Badges

An international campaign to force Shell to withdraw from South Africa was launched in 1987 by anti-apartheid organisations in the Netherlands, USA and Britain. The AAM called for a boycott of all Shell products and local AA groups picketed Shell garages all over Britain. Shell’s share of the UK petrol market fell by 6.6 per cent. This badge was produced for the campaign.

Badge produced for the AAM’s ‘Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70’ campaign in 1988.

Badge produced by anti-apartheid supporters in Guernsey, Channel Islands.

Badge produced for the AAM’s Boycott Apartheid 89 campaign.

Metal version of the badge produced for the AAM’s Boycott Apartheid 89 campaign.

The Upington 14 were sentenced to death on 26 May 1989 because they were present at a demonstration during which a black policeman was killed. They included a 60-year old woman, Evelyn de Bruin. After an international campaign for their release, the sentence was overturned in May 1991.