Remembering the Stop the Seventy Tour campaign

Anti-apartheid supporters marched from Bute Town in Cardiff to protest at the Springboks v Cardiff rugby match on 13 December 1969. Copyright © Morning Star - from here: https://www.aamarchives.org/campaigns/sport.html

Autumn 1969 and Spring 1970 saw demonstrations and pitch invasions of grounds to disrupt the Springboks rugby team - representing apartheid South Africa - as they toured Britain and Ireland. Organised by the Stop the Seventy Tour Committee with the support of the Anti-Apartheid Movement, this mass civil disobedience in the face of police brutality successfully stopped the 1970 South African cricket tour and future cricketing tours until apartheid fell - a victory for anti-racists everywhere and a tremendous example of international solidarity. We are researching the campaign and its roots for a pamphlet to be published early next year to mark the victory - and would very much welcome testimony or memories from any involved in this inspiring campaign. Please find us at geoff.brown@gmail.com or c.hogsbjerg@brighton.ac.uk - many thanks
In solidarity,
Geoff Brown and Christian Hogsbjerg