the nuclear capabilities of South Africa, and planned campaign activities.