po017. Barclays Supports Apartheid

po017. Barclays Supports Apartheid

Barclays Bank was first targeted by anti-apartheid campaigners because it guaranteed a loan for the Cabora Bassa dam project in Mozambique. The project planned to supply electricity to South Africa. This poster was produced by the Haslemere Group, one of the organisations that set up the Dambusters Mobilising Committee to oppose Western involvement in the project. The campaign against Barclays quickly escalated because Barclays DCO was South Africa’s biggest high street bank.

Category: Posters
Author: Haslemere Group
Copyright: Public domain
Holding Institution: Melville J Herskovits Library of African Studies, Northwestern University, USA
Design: Susan Ohler
Date/Year: 1970s