Boycott

This leaflet asked shoppers in Walthamstow, north-east London, not to buy South African goods. Many AA groups produced local leaflets like this asking residents to support the boycott and join the AAM.

This leaflet asking shoppers to boycott South African goods was distributed by Herefordshire AA group.

Card promoting the boycott of South African goods.

Carrier bag publicising the campaign to boycott South African goods.

Margaret Ling joined the Anti-Apartheid Movement as a student in 1972 and worked in the Information Department of the International Defence and Aid Fund from 1975 to 1984. In the 1980s she edited the AAM’s monthly newspaper Anti-Apartheid News. She was a co-founder of AA Enterprises, which traded with the front line states and marketed anti-apartheid T-shirts and other merchandise. She was active in the Haringey AA Group and served on the national executive of the AAM.

In this clip Margaret Ling describes how the boycott campaign succeeded.