Dundee FRF! and Dundee Anti-Apartheid Movement have had a series of pickets of Dundee Chamber of Commerce who plan to send a trade delegation to South Africa on 15 October. The pickets which began Wednesday 28 September have been very successful and met with a good response from the public with petitions signed and FRFI sold.
Although the show of opposition may not change this Chambers decision it will let them know that Dundee is overwhelmingly anti-racist. At the Friday 30 September picket two of the Chamber’s members signed the petition and gave large donations as did a member of Dundee District Council.
The high point in this campaign was the Dundee AAM 24 hour picket held on 8/9 October. Thousands of people came forward to sign the petition and condemn the Chamber of Commerce. The picket was sponsored by numerous organisations and during the course of 24 hours messages of solidarity were given by Dundee FRFI, Dundee CP Area Committee, the Scottish Council of the AAM, Dundee ISC and others. FRFI supporters who played a central role in building the picket sold over 160 FRFI. Colin
Dundee FRF!
FRFI October 1983
